470283 Mon Dec 17 12:02:04 -0800 2007 45 34 Wine 0 3215752 I remember reading an article somewhere about junk food and wine pairings... A few were matches I have tried, like California Chardonnay with buttered popcorn and Australian Shiraz with hot dogs. Others I had not heard of, like Spanish red Rioja with cheese curls. What is your favorite junk food/wine pairing??? Mon Dec 17 12:02:05 -0800 2007 128359 jcoz23 1 3215774 Del Taco French Fries and Champagne Chex Mix and Champagne Jack In The Box Breakfast Sandwiches (served all day...God I love that) and Champagne Kettle Chips, lightly salted with...Champagne Mon Dec 17 12:06:57 -0800 2007 3215752 96905 bubbles4me 2 3215871 Okay, I have to ask since I love Del Taco fries... Which champagne? Mon Dec 17 12:37:37 -0800 2007 3215774 128359 jcoz23 3 3216710 Most the time it is either Agrapart Blanc de Blancs or Pierre Peters Blanc de Blancs but if I am feeling like being really decadent I get a large order, (the giant cup) and drink Camille Saves Carte d'Or and call it dinner! Mon Dec 17 16:57:20 -0800 2007 3215871 96905 bubbles4me 2 3236792 I like your style, bubbles. Wed Dec 26 00:09:48 -0800 2007 3215774 11375 perk 1 3216468 Well, the other day I drank two glasses of Tannat with a bunch of homemade Chex Mix (I made this to take to a wine potluck last weekend -- had some left over). I really liked the combination. The spiciness of the Tannat seemed to mesh well with the seasoning of the Chex Mix, but it enhanced it rather than overshadowing it. Mon Dec 17 15:36:56 -0800 2007 3215752 147512 chriscatva 1 3216922 Champagne with pepperoni pizza Nero d'Avola with sausage pizza Just about anything with any sort of pizza Cabs with hamburgers Champagne with nachos Champagne with french fries Rose or Champagne with schwarma, gyros, falafel Champagne with hot dogs (are you noticing a pattern?) Mon Dec 17 18:10:42 -0800 2007 3215752 50041 whiner 2 3218252 Champagne goes with everything! I love champagne!!! I don't know if this qualifies as junk food, but.... went camping with friends, we brought aged cheddar cheese, and made grilled cheese over an open fire.We drank the Coumbia Crest Merlot with this. You can't imagine how well these two paired up! One of the most astonishing synergistic combinations i have ever had... Tue Dec 18 08:42:27 -0800 2007 3216922 89969 moh 3 3223835 kraft singles would be junk food. aged cheddar is too good to qualify...particularly because i assume you also used decent bread, and not wonder bread....? Wed Dec 19 19:00:48 -0800 2007 3218252 103920 goodhealthgourmet 4 3223988 Cant argue about the cheddar, but we did use sliced white bread... Wed Dec 19 20:06:55 -0800 2007 3223835 89969 moh 2 3224322 Champagne and onion rings, freshly made. Champagne and Ruffles potato chips with onion dip (or the gourmet version: with sour cream and caviar [even the cheap stuff]) Champagne and fried chicken Champagne and salami Champagne and salty nuts Champagne and Triscuits Champagne and any crunchy cracker or chip or Chex Mix kind of thing Champagne and McDonald's French Fries -- tell the counter you want fries without salt b/c that means they'll fry them fresh, then what you do is sneakily grab a couple of packets of salt. Terrible, I know, but it's all for flavor and giggles. Champagne and deep-fried mushrooms Champagne and just about anything deep-fried But that's because Champagne loves the whole fat and sodium thing, the definitive components of junk food. Wed Dec 19 23:38:25 -0800 2007 3216922 18222 maria lorraine 1 3216951 Twinkies with chardonnay, preferably a golden buttery one. Mon Dec 17 18:21:09 -0800 2007 3215752 83832 fussycouple 1 3218289 Tostitos Lime Tortilla chips and a chilled Pinot Grigio Tue Dec 18 08:49:23 -0800 2007 3215752 115868 burlgurl 2 3223828 Burlgurl - that sounds fantastic! mmm...... Wed Dec 19 18:58:57 -0800 2007 3218289 88683 stellamystar 1 3218470 Cerdon du Bugey with salmon tacos. Tue Dec 18 09:31:15 -0800 2007 3215752 10133 wally 