I'm not going to argue with you about this "farmers/ranchers" people, but as for myself, I've never heard of any drinking wine. And, I darn sure know that rodeo people, at lease the rodeo folks I knew, didn't. I'd be curious, Lon, where do you know farmers and ranchers from? Are they still active farmers/ranchers? You know my past, involved in professional rodeo, horse owner and, during my high school years, raised on, and around, farmers. Ever been on a farm and/or ranch? Actually, Lon, there are "country folks" that know nothing about livestock, farming, ranching and could care less. Reason I'm asking..........you never talk about farmers and/or ranchers, however I do, and quite often.
The problem Cody is that your sphere of knowledge is quite limited as is your sphere of aquqintances. Within 10 miles of where I am now living is a farmer friend that has 50 acres of quality grapes that he sells to one of the big major wineries. I have no reason to discuss farmer friends or medical friends on Seniors Only and what I know about people is not based on movies, TV or what I read. I hope my remarks don't offend you as that is not my intention but you leave your self wide open with your lack of knowledge. BTW The only Rodeo Person I ever knew was a Sioux Indian college classmate that paid his tuition with proceeds he earned riding & roping. And you are right. He probably doesn't drink wine.
There has always been one thing about seeing movies or videos of wine being poured at a table for the Lady and Gentleman: The waiter spashes a little bit of wine in the glass! Ridiculous! I would ask to pour it myself, and fill the glasses up to nearly the brim, then click the glasses and take a big chug-a-lug from mine! You ordered wine...then DRINK it!
Well, in a way Lon, you can make me look sort of stupid, when it comes to knowing people. And, the ones that I've known weren't from tv, movies or whatever, they were truly farmers and/or ranchers. To me, a farmer and/or rancher is someone who raises livestock like my step-parents did on their farm and neighbors did on their farms. I didn't run into any actual ranchers until we moved here to Colorado. We went to a ranch rodeo once, and before the rodeo, met/talked to a ranch foreman who was in-charge of a big ranch here in Colorado. And, yes, I have met actors that played parts in tv Westerns. And, that's exactly what they were, "actors". One last thing, just what do you mean "lack of knowledge"? Wife and I have watched documentaries on farming and ranching. A documentary is the filming of the real operation of a farm/ranch. Not only have we gone to rodeos, but we've also gone to a livestock auction just north of us. None of those folks look like they'd even touch a glass of wine. But, then again, like the old saying goes, "looks can be very, very deceiving". Like the young lady who was a World Champion Female Bull Rider that I met. When people see me in shorts and tennis shoes, launching our boat, they'd never guess that I'd been involved in professional rodeo. But, I was. Anyway, on with your thread.
Want to see an hilarious scene of wine drinking from a movie? Watch a part of The Cowboy Way, where Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson stop in at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Restaurant for dinner. Two New Mexico rodeo cowboys, Kiefer and Woody, order wine and when asked "what kind?", Woody says, "whatever you got". As they went thru three bottles, Woody is shown swishing the wine side to side in his mouth, which includes pushing his head back and gargling it. Absolutely hilarious! Then, what he does with an empty wine bottle gets the attention a female cello player, in a small quartet, that lost her bow and almost fell off her chair.
Yeah, that's an OK plating, but I know your current kitchen staff doesn't have a flair for platings, as judged by your more recent pics.
Yes, you had mentioned that, previously. It's a shame, as I really liked the pics you posted a good while back, of your meals. The platings were creative and attractive. Now, many times your meals look like scoops of food simply thrown on a plate. Sad.