Reader Comments on From Butter to Wine from YankeeMagazine.com http://www.yankeemagazine.com/rss/index.php Mon, 21 May 2012 05:52:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/butter At Le Pure Cafe in Paris last week (and it's not often I can say something like that) I didn't even *try* to decrypt the wine list. As you suggest, I simply asked our server and she ran down the list of half-dozen wines they served by the half litre, giving me a thumbnail sketch of each ("a very strong wine from the south of France," for example). I choose one that she made sound especially good, and I drank happy. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:07:57 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/butter Supplementary question: how long can mayonnaise be left out? We often hear that mayo-gone-bad is the source of summertime picnic food poisoning incidents, so I'm paranoid about this and try never to leave it out for more than a minute or two. But if I forget and the mayo is on the counter for a few hours, should I throw it out? Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:13:12 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/butter I agree about the wine lists; I like to think I know a lot about wine, but when it comes to pairing the right white or red with the correct entree, I like to leave that to the experts. Unfortunately, not every waiter knows too much about wine pairings, so I usually end up taking my questions to the bartender. http://blogs.nashuatelegraph.com/livefreeordine Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:31:41 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/butter Near the end you wrote about your parents not refrigerating butter and you advised that if the butter separates, curdles or smells "off" - to move on. I remember many years ago reading somewhere that if butter started to turn rancid, if you cut off the rancid portion the remainder would still be ok to use. Would you please comment on that; and would you also please comment along the same lines with regards to cheese: leaving out of refrigerator, mold on the surface, good rinds to eat and those not to? Thanks! Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:06:53 +0100 http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/butter How long can hard boiled eggs be unrefrigerated. I have two granddaughters, ages 3 and 5 who refused to let go of their decorated eggs on Easter. They dragged them around everywhere and slept with the basket of eggs next to their beds. I figured throw out 2 dozen eggs.? . . or possible food poisoning? Hmmm not much of a choice there. But I sure was disappointed in not getting the deviled eggs I was looking forward to. Yankee Publishing (rss@ypi.com) Fri, 22 May 2009 00:41:34 +0100