smooth as glass

During my college days, I have learned different kinds of glasses that are used for different kinds of drinks, mainly used in bars. But, in the real world, there may only be four major types of glasses that are part of table arrangement. On the other hand, they are not always found on all table settings and for us, regular home dining would only mean the drinking glass.

First of the four glasses often used for all table arrangement is the water goblet This may be considered as the fanciest of all kinds of glassware because it is found on almost all types of table service and is usually used for serving water. 

For a formal dinner, we often have an appetizer first before the main course. And with this, we can partner it with an aperitif, a drink to stimulate the appetite or can simply be defined as something you drink before you eat. We use an aperitif glass for these types of meals. An example of an aperitif is a Champagne or sparkling wine. 

Usually, a formal dinner will start with a white meal which would basically mean fish or seafood meal and as such, in food and wine pairing rule, is paired with white wine. Thus, a white wine glass is used in this.  A popular white wine usually used is Chardonnay.

Of course, if they have white wine, they would also serve red wine with red meals like steak or any red meat dish. An example of red wine is a Cabernet Sauvignon 

I would be discussing more different kinds of glass in another topic. I had fun learning all types of glasses used in food service and as far as I can remember, I also had some confusion because most of these glasses really looks the same.

In the meantime, I have yet another personal recipe for you, one of my daughter's most requested dish, Baked Macaroni.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 head garlic, crushed

1 onion, minced

2 pcs. red tomatoes, chopped

1 /2 kg ground beef

1/8 kg. ham, cooked and chopped

1 250 gm. pouch tomato sauce

1 red bell pepper, chopped

1 pc. beef bouillon cube

salt, pepper, sugar to taste

1 kg. macaroni, cooked as directed

1 250 ml pouch all purpose cream

quick-melt cheese, grated

Procedure:

Saute garlic, onion and red tomatoes in butter. Add ground beef and cook for 5 minutes, then add ham and cook for another 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add tomato sauce. Add enough water and place beef bouillon cube, season with sugar if you want it sweet. Allow to simmer until saucy. Pour this to the cooked macaroni noodles and transfer in a Pyrex dish. Top with all purpose cream and put in a pre heated 375 F oven for about 10-12 minutes. This is best served with toasted garlic bread.

happy eating! J