Champagne And Burgundy

[kopend]

what french dish is made with champagne and burgundy wine
i think it is something .... duck - but contains no duck !

[emmie]

can't think of anything, except a drink Kir

[jomifl]

It was a question on university challenge yesterday so you shoul find it on iplayer

[kopend]

you are quite right


there was also a food called scottish woodcock and another one about a goose which i can t remember - only problem is i have no speakers so i will have to try and lip read jeremy

[emmie]

what was right?

[DTCwordfan]

Cold Duck is the answer - technically a sparkling burgundy is used.....

[Mamyalynne]

History here...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Duck

[DTCwordfan]

Back in the 1970s, there was a restaurant in St Ives (top end of Fore Street), that had pretty good food and an odd owner. He didn't have any rosé on his wine list - preferring to mix red and white wine together and chill it down.......

[Zacs-Master]

Sure it wasn't Torquay DT?

[DTCwordfan]

St Ives - about four doors up on the right as you went towards the Sloop end of the street. Wot a memmury!

[Zacs-Master]

Just thought it sounded a bit Basilesque.

[DTCwordfan]

Well I had a mate at Uni who was quite 'proper' and well brought up. Took his gf off to the local Chinese and decided to order a bottle of white wine.

It came at room temp, so he moaned that he wanted a chilled one.

With complete aplomb the Chinese waiter disappeared and came back with a bucket of ice and tongs, promptly to place two cubes of ice in each glass.

Andrew was horrified, well certainly speechless.

[Zacs-Master]

He sounds a bit of a chump. You can't even get a decent white (or red, or rose) in 99% of Chinese restaurants even today, never mind in the 1920s.

[craft1948]

It must be a Chinese thing. The first time I went to London in the 60's I was gobsmacked to be offered ice in my wine in a Chinese restaurant.