What Is The Perfect Meal?
Okay, I'm not talking about a meal or dinner that has the most nutritional value or anything, so if you came here looking for a vitamin loaded meal that tastes like cardboard, you came to the wrong article! Now, anyone can buy an expensive steak or have lobster, so I consider that meal tasty, but out of bounds. This is my personal, all time favorite meal. This is a very simple and reasonably priced meal.
The Main Course
I love Italian food. My perfect meal would be either manicotti, cannelloni or lasagna, preferably manicotti. The cannelloni or manicotti wouldn't have spinach or anything, just ricotta cheese, meats and the best tomato sauce. If not manicotti or cannelloni, a good lasagna will suffice.
The main course would be served with garlic bread and a great salad. Not too much garlic, but just a little with butter, for the bread. The salad would include generous amounts of black olives and slices of roma tomato.
The Dessert and Beverage
The dessert would be a magnificent compliment to the wonderful Italian, main course. Cheesecake and a great Merlot. After having great Italian food, I have found nothing as tasty as a slice of cheesecake, while sipping a good Merlot. For me, there is an almost exact method or culinary science, to having cheesecake and Merlot. With a fork, I take a small bite of cheesecake. After I eat that small piece of cheesecake, I take a small sip of Merlot. I have found that if I carefully vary the size of bite, to the amount I sip, makes for an amazing combination. It sounds odd, I know, but try it, before you scoff at the idea.
If you have a better idea or an example of a perfect meal that you enjoy, I would love to hear about it in a comment. I would love to try out your perfect meal!
Bon Appetit!
