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What is the Proper Beverage to Serve With......

What is the Correct Beverage to Serve with Fish?


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I picked what ever the hell you want. In my family we have some Coors with a fried catfish dinner.Sometimes it maybe just an iced tea or soda.
 
Depends. If it is with your spouse or date chances are white wine. If it is with the boys a beer. If it is with the family and kids go with sodas.
 
..... Fish?

Lets say a Tilapia with butter garlic lemon and capers.

It depends on preparation. Tilapia with butter garlic sauce would go with white wine, as noted by Morality Games. You also wouldn't go wrong with mead.

If it's breaded, beer would be better like jamesrage suggests. Beer is also better with spicier dishes, like if you'd broiled the tilapia with hot sauce.

Tilapia's a very lightly flavored fish, so you want to go with lighter beverages in general. Strong liquors and robust flavors are going to overwhelm it.

Depends. If it is with your spouse or date chances are white wine. If it is with the boys a beer. If it is with the family and kids go with sodas.

Soda's going to obliterate anything you drink it with. I love drinking soda, but it just doesn't work when you care about the flavor of the food.

Milk would be good, but not with lemon. Even if there isn't enough lemon to cause curdling, the flavors don't work together.
 
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I picked what ever the hell you want. In my family we have some Coors with a fried catfish dinner.Sometimes it maybe just an iced tea or soda.

WHy did I have an image of you living in a swamp in the bayou or something. LoL kindof ignorant of me.
 
a pinot grigio

If appropriate for your guests. Italian pinot grigios tend to be more "demure" by themselves but come into their own with food. Californian/New World PGs tend to be more "showy" and may or may not improve a meal such as you have suggested.
 
In Nova Scotia... a ceasar :mrgreen:

What is a ceasar you ask? Well I'll tell you.

A Caesar or Bloody Caesar is a cocktail created and primarily consumed in Canada. It typically contains vodka, Clamato (a proprietary blend of tomato juice and clam broth), hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce, and is served with ice in a large, celery salt-rimmed glass, typically garnished with a stalk of celery and wedge of lime.

It was invented in Calgary, Alberta in 1969 by restauranteur Walter Chell to celebrate the opening of a new Italian restaurant in the city. It quickly became a popular mixed drink, but remains virtually unknown outside Canada. It is claimed that over 350 million Caesars are consumed in Canada annually, and it has inspired numerous variants.

It's simply... awesome!
 
WHy did I have an image of you living in a swamp in the bayou or something. LoL kindof ignorant of me.

I have never been to a swamp and fried catfish is very popular in Oklahoma.
 
..... Fish?

Lets say a Tilapia with butter garlic lemon and capers.

...how fiendish of you to bring back rare delicious memories.

I would say a red wine. Or, perhaps a Chardonnay or Chianti?

Would you say a small serving of organic baby spinach leaves would be a seemingly decent addition?
 
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a pinot grigio

If appropriate for your guests. Italian pinot grigios tend to be more "demure" by themselves but come into their own with food. Californian/New World PGs tend to be more "showy" and may or may not improve a meal such as you have suggested.

Until this week, I had never had an enjoyable pinot grigio. I've tried a dozen or more, but find all of them grassy and thin. Maybe my palate is unsophisticated? I'm always willing to try since though. Can you suggest a few?
 
Until this week, I had never had an enjoyable pinot grigio. I've tried a dozen or more, but find all of them grassy and thin. Maybe my palate is unsophisticated? I'm always willing to try since though. Can you suggest a few?
I used to feel the same way.

I thought they were water in a used wine glass.

Until I had one by accident with a creamy seafood dish that had some heat. Then, suddenly, there were all of these new flavors. Having flavor at all would have been an improvement, but these were actually quite enjoyable crisp fruit flavors that accentuated the flavors of the food.

So, I recommend having a nice one with some mellow, buttery or creamy seafoody kind of thing. I think that the protein, fat, and salt(?) from the sauce really brought out the flavors I hadn't found before. Not only was it a nice palate cleansing type of feel in my mouth, but it just genuinely tasted good and made my food more enjoyable.

I don't have one in particular to recommend, nor do I even remember which one I had that time--it was some mid-range Italian PG that I got for free because of some server or bartender had made a mistake.
 
I used to feel the same way.

I thought they were water in a used wine glass.

Until I had one by accident with a creamy seafood dish that had some heat. Then, suddenly, there were all of these new flavors. Having flavor at all would have been an improvement, but these were actually quite enjoyable crisp fruit flavors that accentuated the flavors of the food.

So, I recommend having a nice one with some mellow, buttery or creamy seafoody kind of thing. I think that the protein, fat, and salt(?) from the sauce really brought out the flavors I hadn't found before. Not only was it a nice palate cleansing type of feel in my mouth, but it just genuinely tasted good and made my food more enjoyable.

I don't have one in particular to recommend, nor do I even remember which one I had that time--it was some mid-range Italian PG that I got for free because of some server or bartender had made a mistake.


In the South, iced tea.

Most other places... probably white wine or beer.

Whiskey or strong mixed drinks should not be consumed before or with meals, as they dull your palate considerably.
 
In the South, iced tea.
Most other places... probably white wine or beer.
Whiskey or strong mixed drinks should not be consumed before or with meals, as they dull your palate considerably.
My actual votes is w/e the hell you want, cause that's the right answer always.

And I qualified my original answer with, "If appropriate for your guests."

But we're not all sweet tea drinkers down here. Just because I am doesn't mean that I drink it with everything all the time.
Tea refreshes me, quenches my thirst and keeps me going. Wine has a different magic all its own that's not limited to a geography or a culture.
 
I voted for whatever you want to serve........ which for me is a Long Beach Iced Tea.
 
I used to feel the same way.

I thought they were water in a used wine glass.

Until I had one by accident with a creamy seafood dish that had some heat. Then, suddenly, there were all of these new flavors. Having flavor at all would have been an improvement, but these were actually quite enjoyable crisp fruit flavors that accentuated the flavors of the food.

So, I recommend having a nice one with some mellow, buttery or creamy seafoody kind of thing. I think that the protein, fat, and salt(?) from the sauce really brought out the flavors I hadn't found before. Not only was it a nice palate cleansing type of feel in my mouth, but it just genuinely tasted good and made my food more enjoyable.

I don't have one in particular to recommend, nor do I even remember which one I had that time--it was some mid-range Italian PG that I got for free because of some server or bartender had made a mistake.

I agree, water in a used wine glass is dead on accurate. I couldn't imagine why it's so popular. I'm glad it's just not only me who finds fault with it.

Hmmm...so it's meant to be an accompaniment for food rather than a kick back pre-dinner sipper. Ok. I will give it a shot the next time I have such a dish. Thanks!
 
It depends, however, if you are serving Teabaggers I find they usually prefer to drink Kool-Aid.
 
Wine has a different magic all its own that's not limited to a geography or a culture.

Beautifully said. :) It is magical and has often transformed meals and occasions in my experience.
 
It depends, however, if you are serving Teabaggers I find they usually prefer to drink Kool-Aid.


Leave it to Beaver lol....Im not teaparty fan but this was a nice thread, cant we all get along :)
 
In the South, iced tea.

Most other places... probably white wine or beer.

Whiskey or strong mixed drinks should not be consumed before or with meals, as they dull your palate considerably.

You forgot coke
 
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