Day 59

We hit some record breaking temperatures in Colorado last week.  I even had to turn the air conditioner on for a couple of days.

On one of those days, we were having pasta for dinner. That sounds much fancier and more Italiano than; we were having spaghetti with sauce out of a jar.  This combined with the heat created the perfect scenario for a glass of Prosecco before dinner. For those of you that can’t run the “Spirits” category on Jeopardy, like I can, Prosecco is an Italian sparkling wine.  It is like champagne’s slightly less elegant cousin with a better personality and a good sense of humor.

So, I sat in my camping chair on my patio and enjoyed an aperitivo (If you don’t know that word, I’ll let you figure that out in context, you are smart readers).   Typically, we have no problems finishing a bottle of bubbly stuff at our house.  A bottle is perfect for two adults.  Since I am temporarily solo, with half the bottle left, I searched for the little vacuum seal whatchamacallit that I KNOW I have somewhere. And, I SWEAR I brought it to Colorado.

If you have read this blog at all before, it probably won’t surprise you that I couldn’t find it.    So, I finally put the bottle back in the fridge just hoping for the best.

But, each time I opened the door, the bottle would be there with dozens of tiny little bubbles floating upward–mocking me.  So, I googled “how to keep champagne from going flat”.   There are quite a few ideas out there.  The most prevalent one is to drop a sterling silver spoon into the neck of the bottle.

I will state for the record, I am not currently in possession of a sterling silver spoon.  I am down to five stainless steel and about eight plastic spoons.  Plus, there are actual research studies done on this method and they conclude the spoon theory doesn’t work.   What foundation or government do you suppose funded the Spoon Hypothesis at Stanford?

So, about twelve seconds after the kids went to bed, I added the very succinct  “Champagne bubble stopper thingy” to my list titled, “Second Hand Things to look for” and  I finished the bottle.  It seemed like the best solution.