Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon].

  • John Timbs
Date:
1838
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Credit: Hints for the table: or, the economy of good living / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Champagne, said Curran, makes a runaway rap at a man’s head. It should never lie stinted, for nothing con- tributes more to the success of a dinner. One great ad- vantage is, that the ladies are commonly tempted to take an extra glass or two. In travelling through the great plain of Champagne, the traveller sees nothing that serves to connect that pro- vince with the wines of which he has heard so much. Plains, unless in hot countries, produce only indifferent wine; hut at Chalons, if he pleases to partake of a dejeune a la f&urehette, he may command for the small sum of 8d. a bottle of as choice champagne as would cost 6s. in Paris. Coloured champagne, which is commonly thought su- perior, is made after the white, which is, therefore, the most pure. The former kinds are manufactured chiefly for the British market. Sillery champagne, (dry and still), is the finest, purest, and most wholesome of all wines. A man may drink more Sillery with impunity than any other wine. The idea that champagne is apt to occlusion gout, seems to he contradicted by the infrequency of that disorder in the province where it is made : but, it is generally admitted to be prejudicial to those habits in which that disorder is already formed, especially if it has originated from addic- tion to strong liquors.—Henderson. The prevalent notion that a glass of champagne cannot be too quickly swallowed, is erroneous; and it is no bad test of the quality of champagne, to have it exposed, for some hours, in a wine-glass, when, if originally of the highest order, it will be found to have lost its carbonic acid, but entirely to retain its body and flavour, which had before been concealed by its effervescence. Champagne should therefore, not be drunk till this active effervescence is over, by those who would relish the above characteristic quality.—Brandc. Still champagne is often mistaken by its qualities : il is a strong cheating wine, though commonly thought to be weak and cooling, and it is very deceitful in these respects
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