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Tips for keeping sparkling beverage.../ Le truc de la cuillere et des boissons a bulles
by joon
Hier, Adam et moi, apres une promenade dans la foret a cote de Portland (genre vincennes en beaucoup plus sauvage) avons decide de nous rendre a Elephant's delicatessen. C'est un magasin de nourriture assez "fancy", genre Fauchon mais vous trouvez des trucs europeens et ils font un peu genre restau-cafe en meme temps, enfin bref le bonheur. En attendant notre commande, j'ai jete un oeil partout (j'ai achete du chocolat cote d'or et des brioches)et quoi dans le rayon alcool...je vois du cidre. French Sparkling Cider de Normandy, je n'hesite pas, hop, dans le panier! Mais voila, ici et nous le savions mais bon on s'est dit que si c'est a cote du vin, c'est forcement ok! Voila le cidre ici, "cider" c'est du jus de pomme a bulles. Champomy genre en meilleur. Enfin celui-la, remarque vu le prix! enfin bref, on a pas verifie, ca nous paraissait tellement evident. Alors a la maison, bah, tant pis, on a ouvert la bouteille. Et qu'est ce qu'on fait en France pour ne pas perdre les bulles du champagne, ou d'un mousseux? Eh bien, on met une petite cuillere, ca fait rire ici, n'empeche ca marche les gars...pourquoi? aucune idee et je prendrais pas le risque de laisser mon champagne trop longtemps au frais mais bon...
Yesterday, Adam and I went to Elephant's delicatessen (in their new location) after a walk in Washington Park. I had a look in the alcohol section and what? French cider. I know that here cider means sparkling apple juice but French Sparkling Cider coming from Normandy, my "region", the country of alcoholic cider can only be this the one I know and love. Neither Adam nor I checked on that. We were very disappointed to realize we bought apple juice. But we were home and we don't go in that part of Portland that often, so we decided to open the bottle. Bottle half full of sparkling should be drunk, because this kind of cork doesn't go again on the bottle or it would dead the day after? " Que nenni", to keep it and we usually do that with Champagne, put a spoon (normal spoon with no plastic or other material than a traditonnal spoon) in the bottle. And it works....How long I don't know, you usually finish it the day after. Would it be sparkling otherwise, without nothing, all night in the fridge, I won't want to take the risk with champagne or French cider but with stupid sparkling apple juice, maybe...
Tell me about your tips if you know some or experience this one and tell me how it worked!

Comments
Yeah well I agree with you it seems totally crazy but everyone's who tried it just noticed it worked. As I said, I never really thought about the scientific process and if it would work a long time (I am not sure), I always thought it was weird but I now do it also by tradition because it's so strange and it has been working each time!
Posted by: Joon at May 16, 2005 3:14 AM
Hi Everybody! and sorry to disapoint you, but the spoon trick does NOT work! I am french and have heard this for years and have even done it last night! Today, i found out on thte internet that some scientific research have been done in 1995.
here is the link: http://www.linternaute.com/science/divers/est-ce-que/05/bulles-champagne/bulles-champagne.shtml
This is the end of a myth!!!!
Posted by: cecily at February 16, 2006 8:57 PM
Are you saying you can just stick a spoon in the bottle, with the handle inside the bottle and the-part-you-put-in-your-mouth sticking out the top, and the bottle isn't actually sealed, but this somehow keeps champagne from going flat?
If this is true, someone seriously needs to drag Mr Wizard's ass out of retirement to explain it.
Posted by: Lucie at May 15, 2005 11:07 PM