First the breakfast of pancakes, which I previously mentioned. Then I decided to make home-fried potato chips.
I simply cut uber-thin slices of one whole potato with a peeler, heated up a skillet with vegetable oil, and let those bad boys fry. Hubby made an herb mix to sprinkle atop the warm chips.
We then spent the first part of the afternoon at the Triangle Brewing Company for their weekly free beer tasting. You get there around 1:15 and grab a spot in line. They hand you an empty pint glass – for free, might I add. You get to the front of the line and choose which of their 7 beers you’d like to try. Hubby and I followed everyone else’s lead and got immediately back in line while sipping on our first sample (one which was quite generous in size…about 8 ounces). Once you get to the front of the line you again select your next beer to try. This cycle repeats itself until the free tour of the brewery begins.
The tour itself only lasted about 25 minutes, after which they allow you to drink unlimited free beer once again. I’m confused as to why we haven’t visited this downtown Durham brewery sooner, as they’ve been open for 2 and a half years now.
Then I remembered that the reason is because Hubby and I are addicted to our Saturday wine tastings at Wine Authorities. We headed that way directly following the beer tasting to sample four delicious wines and three cheeses from the Hillsborough Cheese Company. Wine + cheese = perfection (in case you didn’t know).
We tasted an herb-covered fresh chevre, a Bloomin’ Sweet Ash (Valencey), and a Bloomin’ Lunitas (Charouce). Hubby and I purchased the later two to serve as appetizers at a dinner we hosted later that evening, pictures of which follow.
Even though it was a chilly January day, I'd say we definitely made the best of it!
1 comments:
wow, what a great weekend of food and drink!
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