Tonight was the season premiere of my favorite reality show, The Amazing Race. They were in the Alps! It was beautiful! Except the hillbilly couple husband is already verbally abusing his wife. There's always somebody in every season who is really unpleasant to his or her partner. I am always amazed at the lack of respect shown sometimes in these relationships. And they're on TV!! Do they not know they're on TV, and everyone in America can see them not being nice to each other? I don't get it. Anyway, his wife does move mighty slow, which begs the question we ask whenever we watch ANY reality show: DON'T PEOPLE WATCH THESE SHOWS BEFORE THEY GO ON THEM????? Anyway, Phil (the host) learned a little sign language, it was very sweet, I won't tell you who won and lost the first leg of the race in case you watch it. Which you should. It's a good show.
I had a fancy beer tonight, happily paired with some awesome food. We watched Top Chef, from last week (yes, we do watch a lot of reality TV in our home, so what?) and afterward I wanted some sort of interesting dinner. And as luck would have it, we had some turkey sausage in the freezer, which we grilled up with some mushrooms and vidalia onions! My favorite!! And some olive oil pasta-roni and vegetables. It was fantastic! But enough about the food. I paired all this with THREE PHILOSOPHERS, from Brewery Ommegang. Really good. Brewery Ommegang is in Cooperstown, New York, but is known for brewing excellent, authentic, Belgian-style ales. Three Philosophers is a quadrupel, a blend of a malty Belgian-style ale with a Kriek -- Cherry Lambic style. It was rich, and good, and a little sweet but balanced with some great acidity; it went really well with the sausage and mushrooms and onions.
I had a really lovely Valentine's day weekend. I love to be home, cook some food, have a couple of great beers, maybe go to Target . . . It's a great life. Happy Valentine's Day, and President's Day too, everybody!
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