Comments on: Balsamic Vinegar Made in New Mexico http://ericademane.com/2009/03/26/balsamic-vinegar-made-in-new-mexico/ A Skinny Guinea Cooks and Tastes All Things Italian Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erica http://ericademane.com/2009/03/26/balsamic-vinegar-made-in-new-mexico/#comment-1418 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:02:29 +0000 http://ericademane.com/?p=1262#comment-1418 Hi George,

And don’t forget tomorrow is your aunt Gloria’s 80th birthday. Send her a bottle of really expensive balsamico. That should wake up her taste buds.

Love,

Erica

]]> By: George http://ericademane.com/2009/03/26/balsamic-vinegar-made-in-new-mexico/#comment-1417 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:08:45 +0000 http://ericademane.com/?p=1262#comment-1417 Risotto looks good .. but a little more like the Veneto-soupy version than the drier version my mom (Piemontese background) used to make!
Balsamic is one of those foods that until you taste a really good version you have to think “what’s the big deal?” On my last trip to Italy I spent a day in Modena and passed by a little shop selling only vinegar on the way back to the train station. I bought a little bottle (40ml) of 12 year old stuff and kick myself for not blowing my bankroll on a bigger bottle. Even more intriguing (expensive) were some bottles aged ( if I remember) to at least 100 years. This stuff was as thick as cold honey. I was not offered a taste but I could have had a bottle for a few hundred Euro. Maybe next trip.

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