Cognac is essentially distilled alcohol from grapes… think about using wine to make distilled alcohol. I’m not positive, but I think I t was originally a way monks thought they could preserve wine through distillation and reconstitute it back into wine at a later time, but turns out not to have worked like that. Once you boil off the alcohol and discard the mash, you don’t get the ‘wine’ part back.

It’s just a different base to ferment and distill into a hard spirit. Because it starts as a sweeter fruit than grains, like rye, wheat, or barley, it tends to have a sweeter flavor. It’s particularly nice as a warm drink in the winter, but a bit sweeter than bourbon.

I enjoy it - it's smoother and sweeter and and with a different fruitier flavor than whiskey while packing the same punch.

I own a bottle and sometimes sip on it or include it as an ingredient in a mixed drink or cooked meal.

I'd recommend trying it at least once if you already enjoy liquor

I’m not a cognac aficionado but I think it’s good

I don't remember. It's usually only brought out for celebrations where there's lots of alcohol.

It's cognac so... No.

It's not about the food, it's about the assumption.

If you have watermelon, friend chicken, and grape soda, and you offer it to people, you're not a racist.

If you assume a black person would prefer watermelon, fried chicken, and grape soda, because that's what black people like, that's a form of racism.

If you avoid offering watermelon to your black friend, you're being racist. Not because of the watermelon, but because when I said "your black friend" you thought of that one friend who is black that occupies the space in your memory as "your black friend." It was a clever trick to catch you being racist, you racist.

But seriously, good food is delicious, and you should enjoy what you like. Share what you like with people, and find out what they like. Don't make assumptions about anyone.