What I learned today (Take Two)

It's not that I won't eat it, I just see no reason to pay up for it. I've had avocado oil mayonnaise; meh. There's a whole wide world of interesting olive oils out there -- not to mention specialty oils for specialty dishes -- I don't hear much about avocado terroir.

I don't think of avocado oil as a replacement for olive oil. As Jenise said, it's a 'neutral' oil, so we use it instead of safflower/canola/etc oil.

I love olive oil and there is no replacing it. But we always need some neutral oils around, because I don't want olive oil flavor in various Asian preps. I was fine with safflower/canola, but my wife prompted the switch to avocado for some vague health reasons.

[Jenise]

Jeff, I can just picture the second you hear her shut that door! That "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" moment. Certainly made a memorable Thanksgiving, didn't it?

I missed having one of those last night. Background: about three weeks ago I opened a bottle of something that showed some VA on day two, so I transferred the contents to a bottle that I could see thru better and put it on the counter, wad of paper towel stuffed in the opening, to start a vinegar project.

And last night I had 15 people over for a working dinner in which we previewed the dinner which we'll be serving to 85 guests next week: it's part practice, part constructive criticizing, part teaching, part learning to work together, part counting the steps to make sure we have the right number of hands available for plating--all that for five courses. I put out four bottles of champagne and four bottles of a really good Dry Creek AVA zinfandel, presuming my guests would bring some--only one did, two bottles of bubbly. Anyway, it was enough, and I left it up to my guests to open and pour because I was busy on food.

And then I went to clean up and found the wad of paper towel just lying about. Uh oh. Checked the empties. Yup, they drank my vinegar project.

Jeff, I can just picture the second you hear her shut that door! That "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" moment. Certainly made a memorable Thanksgiving, didn't it?

For the wrong reasons but, yes, there is that.

Yup, they drank my vinegar project.

Guess they aren't really picky about their wine....