What can I do with this half bottle of champagne?

JelloJello

I don't really drink but I got a bottle of champagne as a gift. Yesterday, I forced myself to drink half of it but I can't look at the stuff anymore. As I said, I don't really drink so to me, this stuff tastes like shit.

It seems a waste to just dump it, though. Can it be used in simple recipes? And how long would this stuff last as a cooking ingredient?

illig

It'll go flat quickly. You could make some mimosas if you dont like it by itself?

Hevach

JelloJello wrote:

I don't really drink but I got a bottle of champagne as a gift. Yesterday, I forced myself to drink half of it but I can't look at the stuff anymore. As I said, I don't really drink so to me, this stuff tastes like shit.

It seems a waste to just dump it, though. Can it be used in simple recipes? And how long would this stuff last as a cooking ingredient?

Like the above poster said, it'll go flat fast. As a cooking ingredient, my experience with wine or champagne is all bets are off once you've opened it. It very well could taste like vinegar in a week, even if you re-cork it.

Mix it with fruit juices. There's some specific mixes here, also here (search by ingredient), but the second link most of what I found involves also mixing in vodka, rum, or whiskey. If you're not much of a drinker, a lot of them will kick your ass. The first link seems to be about three pages of mostly juice and champagne mixes

You'd be surprised how well a lot of alcohols will mix with just about anything if you get the proportions right. I wouldn't go mixing it with coke or mountain dew, but I've found most fruit juice that's not too sour works in champagne, and you can always just put more juice and less alcohol if the alcohol taste is still too much for you.

Druhim

Unless they sprung for a good bottle of champagne, you're not really wasting it by dumping it.

Decomposey

Do you have a boat? If not, a car, RV, motocycle or any other type of vehicle will work. Think of a name. Then pour the rest of your bottle over the bow (or hood, or whatever) and proclaim the vehicle christaned.

Terrendos

Like Alton Brown says, frozen orange juice will seriously upgrade cheap champagne. Freeze your OJ into an ice cube tray and give it a try.

adytum

Trying to break a glass bottle against a car isn't a very good idea, unless of course you like dents.

MentalExercise

It'll be just fine for cooking. Use it in any recipe that calls for dry white wine.

Homemade red sauce (marinara).

Steaming liquid for mussels.

Deglazing liquid for roast chicken.

Etc.

Decomposey

adytum wrote: »

Trying to break a glass bottle against a car isn't a very good idea, unless of course you like dents.

Hence why I said pour. Dents, and no one wants to clean up broken glass shards.

adytum

I completely misread that. My bad.

MegaMan001

Decomposey wrote: »

adytum wrote: »

Trying to break a glass bottle against a car isn't a very good idea, unless of course you like dents.

Hence why I said pour. Dents, and no one wants to clean up broken glass shards.

I've had my new car for three years and it never occurred to me to bless it. I need to go buy a bottle of champagne now.

evanismyname

give it to a homeless guy?

ahava

Jell-o!

Well, it's an idea.

Donovan Puppyfucker

MegaMan001 wrote: »

Decomposey wrote: »

adytum wrote: »

Trying to break a glass bottle against a car isn't a very good idea, unless of course you like dents.

Hence why I said pour. Dents, and no one wants to clean up broken glass shards.

I've had my new car for three years and it never occurred to me to bless it. I need to go buy a bottle of champagne now.

Champagne is mildly acidic. Have the garden hose nearby.

JelloJello

Thanks for the ideas. I just drank it over the course of three days, though. It's tough when you get drunk from a third of a bottle.

Figgy

For future reference, champagne is not something you typically drink "to get drunk." It's a celebratory drink, and you usually share it with others. Rarely do you not finish the bottle right after opening.

You said you're not a drinker so you weren't a fan. I don't think many would enjoy glass after glass of champagne on their own.

Next time save it for company and an occaision.

Darkewolfe

Figgy wrote: »

For future reference, champagne is not something you typically drink "to get drunk." It's a celebratory drink, and you usually share it with others. Rarely do you not finish the bottle right after opening.

You said you're not a drinker so you weren't a fan. I don't think many would enjoy glass after glass of champagne on their own.

Next time save it for company and an occaision.

Champagne is definitely not for drinking by yourself. Also, why did you drink it if you weren't enjoying it? You don't have to consume things you don't enjoy.

sacreandprofane

put the saucepan on med, with some olio, garlic, salmon, and then pour in the stuff and simmer - get it to boil a bit by bringing up the heat a tad. then bring it down to low. (ps: salmon takes hardly any time to cook on a gas stove, so don't overdo it.) at least you can use the leftover champagne vinegar for somethin'. toss maybe two pinches of large granule salt over this (plus any bit more to taste). a touch of fennel seeds are nice, but have some dill (or chives) on hand for sprinkling in the end, with squeeze of lemon. good luck.

SammyF

Once it's unsuitable for mimosas, I use my left over champagne in soup stock.

Druhim

Also there's a lot of cheapass, terrible champagne out there. Unless whoever gave it to you sprung for something genuinely good, you shouldn't have felt bad at all about dumping it down the drain. If you've had champagne at a wedding or new year's eve party, it was almost certainly cheapass crap that's only tolerable straight, and suitable for mixing into a mimosa.