Monday Food

Tapas:

1. Raw Cauliflower with Veggie Dip


2. Dungeness Crab Salad


3. White Beans with Chorizo

Wine:

1. Linne Calodo 2003 Outsider


2. Three Thieves 2003 California Zinfandel

We did the crab in the same way we typically do the shrimp (celery, onion, red bell pepper, wicked olive oil, sherry vinegar). This was a little too heavy for the crab. Milder oil and vinegar (and less of each) is better with crab. The terrines I did for the white burgundy tasting were done spot-on. Those used canola oil and champagne vinegar with a tiny bit of thyme.

The white beans were Pocha Beans from Spain. These are the ultimate low carb bean. They have a great flavor to them. They're very fibrous so they have few digestible carbs.

The Linne Calodo was awesome, as usual. This one was a bit youthful but had such concentrated fruit, we were happy. The Three Thieves seemed like really cheap wine after the Linne Calodo but... it is! It's lots cheaper. Cheap is its whole purpose in life. It has charm.