Matching wine to vegetarian dishes

[Athos]

I think this post of yours might just suffice to reply to this:

Marvellous stuff. Keep it coming, won't you.

Nice one.

 

[Dillinger4]

I haven't implied that I'm a superior being.


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Oh. Do you not have superior tastes then?

 

[chooch]

not everyone has a discerning palate. In my experience, vegetarians fall into the latter category

because they probably lack recent exercise of their ability to discern the flavour of one lump of more or less burnt flesh from another?
How would this be relevant to wine?

 

[Athos]

Oh. Do you not have superior tastes then?

No. As I pointd out, I never said that I did. I have different tastes, that's all.

 

[dessiato]

I would suggest you read your earlier posts and consider the arrogant superiority you chose to display in your choice of word and expression.

Oh sorry, I assumed you meant what you wrote.

 

[Dillinger4]

No. As I pointd out, I never said that I did. I have different tastes, that's all.

That are not retarded?

 

[Dillinger4]

I would suggest you read your earlier posts and consider the arrogant superiority you chose to display in your choice of word and expression.

Oh sorry, I assumed you meant what you wrote.

I am not even sure what Athos is saying, to be honest.

 

[Athos]

because they probably lack recent exercise of their ability to discern the flavour of one lump of more or less burnt flesh from another?
How would this be relevant to wine?

I can only talk from experience; as I've said, I've never met a vegetarian whose palate I could trust. I proffered a suggestion that that may be because their palates aren't as well exercised, so less able to discern such a wide range of flavours. The ability to discern flavour is crucial to the appreciation of wine.

 

[Athos]

That are not retarded?

I never said that vegetatians' tastes were retarded.

 

[Athos]

I am not even sure what Athos is saying, to be honest.

Your fault, I'm afraid.

 

[Dillinger4]

I never said that vegetatians' tastes were retarded.

But you have a superior sense of taste to a vegetarian? right?

 

[dessiato]

No. As I pointd out, I never said that I did. I have different tastes, that's all.

You regularly used the word retarded to refer to the taste of vegetarians diets, you referred to meat eaters as having superior taste.

This implies that you think you are better than others because you eat meat, this is not the case. Being vegetarian does not in anyway stop a person being a gourmand.

 

[chooch]

I can only talk from experience; as I've said, I've never met a vegetarian whose palate I could trust.

..to agree with yours.

By your reasoning, someone who regularly ate shit, boot polish, potassium permanganate and toenail clippings would likely have a more trustworthy palate.

 

[Athos]

You regularly used the word retarded to refer to the taste of vegetarians diets...

No I didn't. If you think I did, show me where.

...you referred to meat eaters as having superior taste.

No I didn't. If you think I did, show me where.

This implies that you think you are better than others because you eat meat, this is not the case.

No it doesn't.

Being vegetarian does not in anyway stop a person being a gourmand.

No, but it may stop them being a gourmet.

 

[dessiato]

At first his pomposity was worthy of ribaldry, now it has come to a point where he is merely tiresome.

Can someone answer the OP's question? Or has it been answered and I missed it?

Of course, when serving wine to vegetarians it is important to consider Chymaera's point that wine is not necessarily acceptably vegetarian.

 

[chooch]

Of course, when serving wine to vegetarians it is important to consider Chymaera's point that wine is not necessarily acceptably vegetarian.

and to recognise that it's largely a matter of taste, although there are some not-very-widely-agreed-upon-when-you-look-into-it principles that may help. And a lot of pompous fuckers who claim to know best.

 

[Athos]

At first his pomposity was worthy of ribaldry, now it has come to a point where he is merely tiresome.

Can someone answer the OP's question? Or has it been answered and I missed it?

Of course, when serving wine to vegetarians it is important to consider Chymaera's point that wine is not necessarily acceptably vegetarian.

Hang on a minute. You accused me of saying something I didn't, I picked you up on it and asked you to show me where I'd said what you claimed I had, and you haven't addressed that, instead preferring to disengage by saying I'm tiresome. Poor form.

 

[Athos]

... someone who regularly ate shit, boot polish, potassium permanganate and toenail clippings would likely have a more trustworthy palate.

Yes, exactly the point I was trying to make.

 

[Athos]

But you have a superior sense of taste to a vegetarian? right?

I have a more discerning palate than the vegetarians I have encountered, yes.

 

[Herbsman.]

Great comeback.




Why not just fuck off?

I'm not posting on this thread for 'great comebacks'. That's what children do.

You're the one trolling this thread. So perhaps you should take your own advice and do one. Which you obviously won't, because that's the mature thing to do.

 

[Athos]

I'm not posting on this thread for 'great comebacks'. That's what children do.

You're the one trolling this thread. So perhaps you should take your own advice and do one. Which you obviously won't, because that's the mature thing to do.

All you've posted on this thread is pops at me; what are you posting that's actually assisting the OP? Put up or shut up, and stop being so self-righteous.

 

[dessiato]

Your post 10 says 'by definition, vegetarians have retarded palates'

Your post 23 says 'The thrust of what I said, remains, though - vegetarians don't have great palates' and 'After all, if they really loved food, they'd probably ignore their scruples and enjoy the wonderful tastes that meat has to offer.'

I don't have the time to keep quoting you in this way, so have a look for yourself.

 

[dessiato]

Hang on a minute. You accused me of saying something I didn't, I picked you up on it and asked you to show me where I'd said what you claimed I had, and you haven't addressed that, instead preferring to disengage by saying I'm tiresome. Poor form.

read the thread dickhead!

 

[Athos]

Your post 10 says 'by definition, vegetarians have retarded palates'

Your post 23 says 'The thrust of what I said, remains, though - vegetarians don't have great palates' and 'After all, if they really loved food, they'd probably ignore their scruples and enjoy the wonderful tastes that meat has to offer.'

I don't have the time to keep quoting you in this way, so have a look for yourself.

Yes, I did say that. But neither of those things are the same as what you accused me of saying in post #72, are they?

 

[Herbsman.]

All you've posted on this thread is pops at me; what are you posting that's actually assisting the OP? Put up or shut up, and stop being so self-righteous.

And you are the one who started and continues an argument that doesn't assist the OP. So again, perhaps you should take your own advice.

I've got better things to do than argue with a troll, so bye. Have fun.

 

[dessiato]

Yes, I did say that. But neither of those things are the same as what you accused me of saying in post #72, are they?

Put back into the full context of the thread and your overall choice of language that is exactly what these quotes do.

Congratulations on a first class troll by the way, you actually got me, well done.

At this point I have to get a life, so bye bye everybody.

edit for spelling!

 

[Athos]

And you are the one who started and continues an argument that doesn't assist the OP. So again, perhaps you should take your own advice.

I've got better things to do than argue with a troll, so bye. Have fun.

No, I want the last word, so I'm going!

 

[Athos]

Put back into the full context of the thread and your overall choice of language that is exactly what these quotes do.

Congratulations on a first class troll by the way, you actually got me, well done.

At this point I have to get a life, so bye bye everybody.

edit for spelling!

See above!

 

[dessiato]

No, I want the last word, so I'm going!

Wrong again!

 

[Athos]

Wrong again!