Pairing
I don’t really know how I feel about pairing. Every time someone attempts to throw some food at me when I’m drinking a special beer, I grin with contempt. I don’t understand why I HAVE to eat this when I drink that. It makes little to no sense to me. Granted, I’ve seen and experienced the blessings that come when food and drink are combined but I never feel that’s how it should always be done. To me, it goes like this:
1. Food is great on its own
2. Drink is great on its own
3. Putting them together makes a taste explosion only equivalent to the birth of Christ.
4. There is no refuting this. EVER. If you should choose to refute this then you will be treated like the slack jawed hillbilly I assume you are. You will also be given a Bud Light.
Depending on who reads this, the last part might be win-win. But honestly, it’s almost canon now to pair things forever and always. It just doesn’t seem necessary. I like flavor to be pure and simple, I like it to be bold and robust all on its own. A solid beer doesn’t NEED to have a braised oxtail and fennel salad paired along. Nor does a brie need a baguette and wine. However, they will provide each other with flavors that ease and compliment the pallets. I haven’t done tons of pairing and I will never claim to. It just seems that when people want to sound like they know their stuff, they jump to pairings. And just because Kobe Bryant is paired with the Lakers doesn’t mean you have to like one with the other. Plain and simple.
P.s. I only used that analogy because the laker’s game is about to come on. If you feel the need to let me know it doesn’t work within the semantics of the article please feel free to address all complaints to my PR staff. They TOTALLY care.
*insert Yakkity Sax*
Admittedly, this looks delicious. But I don’t know if it pairs well.
I’ll just sip my bud light now……
