Corkscrew. Don’t leave home without it.
by Farley
When you finish reading this, go out to your car and put a corkscrew in your glove compartment or console. You never know when you might need it. On a picnic, road trip, at your grandparents’ house because they only drink wine with screwtops or worse, out of a box.
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November 4th, 2006 at 8:17 am
Yup, I don’t have a corkscrew. I purchased a bottle about a month ago and when I got home, I was so shocked to learn we did not have a corkscrew. My husband had to go to a friend’s house and borrow one of his many. I’m currently on the hunt for the type we borrowed. It actually doesn’t screw into the cork, but there are two prongs that go on the sides of the cork and you wiggle it out.
November 4th, 2006 at 10:48 am
I usually rely on a waiter’s corkscrew (after years in restaurants), but the one you’re referring to is called an Ah-so. Maybe because people don’t know what it is until they see it used..Ah, so that’s what it’s for. Does anybody know if my theory is right?
Here’s one place that has them:
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November 5th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
i’ve read what you say before farley, but i have also heard it is called the butler’s friend because they could use it to pull out the cork in the old days without drilling a hole in the cork so that they could have some wine and replace the cork… must be why they started putting the foil on top… and i have also read that if you use an ah-so cork puller, have a spare corkscrew or other handy… the prongs can break off leaving you without an open bottle… and this tip is for people who are just drinking at home alone, if you don’t have a corkscrew, push the cork into the bottle… it’s messy and it’s tacky, but hey it works….
November 6th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Doug, that sounds right. Those tricky butlers.