Cru Beaujolais

[Innkeeper]

Nouveau and Plain Ole Beaujolais should be served at the same temperature as white wine, 55 degrees F. Cru Beaujolais should be served halfway between that and the temperature for red, or 60 degrees F. Place in an ice bucket with water for 7.5 minutes.

When we lived in Omaha, Mrs Innkeeper would pick me up at the airport and stop at a place on the way home called the Neon Goose. It was a cinder block building painted black with a pink neon sign with their name and a goose. Great food though. We liked to start with steamed mussels, and follow with a small steak entree. Would wash all this down with a Beaujolais Villages, for which we would demand an ice bucket.

They served the mussels in a pot on top of a wooden stand they put on the table, with broth and butter in separate containers on each side. Between attacking this mussel mountain with gusto, and putting our red wine in an ice bucket, we always attacted a crowd, whom we happily ignored.

[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 04-04-2000).]