1 3218472 going with the Champagne trend, Champagne with Fried Chicken. Also Chianti with Pizza (though that's almost how it's supposed to be if you ask me.. haha). Tue Dec 18 09:31:45 -0800 2007 3215752 149037 epsi1on 1 3218502 Potato chips, tzatziki and champagne and of course hot dogs and champagne. Tue Dec 18 09:39:12 -0800 2007 3215752 10133 wally 1 3219915 I read this somewhere and it worked- marshmallows and ice wine. Tue Dec 18 15:13:11 -0800 2007 3215752 20598 OliveBelle 1 3219972 This is a really fun thread! I'm a long-time fan of Champagne with anything salty. Now, I can't wait to try some lime tortilla chips with Pinot Grigio. For more ideas, see this earlier thread: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/430840 Anne Tue Dec 18 15:30:54 -0800 2007 3215752 12541 AnneInMpls 2 3221436 Thanks! I tried to do a search before I started this one, but I searched "junk food" not "fast food" so nothing came up...That's a great thread, too! Love the suggestions for Prosecco with Fritos and Pinot Noir with a Cuban sandwich... Wed Dec 19 06:49:04 -0800 2007 3219972 128359 jcoz23 1 3219997 Merlot and cheap boxed chocolates Chardonnay and Wise brand white cheddar popcorn Tue Dec 18 15:40:12 -0800 2007 3215752 113872 diablo 2 3221440 malbec and grilled cheese Wed Dec 19 06:50:47 -0800 2007 3219997 137717 Zucumber84 3 3222702 Ooh, I like the sound of this :-). I love Malbec and I love grilled cheese -- will have to give it a try. Wed Dec 19 12:28:34 -0800 2007 3221440 147512 chriscatva 4 3223341 for fun you should try both a Malbec and the Columbia Crest Merlot and compare. I know Merlot isn't "popular"anymore, but it did go great with grilled cheese! Wed Dec 19 15:41:29 -0800 2007 3222702 89969 moh 1 3223105 >> and Australian Shiraz with hot dogs Some Australian Shiraz are exceptionally fine wines (Two Hands comes to my mind). I would never waste such a wine on a hot dog. Wed Dec 19 14:16:35 -0800 2007 3215752 118541 olasek 1 3226340 Champagne and Popeye's fried chicken Thu Dec 20 13:57:07 -0800 2007 3215752 97345 Vinny Barbaresco 1 3235682 vanilla ice cream with sherry is one Tue Dec 25 06:20:09 -0800 2007 3215752 31795 ibstatguy 1 3235709 tawny port with chocolate ice cream Tue Dec 25 06:44:42 -0800 2007 3215752 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 3241789 now don't try to tell me that you didn't see my post before you made yours!! LOL Thu Dec 27 21:48:59 -0800 2007 3235709 31795 ibstatguy 3 3241927 i actually enjoyed a 20-year-old port with fantastic homemade chocolate ice cream at one of my favorite restaurants just a few weeks ago...but yes, it was your post that reminded me to mention it in this thread...hey, i give credit where due! Fri Dec 28 01:02:24 -0800 2007 3241789 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3237040 Brownies and barolo for me. Also Spicy nachos and a german riesling. Wed Dec 26 07:19:39 -0800 2007 3215752 151816 chris the bartender 1 3237119 Bigs in a Blanket with Sparkling Malvasia (just enjoyed this combo at our friends 50th bd) Kimchee Potato Chips with Moscatto D'asti or Prosecco (favorite camping snack time snack) Cab with Bacon and popcorn popped in the bacon grease Wed Dec 26 07:57:55 -0800 2007 3215752 93485 tatertotsrock 2 3237156 "popcorn popped in the bacon grease" tater, you're my hero :) Wed Dec 26 08:16:51 -0800 2007 3237119 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 3237212 Mine too!!! Wed Dec 26 08:39:26 -0800 2007 3237156 128359 jcoz23 4 3238099 Thank you goodhealthgourmet and jcoz23, but I must admit, all the credit goes to my good friend Samantha...she had gotten me the Bacon of the Month Club as a gift and she wanted to open a nice bottle of Cab but we didn't have anything in the house...but then I said "what about the bacon?" and she said "perfect let's open the wine and start frying"...then, while we were frying we realized we needed a vehicle for the bacon...she said "let's make popcorn witht he drippings!!!" How could I resist. Well, as it turned out, it was a perfect meal. We finished the bottle, finished the bacon, and all the popcorn while watching some great T-VO-ed trash television...what a great evening! Mmmm. Tonight, it's watching screeners of Into the Wild and whatever else arrived in the mail, homemade pizza, and a bottle of Carlos Basso "Dos Fincas" from Argentina...