Fowl Selection

Q. WHAT DOES one do with a once opulent wine rendered decrepit by an ingress of oxygen?

A. Spice up pedestrian dishes with a generous glug of the expensive vinaigre.

Here, a '78 Pauillac: Haut-Milon Rothschild (Lafitte) added class by the glass to a meaty pasta bake. On its own, once crisp flowers blossomed on the nose; the palate had albeit vigourless acidity.

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I dreamt I convinced a customer that he was drinking an Italian white wine made from the obscure variety, Orinoco (aka. overweight shirker from the eco friendly mid 70's children's tv series, 'The Wombles')

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Driving back from Coventry the other day, I devised a spectacular fantasy menu de dégustation...

Boring Beetle Larvae Fed Pileated Woodpecker with Star Anise Jus

oOo

Tian of Alaskan Owl with Heatwave Barolo

oOo

Net Caught Ortolan with a Balloon of the Armagnac it Drowned In

oOo

Cappuccino of Vietnamese Weasel Excrement with Regurgitated Pigeon Milk

oOo

Cambridge Petits Fours

Bill Oddie: steer clear of my fowl selection...