Sarah says: Ok, there is the same info about the Fox family and the label as on my previous Fox Barn Winery post, but there is nothing specific about this wine. I find that shocking. The wine is called Asparagus table wine, it's green, it needs a description! Anything at all would be helpful... serve chilled or room temperature? Serve with food or on it's own? I had no idea what to do here, so I choose to refrigerate and drink after dinner (which was pizza). And the results were... um, interesting.
I'm not really sure how to describe it. First of all, drinking a light green substance of any kind is a little scary. This was sweet, and a tad bitter. It's.... like nothing I've ever had before. I'm having a hard time putting it into words. It is kind of like drinking liquid vegetables, with a wine aftertaste. I don't hate it, but I probably will recruit Jon to help drink the rest of the bottle, because I'm not sure I could do it on my own. I recommend drinking it cold, and alone, maybe with something starchy. Pizza was probably not the greatest choice, because of all the flavor that is already in my mouth. I also wouldn't recommend trying to drink more than one small glass at a time, it's not that easy to drink.
Overall rating: Thumbs up for being creative and different, but unfortunately, down for flavor. There is a reason wine is made from fruit, it just tastes better.
Sarah says: I've had this wine for a few months, it was a birthday gift, but I'm just now trying it because Jon was too scared. So, I've had to wait for a night that I knew he'd be working. He isn't a fan of trying new things (although, since he's not here to defend himself, I'll give him some credit, he has taken great steps forward in "trying new things" area compared to when we first met). I get that sometimes new things can make you uneasy, but sometimes you just gotta step up and do it.
Speaking of trying new things... I think it's time to try a new eye doctor. I'm ready for a second opinion for Mary. As many of you know by now, we've been patching Mary's left eye for 4+ years. The length of time varied from 30 min a day, up to 4 hours a day. Every time we went to the doc, he has had some reason for increasing or decreasing, reasons that sometimes did, sometimes didn't make the most sense, but we'd go along with it because we trusted his opinion. Twice he has had us stop patching to see what would happen. It was very easy to see that whatever progress Mary made while on the patch, she quickly lost while off the patch. Within 8 weeks we were back to patching both times. Looking back, I don't think he had any basis for the changes, other than trial and error. So here it is, 4 years later and we are still trying the same treatment plan we started with when she was 6 months old. Why exactly are we still trying this?
I like this quote from Albert Einstein:
That's pretty much what we are doing right now. I no longer expect patching to do anything for us. If I were sick for 4 years, there is no way I would continue to try the same medicine, in different dose amounts, for 4 years. It's insane. I'm ready to try something, someone new. Please message me if you know of any good children's eye doctors!
What have you done that's insane? Try asparagus wine, then you can say you've done that!
No comments:
Post a Comment