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-{Citizen}- Aryadne burps rudely
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I just ate an entire pig
-{Citizen}- Edyn is jealous
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I mean, I had help, but I just ate part of every part
of an entire pig.
-{Citizen}- Ysadri: Roasd sucklid pig?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I ate it's ears all fried crispy in a salad...
-{Citizen}- Telven: Pig roast?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I ate its brains
-{Citizen}- Saorise: Did it have crunchy bits!
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: in a terrine
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I ate it's liver
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I ate its trotters
-{Citizen}- Ysadri: oysders?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Ten courses of every piece of piggy
-{Citizen}- Aryadne burps rudely
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Most parts of a pig are good, but the trotters? Aren't
they a tad... tough?
-{Citizen}- Telven: Trotters?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: No, because they were braised all day
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Okay
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: they were succulent little feetsies
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: The blood sausage, like, vaporized on your tongue.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Once the photo spread is posted, I'll link it.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: I daresay that cost a pretty penny
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: But it would have been delicious
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: we got comped because my wife is writing a feature
article on the event
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: SWEET
-{Citizen}- Telven: Very nice
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: but yes, ti would have been expensive. Awesome wines,
to boot.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Were X people all gathered to partake of one pig, or
were there multiple pigs?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Mainly one pig. I think he bought extra ears, liver,
trotter, and such to have enough for all the courses
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Heh
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: 180ish lb pig
-{Citizen}- Rosuav nods
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Yeah, that's a decent bit of pork right there
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: The photo spread goes from "Chef petting dinner-to-be
in its pen" to dessert.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: and every stage of fabrication in between
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: The drawback was the really excellent wines. Because
drinking them just highlighted how truly mediocre the wines in
my price-range that we normally drink are.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav chuckles "hehehehe"
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I usually delude myself with statements like, "This is
a very drinkable wine for $9"
-{Citizen}- Telven laughs
-{Citizen}- Telven: A bottle or a glass?
-{Citizen}- Rosuav sighs
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: bottle
-{Citizen}- Jolen: I have found exceedingly drinkable wines for 6$.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: I have to confess... I saw "$9" and thought it was a
botched parameterisation
-{Citizen}- Ysadri: Local bineyards habe good wine ad low prices
-{Citizen}- Jolen nods at Ysadri
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: The problem is that every time I find a great wine for
the price... others find it too. Then it sells out.
-{Citizen}- Jolen: Casal Garcia. But, perhaps that is just nostalgia
because I got really, really drunk.
-{Citizen}- DING! DING! DING!
Congratulations! Darion has received some further training in
their trade.
-{Citizen}- Grythael got too greedy and has been sent to an asylum to share
a cell with Whitewing.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: So, course #1 - Fromage de Tete - Headcheesed terrine
served w/traditional accoutrements.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: course #2 - Salade de Cochon a l'Oreille - Crispy
julienned pig's ear w/ butter lettuce & French radish
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: both of those served w/a Nicolas Feuillatte Brut.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #3 - Filet de Porc Fume' - Applewood smoked loin
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #4 - Flan de Foie - Liver flan w/ red whine caramel
and watercress
-{Citizen}- Ysadri: Wad id a dice whine?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #5 Crepinette - Crepinette of feet, liver, heart and
kidney w/fingerling potatoes
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Wait, I got out of order... I missed the other course
that went w/the Trimbach Riesling...
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Flanc de Porc Roti - Slow rasted pork belly
w/caramelized brussel sprouts...
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: That was actually #4
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Okay, so then w/a 2006 Domaine du Clos du Fief,
Julienas, Beaujolais...
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #7 - Boudin Noir - Blood sausage w/celery root puree
(aaaaawesome)
-{Citizen}- Ysadri: ew
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: moving on to the 2006 Vacqueyras...
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #8 Epaule de Porc en Vin Rouge - marinated shoulder
braised in red wine
-{Citizen}- Falcore probably poked metal objects in electric sockets as a
kid.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: #9 - Pied a la Pierre Kauffman - Tratter stuffed
w/sweetbreads w/ madeira-mushroom sauce
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: and dessert, w/a Chateau La Roque, Pic Saint Loup,
Languedoc... was Mapel Panna Cotta with a glazed bacon strip.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne burps again
-{Citizen}- Saorise sobs uncontrollably.
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: desser + bacon = awesome
-{Citizen}- Saorise is now starving!
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Well, Aryadne, I think you've eaten more pork in that
meal than I'd eat in a month... has it made you dislike regular
pork sausages, or are you able to back down from the gourmet
and return to normal?
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: mainly because I can't sheel out $150+ for a dinner
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: Well, I have a farmshare from a local farm where I get
all my beef and pork from. So it's not really a downgrade to
"normal"
-{Citizen}- Rosuav: Or, a very high level of normality. Nice going.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav should get farmshare pork and probably the same in
chocolate...
-{Citizen}- Aryadne: I'm now going to take my full belly to bed and dream
of happy little piggies frolicing about the meadows.. awaiting
the day they end up on my plate.
-{Citizen}- Rosuav waves at Aryadne
-{Citizen}- Aryadne waves