Reply: Off topic from the TOW, but getting back to it
johngrimshaw@tiscali.co.uk (Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:42:15 PDT)

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From: <DaveKarn@aol.com>

John ~

a reasonably fresh, triple-creme brie on chunks of Bartlett pear or
fresh sourdough comes close to Heaven with its delightful fresh butter

taste. A

good accompaniment would be a California chardonnay not been aged in oak.
... Perhaps, with your "Stinking Bishop," an appropriate wine would
be a vintage of our very own "Fat Bastard."

I thought "Fat Bastard" wines were French - at least the ones we get here
under that sobriquet are. There is a British beer called 'Bishop's Finger',
but it's not to my taste, and better with cheddar and pickled onions than
brie & pear! And while on ecclesiastical drinks, we must not forget the
Belgian Trappist and Abbey beers, and certainly not Chartreuse, reputed to
contain Narcissus juice as an ingredient.

Must admit to a bit of curiosity, tho. If the fragrance of hyacinth is
objectionable, what then about freesia, another strong (and to many

people)

delightful fragrance that, often, is difficult to get enough of?

I love the smell of freesias, and in Holland, where such things are
affordable, would have vases of 50 at a time in the living room, and loved
it. OK, modern cutflower freesias are not as strongly scented as F. alba or
F. refracta, but they certainly smell.

However light-hearted this discussion has got, the message is very clear: we
all perceive scents, fragrances, smells and stinks in very different ways.

John Grimshaw

Dave Karnstedt
Silverton, ORegon
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