(55%cab-45% merlot)...I think it will be just right. Wed Dec 26 14:17:00 -0800 2007 3237212 93485 tatertotsrock 1 3237247 Gruner Veltliner and fried chicken Rose and popcorn Prosecco and potato chips Aglianico and anything with barbecue sauce (not junk food but delicious) Wed Dec 26 08:52:30 -0800 2007 3215752 49158 sharonm 2 3238111 Mmmm, sharonm, I love Gruner Veltliner with some good greasey bits...It's the perfect white for crossing the bridge between light apps into a big, dreamy dish of braised short ribs. I can only imagine how great that would go with some crispy fried chicken skin!!! The day after Thanksgiving, I baked a chicken...the day after that, I pulled all the skin off the chicken and re-baked it in a pyrex dish till it was the perfect little chicken-chicharrone...mmm...I served it with some mashed potatos and polished of 1/2 a bottle of Sancere...great combo! I will for sure grab a bottle of GV next time I do that. Thanks for the suggestion! Wed Dec 26 14:21:10 -0800 2007 3237247 93485 tatertotsrock 1 3242835 Golden Kaan Reserve Selection Shiraz with garlic Pretzel Crisps dipped in Sabra's Supremely Spicy Hummus. Fri Dec 28 10:47:59 -0800 2007 3215752 17087 Munchkin 2 3243920 Me, I love garlic hummos with California Chardonnay, but I'll have to try it with Shiraz and pretzels. Yum! Anne Fri Dec 28 18:23:02 -0800 2007 3242835 12541 AnneInMpls 3 3244251 Grilled cheese with riesling or gewurztraminer. Frozen pizza with inexpensive Aussie shiraz. Take out sushi with a bright, acidic New Zealand sauvignon blanc. Fri Dec 28 21:33:24 -0800 2007 3243920 99971 anewton 1 3244341 No food snobs here as the 39 responses testify. Fri Dec 28 23:19:25 -0800 2007 3215752 54184 tom porc 1 3250304 Spagetti-O's (with the meat ball's) and a nice California Cab Mon Dec 31 15:54:54 -0800 2007 3215752 19543 gatun 2 3250393 Hee, hee, hee! Curse you for mentioning my bête noir (Spaghetti-O's) - now I need to try pairing them with wine. But Spaghetti-O's taste so sweet to me that I think I would go with a non-dry white wine - something like Bonny Doon's Pacific Rim Riesling. Then again, I always get the version without the meatballs, which makes a big difference. (I'm sure those meatballs pair beautifully with a Cab.) Anne Mon Dec 31 16:51:46 -0800 2007 3250304 12541 AnneInMpls 3 3253924 After reading this post I went out and bought a bunch of junk food to to with our champagne on new years eve. what a huge success, I liked the champagne better with the food then alone, my favorite was the chex party mix. Thanks for opening my eyes to this combo! btw, does the junk food work as well with any bubbles? or is it specifically champagne? Wed Jan 02 12:06:05 -0800 2008 3250393 105701 cleopatra999 4 3253995 You know, I had a thought about this. I think we've all been trained to like fizzy drinks with junk food. We are a soft drink culture after all. So it is natural that a bubbly drink like Champagne would be a natural fit for junk food. Now I don't want anyone saying I am equating Champagne with ginger ale. But I think there is a cultural precedent for this combination. Wed Jan 02 12:20:41 -0800 2008 3253924 89969 moh 4 3255063 In regards to chips, crackers, snack foods, I've found that Champagne with some degree of toastiness, sometimes called brioche, matches well with those items. There is commonality in both -- something toasted, some caramelization of starches. Moh, of course there is cultural precedent -- it's the reason Coca-Cola goes so well with potato chips and pretzels is the same reason -- effervescence. Wed Jan 02 17:03:54 -0800 2008 3253924 18222 maria lorraine