Invitation to the March Dinner
Members are advised that the 721st meeting
will be on
Thursday March 15th 2012
At
Racers
Webster St.
At 7.00pm
Food Master: Rob Campbell
Wine Master: Mal Anderson
Dress Business smart
Guests are most welcome
Electronic banking via account:
ANZ BSB 013 520 ACCOUNT 008699266 is recommended.
Cost $130 per person
Reply to Rob Campbell
RSVP Sunday March 11th
racam@westnet.com.au
Annual Subscription $300 due
Please pay via electronic banking
March Dinner 721 Invitation
Urban Myth
At last night's Dinner an Urban Myth started by the New York Times, that goat is the world's most popular meat was repeated. Good idea but sadly not true and not supported by the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization, which say:-
"The most common sources of meat are domesticated animal species such as cattle, pigs and poultry and to a lesser extent buffaloes, sheep and goats. In some regions other animal species such as camels, yaks, horses, ostriches and game animals are also eaten as meat. To a limited extent, meat is also derived from exotic animals such as crocodiles, snakes and lizards...
Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world accounting for over 36% of the world meat intake. It is followed by poultry and beef with about 33% and 24% respectively. [ovine (sheep & goats) are 5%]."
A source for the NYT article may have been Raising Meat Goats for Profit by Gail Bowman, Bowman Communication Press. The author also claims that "70 percent of the world’s population eats goat meat" You can find these numbers repeated all over the place, attributed and not attributed.
The picture with this post relates to my favourite urban myth. If you have not heard the story, check it out .
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgorsky.htm
Dinner 720 Menu
720th Dinner – 16th Febuary 2012
AGM
Craigs Hotel
President: Robert Campbell
CANAPES
Seared Scallop
Mango and mint salsa, Micro herbs
Suckling pork belly
Toasted brioche, pickled onion And seeded mustard
Lanson Gold champagne 1996
FIRST COURSE
Ceviche of Kingfish
Lime vinigarette, fennel, Grapefruit segments, micro herbs
Penfolds Eden Valley Reisling 2004
SECOND COURSE
Seven Hill Goat Pithvier
Eggplant and basil caviar, Pomme boulangere, olive jus
Massolino Barolo DOCG 2006
Yalumba Signature Cab/Shiraz 1998
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THIRD COURSE Duck Breast
Parsnip puree, baby vegetable, Sauce periguex
Amisfield Pinot Noir 2002
Dominique Laurent Bougogne Passetoutgrain 2002
DESSERT
Petit Fours
Chocolate truffle , Fresh berry tartlet , Lemon meringue pie
Orange and poppyseed friend, Rasberry macaroon
Gunderloch Jean Baptiste Riesling Kabinett 2001
Chef: Phillipe Desrettes
Food Master: Stuart Eaton
Winemaster Phil Dover
Wine Master's Report 2012
Thank you for allowing me to be your wine master over the last 3 years. It has been an interesting learning curve for a professed foodie.
I have been able to extend my knowledge of and confidence in serving of our European wines and have enjoyed using some of the best wine Australia has to offer.
The food matches at times have been challenging but on the whole my choices have met with approval from some of the best palates in Ballarat. I must thank all the foodmasters and chefs of the region for the culinary delights presented to us over the last few years.
I must thank the contribution of our cellarmasters, for adding some great wines to our cellar and especially the work of Jim Patterson with his emphasis on very good quality cellaring wines and some ready to use styles from Italy and Spain.
I look forward to having to taste blind wines rather than the other way round.
Many thanks for the compliments given to me on my choices
Phil Dover
President's Report 2012
WINE AND FOOD SOCIETY OF BALLARAT
PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2011‐12
2011 has been an interesting year, initiated by the changes in the
Constitution allowing the introduction of female members and all the
information which was originally provided in the Presidents Report is now on
the Blog. This has been a fantastic innovation by Bob House.
Dinner venues, courses and wines are well described on the Blog.There
have been some interesting themes for some of the dinners this year, namely one
centered around the Titanic, the David O’Sullivan dinner, a Pork-based dinner
and the Japanese function which notably completed the year.
Phil Dover has been a most able Wine Master, building on his previous
years of experience. Bob House continues to amaze me with his exploits as
Secretary and Paul Hemming has been a most able Treasurer. Jim Patterson,
Cellar Master, has left no stone unturned in his quest for a blended mixture of
traditional andold‐world purchases. John Coco, Dean Stevens and Stuart Eaton
have acted as Food Masters as have other members of the Committee.
After 2 years of being President I,look forward to handing the baton to
Dean Stevens and thank all members of the Committee for their support.
RA Campbell.
President
2012 Cellar Master's Report
Wine & Food Society of Ballarat
Cellarmasters Report for 2011
Thank you for the opportunity to be your Cellarmaster for the past year when I have continued my programme to update and revamp the Cellar List.
During 2011 we consumed 201 bottles - which was 42 less than for 2010. At the same time I added 216 bottles at an average cost of $62 each totalling $13,370 compared with $13,446 in 2010 at an average cost of $50 (which was due to an increase in the quality of the wine purchased).
I had intended to auction off up to 30 dozen bottles in excess of our requirements last year but had to defer this until early in 2012. This will reduce the list to a more practical level.
We are due to receive our 2009 Bordeaux En Primeur purchases around April and repeated this for the great vintage of 2010 due to arrive in 2013 which adds 3 dozen comprising 6 wines to refresh our Bordeaux stock for your future pleasure!
My purchases are eclectic and include outstanding wines from Burgundy, Bordeaux, New Zealand, California, WA and Tasmania and I hope to be around to enjoy most of them over future years!
Thanks to Phil Dover’s outstanding work for the past 3 years we have enjoyed some great dinners and I look forward to working with a new Winemaster should you elect me for another term. Sorry I cannot attend the AGM but a Business conference drags me overseas.
The audited list as at 31/12/2011 can be viewed on the Society’s website.
Thanks, Jim Patterson
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