It's generally considered acceptable to send back food you don't like -- why should wine be treated differently?

I'm with this in (sorry) spirit, maybe it's a phrasing thing? I don't think I'd say you can send back food you dislike, the way you could if it was burned/raw. In my head the process goes

1. When the waiter comes back, you apologetically say, "I'm sorry, this sounded wonderful but I guess I misjudged..." or whatever.

2. Waiter sympathetically takes your new order (maybe suggesting something that the kitchen can have ready quickly) and hustles plate away.

3. Assuming you didn't originally order a lobster and replace it with a grilled cheese sandwich... I would tend to think they'll waive the price of the first dish. If they don't, I certainly wouldn't say you had a right to demand such a thing, though.

So I'd have the same expectation with wine. In any business deal, I can hope that my potential as a customer is worth more than a single purchase. But that decision is up to the merchant, not the buyer.

Sigh. The rumor was that at 2pm we would be sent home. 2pm passed. Nothing. Now the word in the hallways is 3pm. It's 2:35 and nobody has said anyhting to us about going home.

Lately, most of the restaurants I've been to seem to err on the side of overseasoning, and sometimes going a little crazy with it.

I think the only place I've actually had bland food is the crappy indian/ american homecooking diner down the street. No idea why people like that place so much, it's not even good bland.

I know this is not all of my receipts

This year I was given a FSA credit card. Marvellous idea. They'd harass me afterwards for the receipts, but it would be right afterwards, so I didn't have any file and disappear problems.

I did blow through mine in just two shots, but I still like the timing more.

If that winds up too gingery, we replace the candied fruit with dried fruit that's been soaked in brandy. You could replace the candied fruit with a mix of dried fruits and ginger no problem.

Oooh, these are all excellent ideas. The cake itself will be repeatedly soaked in brandy.

Gotta do that FSA stuff. You know you have like three months, right?

I never had enough patience to figure out how the credit card works.

Hello everyone!

I am having a VERY lazy day today -- hope everyone who is at work gets to leave soon.

A very saucy squirrel was eating an acorn on the windowsill outside of my dining room. With my VERY interested cat sitting on the windowsill on the inside of the dining room. That squirrel was just very bold.

I never had enough patience to figure out how the credit card works.

You hand it to the person who's trying to get money from you.

Then you sign a slip of paper and wait a month or two until the FSA people ask you to fax your receipts.

We just instituted a credit card FSA starting this new year. It rocks because you use it as a debit card and the vendor bills your account directly, so no claim forms, no faxing receipts. You save receipts to be used if there is a billing question at some point, but you don't have to futz with them. Suh-weet.

I'll be busier in 3 months than I am today. But it's good to know that I can still search for the missing receipts and still get paid.

aw yeah aw yeah!