Down the Drain
As I was wandering through the Co-op (Jamiya) the other day, picking up a few basics, I came across something not-so-basic – a bottle of alcohol-free Merlot.
I was making spaghetti sauce – and here is the truth as I see it – almost any sauce is improved by the addition of a little wine. And this is alcohol-free! I can serve it to my Islamic dinner guests.
The sauce was superb, even if it is me saying it about myself. Just a basic meat sauce, but with the fresh basil from our friend’s prolific garden, and the cup of Merlot – sublime.
That was a week ago. Today, I went to use the Merlot in another sauce and HORRORS! Look at that!
Can you see that? That great big spot of MOLD growing on the Merlot-drink-that-does-not-contain-alcohol???
I had to throw it all out. I don’t take chances on making people sick from food bourn illnesses, not even myself. And while AdventureMan and I are generous in our nature, we are frugal in our private lives, and throwing nearly $16 literally down the drain horrifies me! Maybe it was the humidity – my bread also went green very quickly – or maybe it is the non-alcohol that allowed it to mold so quickly. I don’t know. I don’t think I will be buying another bottle of Merlot here in Kuwait any time soon.
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we buy Fre from Sultan Center! I never saw any molds!!!
Maybe storage for non alcoholic wines differ???
maybe it got contaminated
we bought some “chardonnay” at Carrefoure. I am like you in believing sauces are improved with a little wine, and miss having some on-hand here. So far, it is holding up without any mold, but I am storing it in the fridge. Even though merlot shouldn’t be served cold, since its not the real thing, maybe you should try the fridge too.
I was told you could find them at the Sultan Center, Ansam, but I never saw it there – but I did find it at the Co-op, which I found funny. I think maybe the alcohol holds down mold formation, I don’t know.
3baid – and maybe it was that incredibly humid day we had last week that somehow did it?
Mimfoy – If I ever buy this stuff again, in the fridge it will go. I guess I didn’t put this one in the fridge because it was red. Never again.