All of this couldn’t be any more welcome on Monday morning when, unable to convince myself to actually get out of bed, I decide to just stay right where I am. It’s high time for a veg-day, and I am mentally and physically exhausted from the weekend.
So I download every episode of Jersey Shore, Modern family, and Glee that I have missed to date, and proceed to watch them all back to back. Then, I watch Eat, Pray, Love, even though I stop it half way through because it is terrible. (This was extremely disappointing, as the novel is my personal bible.) But then I watch Grown Ups instead and it’s redeems my cinematic expectations.
Eventually I realize it’s time to go to my wine and food pairing lesson, and use every ounce of strength to get ready, wishing desperately that it was acceptable to wear sweats and Uggs to class.
Tonight we make:
Spicy Spaghetti Carbonara, paired with a white wine from Lazio(Frascati Superiore 2009, type of grape: Trebbiano Greco)
For our second course we have:
Crocchette di collo al timo (Friend Chicken Balls with Thyme)which we paired with a white wine from Umbra (Orvieto Classico 2009, type of grape: Greco and Frebbiano)
And finally, for dessert:
Torta di pinoli (Pine nut cake)
Its odd to me that they don't put the type of grape they use in wines on the labels here in Italy. I haven't seen anything advertising a "merlot" or a "cabernet", and you definitely don't see any "chardonnay"s or "pinot grigio", which makes it difficult for me to know anything about them since they only information I've been taught is on these obvious types. But I suppose this is what they call a "learning opportunity".
I may have left my cave the troll I had been all day, but I must admit- it was worth getting out of bed for.
Another thing that was worth leaving my cave to see: The look my professor gave this future Jersey Shore cast member in class when she asks for Ketchup with our Chicken Dumplings.
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