Sake vs. Bird Challenge - 5 Years Later Is Sake On Your Turkey Table?

What is interesting is that 5 years ago I was actually rehashing what I challenged three years earlier. If my math is correct that's 8 years of asking you good folk to add sake to the mix over the holidays. Did you? Have you? Will you?
Herewith is the blurb from 5 years ago:
Thanksgiving Challenge - Sake and Turkey? In the classic coming of age movie "Risky Business" a young Tom Cruise finds himself hiding behind his front door with a rather large transvestite prostitute on the other side. Young Tom was hoping for a different sort of prostitute when the other fellow appeared. Sensing that his potential client was desiring a different sort of lady of the evening the courteous professional asked Tom to open the door so that he could A) call a cab, and B) give Tom (whose name in the flick was Joel) the phone number of somebody who might better suit his needs. Joel hesitated and kept from opening the door. At which point in a low but very secure voice the transvestite said "Joel, be a man. Open the door." This November Newsletter represents the 3rd year in a row that I have asked you good readers to consider supplementing sake for your typical Turkey Day libation. Two years ago I "dared" the readers to integrate sake into this very American holiday occasion. And last year I flat out begged: ![]() I look for a robust acidity when I pair with meat, game or fowl. Add to that butter and other mouth filling flavors I like sakes that have some staying power in terms of flavor. I select fatter sakes that fill the mouth, rather than the light clean ones that fire right through the palate. Think meaty sakes for meaty flavors, and also use a larger glass than usual to mix up that acidity. Go with your big reds glasses, and don't worry about the next day big reds hangovers. Sake is really a slam dunk this Thanksgiving, and to make it even more easy I will hang little turkeys around the necks of the sakes that excel with the bird in the True Sake store. By all means phone in - 415.355.9555 - and we will shout these out. Give the rice drink a shot at your mom's potatoes or you Aunt's version of "deep fried Turkey." You will not be disappointed. Here are "Five To Try" and they are in alphabetical order:
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- Yuki no Bosha Yamahai Junmai
- Tengumai Junmai
- Wakatake Junmai Genshu
- Kura Kabuto Muroka Junmai Daiginjo
- Bishonen Junmai Ginjo
- Kiminoi Yamahai Junmai Daiginjo
- Kanbara Junmai Ginjo
- Tamanohikari Yamahai Junmai Ginjo