BEER...!

The word of Beer is full of weird & wonderful brews. Beer is one of the oldest manufactured drinks. Nobody knows when was the first of beer is brewed but it is started couple of thousand years ago in Sumeria & Babylonia, changes happened in brewing style on regular intervals. There are so many stories are hidden in history of beer manufacturing. Russian brewed the Kvass, made from Kvass Seed & is still consumed in many parts of Russia; the Germans brewed a wheat version called Weisbier, Arabians & Africans brewed their own concoction from teff, millet, grass seeds; the Chinese made the Kiu from rice & sorghum; South Americans make their beer from any grain at hand.

 Now beer is one of the most famous alcoholic drinks. It is worldwide socially accepted due to low alcoholic content & it is drink on regular basis. Beer is treated as refreshing drink or thirst quencher. Beer is made with the help of malted cereal grains & flavor is given with the help of Hops. The process of preparing beer is known as Brewing. The place where brewing is going on that is called as Brewery, though beer can be made in the home & has been for much of its history. Nowadays beer is mainly produce with the help of Barley, Malt, Hops, Sugar, Brewer’s Yeast, Water & Finings.

Beer & food matching is quite a hot topic from last few years. Beer is a perfect companion for different food dishes. There are different beer available in the market with different taste, color, type, aroma, & character; that’s help us to choose beer according to our food. For example rich creamy risotto with nutty brown ale, Indian curries goes very well with lager beer, beef stew or mutton stew goes very well with stout beer, basic cheese can be served with draught beer & so on. Even few food dishes are made with the help of beer, as main ingredients to give perfect aroma & taste to that dish.

There are different types are beers available in the market according to individual taste buds. There is a difference between drinking beer & formally tasting it, but that difference isn’t huge. While tasting a beer we should bear few things in mind like shape of glass makes a big difference to how we perceive the beer, so always ask for the same glass each time when we drink beer & glass should be clean without any smell. Beer need to be chilled enough to refresh us, allow beer to stay in glass after pouring & before sipping it. Some people like to drink with froth some like without. Beer is the perfect drink for occasion, we can have our beer in stadium while enjoying different sports; beer companies are the major sponsors for most of the sports. or we can have blast during different parties with beers along with friends, relatives, & company colleagues or we can have corporate lunch or dinner with clients. 

Beer has some medicinal benefits too but they can be achieved by moderate drinking only that means 1 glass of beer every day.

•  Beer helps in making our bones stronger due to high level of Silicon.
• It helps to keep our heart strong.
• It helps us to keep our kidneys healthy.
• It helps boosting brain health.
• It reduces the risk of cancer due to antioxidants presents in a beer.
• Beer contains B12 Vitamin & helps us to boost B6 in our blood.
• It guards us against Heart Strokes.
• It reduces the risk of type 2 Diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity.
• It helps us to keep blood pressure under control.
• By avoiding so many things, it helps us to live longer life.

Cheers for good health

Dining Etiquette

       

          Hello friends today we are going to discuss about dinning etiquette. Dinning etiquette plays an important role in creating a good impression amongst the people. Nowadays we all do go out for dinner or lunch with our relatives, family, colleagues or business clients. Dinning etiquette helps us to behave in professional manner in this kind of a meet up. Everyone does pay attention on their fellow companions regarding how they behave in public & they also observe each and every minor to major thing of ours. If we really don’t know how to behave in fine dine restaurants, people start avoiding us for social get together. They think that we are not a perfect match for their standards. So today we will know some do’s and don’ts in restaurants. This will help us to keep our standard according to the requirements of society.

• As soon as we are seated, we should remove the napkin from the table, unfold it and put it on our lap. Do not shake it open. Napkin remains on our lap till the end of the meal.
• Do consider host’s budget before ordering any expensive food or beverage.
• Do say thank you after each item when being served as it shows appreciation.
• Do use cutlery from outside to inside while having a meal.
• Do keep the glasses in its original place after having sip.
• Do keep your hand on your mouth while burping & say excuse me immediately.
• Do ask for help from server whenever necessary.
• Do call the server by his/her name which shows respect towards him/her.
• Do wait till everyone gets served; start eating only after the host begins eating.
• Do maintain the pace of table companion, so we will be able to finish the meal at same time like others.
• Do use proper cutlery for every course that has been served to us.
  
• Do drink beverages after the toast is being raised.
• Do sit with a straight back, do not lean on table.
• Do pass the condiments and accompaniments to ladies first, even if we are about to use the same.
• Do not cross over to take anything from the table, do ask for the same.
• Do not smoke without the permission of ladies on the table.
• Do not speak with mouth full, otherwise food particles may get sprayed on others, finish swallowing and then speak.
• Do not use cutlery to indicate while talking to fellow companion on the table.
• Do not have a sip with mouthful otherwise we will have oily marks or food particles on glass rim that is really unacceptable.
• Do not wipe your entire face with serviette; just gently wipe the mouth with it.
• Do not slurp the soup, as it rightly said do not drink the soup eat the soup.
• Gently stir your soup to cool it instead of blowing on it, spoon your soup away from you.
• Do not use the toothpick without covering our mouth.
• Do not make sound with cutlery while eating.
• Do not chew the food with mouth open, so have smaller bites and eat with closed mouth so as to avoid unnecessary chewing noise.
•  Do not play with cutlery, crockery while waiting for food.
• Do hold stemmed glasses by stem and other glasses by bottom.
• Do place the cutlery at 6:00 clock position or at 10:20 position in the plate with next to each other after finishing every course that indicates that one has finished with the course and is ready for next course.
  
• Do not place our purse, wallet or cell phone on the table.
• Do not touch our body parts while we are dinning.
• Do excuse yourself and place your napkin on your seat if we need to leave the table.
• Do not break bread with knife and fork; use our hand to break it into small pieces.
• Do tip our server it is not compulsory but it is expected.
• Do say thanks to the host for the lovely meal & to the server who has given good service.
• With the help of these all points we will be able to dine in any fine dine restaurant with our friends, colleagues, family, or business associates at ease.