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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI shit you not...."Melania celebrates Womens Day......
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/mar/08/international-womens-day-2017-protests-activism-strike-live"First Lady Melania Trump celebrated International Womens Day with salsify and spinach gnocchi at a private luncheon at the White House.
Guests included Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, Ivanka Trump, Karen Pence, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Sen. Susan Collins, Small Business Administration chair-slash-former WWE executive Linda McMahon, and a 2015 Viognier from Sonoma County."
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Traitors!
Let them eat honeycrisp crostata!
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)"Honeycrisp Crostata" has a certain ring, n'est pas?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)This is a California copy.
Auggie
(31,184 posts)It's the wrong wine pair for this luncheon, BTW. Good. Let them suffer.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)In other words, Melania served shitty white at her lunch.
BeeBee
(1,074 posts)Pride Mountain makes delicious wines.
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BeeBee
(1,074 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And used in wine of a controlled name. Thus the designation appellation d'origine contrôlée , or AOC, which appears only on those products which conform to specific guidelines.
This California imitation cannot be labelled and sold in France as Viognier based, just as processed cheese cannot be labelled as Roquefort. It degrades the language. It should be labelled as Viognier-type, just as sparkling wine cannot be called Champagne.
BeeBee
(1,074 posts)I'm very well aware of the difference between a varietal and an AOC. Viognier is the varietal, such as pinot noir or chardonnay. Condrieu or Château-Grillet are AOCs made with Viognier grapes.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)But I constantly see imitations of different foods labelled in stores. And you are of course correct that Condrieu must be made with Rhone Valley grown Viognier grapes.
Auggie
(31,184 posts)madaboutharry
(40,217 posts)This is the kind of thing Michelle Obama did on International Women's Day.
http://www.makers.com/blog/michelle-obama-international-womens-day
coco22
(1,258 posts)They love to copy the Obamas,they don't know shit!
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)It's nothing new for the WH and first lady, specifically to take advantage of these kinds of events. The handlers at this WH are probably under unique pressure and will try to get some kind of news that some fans will read as positive. Any possible distraction is their friend.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I said, "TONE DEAF," asshole.
ploppy
(2,162 posts)Why can't I find a vomit emoji?
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)there are 3 ... Click there to expand the list and a vomit emoji can be yours. ( )
There are also sarcasm, WTF and other cool ones down there too that come in rather handy at times.
malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)eyeofnewt
(146 posts)Eye of newt! Hilarious -to me anyway - and there's little to laugh at nowadays ~~~~
unblock
(52,302 posts)plump breasts of thyme-brined chicken,
hot juicy pork butt,
auntie em's famous glazed salsify,
and mama's homemade spinach gnocchi.
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)haele
(12,673 posts)"Light" and bland food that pretends to be both pretentious and healthy; a meal that won't be threating to come up while playing with one's jewelry and mentally comparing one's bank account to one's neighbor's account and trying not to listen to the vapid murmurings of the speaker for the event.
Haele
BainsBane
(53,054 posts)are closely associated with the administration. These sorts of occasions would typically involve inviting people from around the country. They couldn't find some conservative women's activists to invite?
TNLib
(1,819 posts)They could have invited women from around the world at that. Talk about insulating.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)BainsBane
(53,054 posts)I don't see the point of making a big deal about everything the Trumps do. I'm sure the Obamas had some pretty nice menus as well.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)mentioning that there were dozens of women there.
I prefer Michelle Obama's way of spending the day, but the WH menu sounds pretty yummy!
Editing to say I don't mean the DU posts, but the linked websites that I saw covering the event.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)Demonaut
(8,924 posts)"Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
compliments of Bill Shakespeare
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)her husband's underlings.
She was the bosses wife inviting people to lunch and pretending it was something it so clearly wasn't.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)leftstreet
(36,111 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)theglammistress
(348 posts)She accepted the 2017 Champion for Girls Award.
She would have been a wonderful president.
VOX
(22,976 posts)These people make me want to vomit out my soul. Fucking disgusting parasites.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Because the President and First Lady have to pay for their food and their intimate friends' dining.
I bet it is on our dime. that's why they have DeVos there.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)There is a percentage that needs to be government employees to pass costs to tax payers. It may pass that law with Betsy and a few others there. Pence and Melanie don't count in the numbers. I am unsure how ivanka is paid. She may work for free like her father so I'm not sure how she's counted.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Not like that dumb old Obama! Why, do you remember the time he had orange juice with his breakfast? Boy, talk about out of touch and elitist! Chris Matthews sure had that snooty Obama's number on that:
https://mediamatters.org/video/2008/04/11/on-hardball-matthews-and-shuster-critiqued-obam/143185
But the Third Lady is just like all you other regular gals. See that menu? You all probably have all that stuff in your kitchen cupboards right this second, don't you?
star rises
(9 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,470 posts)nancy1942
(635 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)At least, the Republican version. Hope all those white coal miners' wives who voted for Trump appreciated the recognition.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Eric makes Viognier - not overly good Viognier, but Viognier nonetheless - at his winery, and the Deplorables will probably think "Pride Mountain" is some sort of gay thing. (It's the name of the family who founded the winery, but when did facts ever matter to that bunch?) I believe Mr. Trump will skip his weekly Mar-a-Lago excursion to go to Manhattan and scream at his spouse.
Besides, I can think of far more appropriate wines for a luncheon featuring the first president's wife to refuse to live in the White House, and the wineries who make them will happily package them in an attractive 55-gallon drum. In the wine trade, we refer to this sort of packaging as "the single-serving size."
Vinca
(50,302 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Eat, run to bathroom, vomit, repeat...
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republican women are special. no doubt about it
"Be a dear, will you, and pass the Pride Mountain Viognier." - Hoytie Toytie
Hekate
(90,773 posts)Well, at least Melania had to show up at the People's House for this affair.
Cha
(297,513 posts)Cha
(297,513 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Posted by pbmus...
"Nobody has more Respect for Women than I do ". DJT
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028766457
Cha
(297,513 posts)OxQQme
(2,550 posts)Billionaire Betsey DeVos
Billionaire Linda McMahon
Kellyanne Conway
Karen Mother Pence
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Ivanka Trump
Buns_of_Fire
(17,191 posts)liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)Their true arrogance shines like the guilding in the palace.
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)It's probably only a daytrip.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)She is such an embarrassment. But look what she agreed to get married to.
suegeo
(2,573 posts)while that wife of his was out of the room?
littlemissmartypants
(22,735 posts)Nobody cares.