Bad Manners and Brimstone

A punchbowl is a large bowl in which to mix and serve punch. (Which, historically and in Britain to this day) is a strongly alcoholic mixture of five (which in Sanskrit is pancha) ingredients: spirits, sugar, lemon, water, and flavourings (eg tea, spice, fruit); but I gather in the USA is a soft drink. What this has to do with your friends' housewarming is moot.

Seriously?  I'm sure jpcher knows what a "punch bowl" is.  She was asking about "Punchbowl."

Quote from: Aleko on July 17, 2019, 06:01:44 pm

A punchbowl is a large bowl in which to mix and serve punch. (Which, historically and in Britain to this day) is a strongly alcoholic mixture of five (which in Sanskrit is pancha) ingredients: spirits, sugar, lemon, water, and flavourings (eg tea, spice, fruit); but I gather in the USA is a soft drink. What this has to do with your friends' housewarming is moot.

Seriously?  I'm sure jpcher knows what a "punch bowl" is.  She was asking about "Punchbowl."

Aleko -- I LOL'd and was appreciative of your usual informative replies with your description of a punch bowl. You answered my erroneous question to a T!

Titanica -- Yes, I know what an actual punch bowl is, I took no offense with with Aleko's response.



My first question should have been what is a Punchbowl Party?

I thought Punchbowl was a new type of party. Like a cocktail party, a BBQ party, a slumber party. I didn't know what to expect at a Punchbowl Party. Will food be offered or just punch?



LOL! Color me embarrassed:

Quote from: jpcher on July 17, 2019, 05:00:36 pm

First question is what is a Punchbowl?

Punchbowl is a site that does online invitations - it's a competitor of Evite.

Thank you, Sheena, for your explanation and everyone here can call me clueless. Sometimes my brain gets distracted and I don't see things clearly.

Unless they're really entitled people, in which case they could have what they asked for.

I'm guessing/hoping that they're not gimme-pigs, otherwise jpcher would have mentioned this?

No, not gimme-pigs, but somewhat entitled? Maybe? I remember giving gifts to Niece while she was growing up and found out (from her mom) that some of them just didn't cut the mustard. (Is that a phrase? Or is it muster? LOL).

I thought the wording was a bit gift-grabby but many of you mentioned that "In lieu of traditional gifts, we are asking those who wish to bring something" is okay wording.

I can go along with that.

I don't read the mention of the 700 bottle cellar as braggy, more like "isn't this insane? Wait 'til you see it! We'll feel a bit more like it belongs to us if we have at least something to put in a tiny part of it."

I really like this sentiment Miss Cathy. And I'll go with it. Thanks!

Thanks, everybody! As usual you put me on the right track.



P.S. Welcome to the board, Miss Cathy!

And now I want punch....

I think the invitation is iffy, but if I like the people I don’t mind that.

Bringing this up again . . . the party is tomorrow.

I'm wondering what you all think about bringing a box of wine?

That's DD#2's wine of choice because it's cheap and she likes it. The invitation did say "bring your favorite . . ."

Do you think boxed wine is a bit tacky? DD#2 is second guessing herself.



(I'm bringing a small bottle of Crown Royal, because that's my preferred drink.)

I think boxed wine kind of violates the spirit of "bottle of wine for their wine cellar".  I wouldn't call it tacky, necessarily, but it's not what they asked for.  The wine cellar may not even have a place for it.

Pandorica is right, box wine doesn't really go in a wine cellar; mine lives on the dishwasher! Lol.

I can't see the original wording of the invitation from my phone. If the invitation suggests you bring something to enjoy at the party, I would go with box wine. Your DD loves it S, people can be snarky about it, but it's always the first thing enjoyed and emptied. My experience is that Americans say they like "dry reds," but the sweet reds get consumed faster.

If it's unclear if the wine is going to be opened and enjoyed or if it's going to the cellar, I'd go with middle ground, a sweet red DD will like if it gets opened.

(Or white, sorry I made an assumption based on what's on the dishwasher. There's a very nice Reisling I like that goes great with spicy food. It's in a blue bottle. I can see the bottle, but can't think of the name.)

Box wine is normally ok, but I'd bring a bottle since the point is to fill their wine cellar.

Pandorica is right, box wine doesn't really go in a wine cellar; mine lives on the dishwasher! Lol.

I can't see the original wording of the invitation from my phone. If the invitation suggests you bring something to enjoy at the party, I would go with box wine. Your DD loves it S, people can be snarky about it, but it's always the first thing enjoyed and emptied. My experience is that Americans say they like "dry reds," but the sweet reds get consumed faster.

If it's unclear if the wine is going to be opened and enjoyed or if it's going to the cellar, I'd go with middle ground, a sweet red DD will like if it gets opened.

(Or white, sorry I made an assumption based on what's on the dishwasher. There's a very nice Reisling I like that goes great with spicy food. It's in a blue bottle. I can see the bottle, but can't think of the name.)

Liebsfraumilch?  Delicious and inexpensive.

Yeah, you can't "stock" box wine in a wine cellar.