Food Wine and Vodka

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Old Gray Mare

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Knew the title would get some attention.

Anyway did a little experiment recently. I knew Port and Marsala wines were fortified with Brandy and it helped keep them from going off once the bottle was uncorked.

I got a liter and a half bottle of Costco's finest and (after carefully testing a glass to see if it was good ;)) I added two tablespoons of vodka. It worked. The wine was fine even after several days and cheese and charcuterie boards.

Be warned. It has a bit more kick than regular wine.
 
nomifyle

nomifyle

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haha, I'm not a wine drinker any more, just don't care for it. Vodka on the other hand is different. I like a bloody mary from time to time, helps calm my nerves. I don't drink one very often, maybe three times in the last 6 months. However, I have had it for breakfast.

Judy
 
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SouthernBreeze said:
I never thought of adding anything to our wine. An unopened bottle doesn't last long enough for it to go "off taste" here. Two days at the most.
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Guess it's the penurious streak in my nature. This allows me to buy cheap table wine, drinkable but nothing special and have it when I want. It means I don't have to feel like I should finish it before it goes off. It also means I can buy bigger bottle of table wine. Now I no longer feel like I have to save it for a special occasion and I feel freer to cook with it.

Freezing leftover wine tip: There was/is(?) an English cooking show. I don't remember the host's name. She would take the left over bits of wine in the bottle, measure them into 1/4 cup or 1/2 cup servings and then freeze them in plastic bags. That way they were pre-measured for things like soups, stews, gravies and sauces. I've done this it works.

Wine jelly: I've made jelly out of wine. I just substituted the wine for fruit juice in the jelly recipe. It worked. One Christmas I made jelly from different types of wine for gifts.
 
SouthernBreeze

SouthernBreeze

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Old Gray Mare said:
Guess it's the penurious streak in my nature. This allows me to buy cheap table wine, drinkable but nothing special and have it when I want. It means I don't have to feel like I should finish it before it goes off. It also means I can buy bigger bottle of table wine. Now I no longer feel like I have to save it for a special occasion and I feel freer to cook with it.

Freezing leftover wine tip: There was/is(?) an English cooking show. I don't remember the host's name. She would take the left over bits of wine in the bottle, measure them into 1/4 cup or 1/2 cup servings and then freeze them in plastic bags. That way they were pre-measured for things like soups, stews, gravies and sauces. I've done this it works.

Wine jelly: I've made jelly out of wine. I just substituted the wine for fruit juice in the jelly recipe. It worked. One Christmas I made jelly from different types of wine for gifts.
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Wow. I guess I'm undereducated when it comes to wine. Before I read your OP, I didn't even know that wine lost it's taste. Had no idea. We keep a stocked wine cabinet, and drink a glass every night while relaxing watching TV or DVD's. So, we don't keep a bottle open for very long. Sometimes we drink a glass with our dinner, too.

I don't think I would like the wine jelly, but the tip about freezing wine sounds like a plan.
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

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Hmmm, this is super interesting!
Yes we ARE wine people but I had no idea about saving it for jelly or freezing it!
Goodbye too! ( but like others have said, it doesn’t last at our house either haha! )
 
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