Wine pairings for the post-apocalypse: What to drink with rats, dog food, and more
Wine pairings for the post-apocalypse: What to drink with rats, dog food, and more
Nov 25, 2012 6
(IO9) - Let's say that in your post-apocalyptic wanderings, you stumble across a home or restaurant with a particularly sturdy—and well stocked—wine cellar. Suddenly you have a plethora of varietals at your fingertips, but your daily diet still consists of SPAM, small rodents, and MREs. How do you know which wines will best bring out the flavor of your post-apocalyptic cuisine?
Rats: Giant rat and cane rat (although, EmpressZombie notes in the comments, they are a very different species from brown rats) are a staple of certain West African cuisines, but the world's most famous wine-producing region has also been known for rat consumption. During the Franco-Prussian War, many French folks ate black and brown rats, and in the famed Larousse Gastronomique contains this rodent recipe:
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