Sunday six, or more

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janet-in-nc

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Today I went shopping at the outdoor market in Thoiry, France with my son. I'm visiting him and his family in Geneva. We bought such wonderful things.

Some meat for the freezer, lamb steak, veal cutlets, hamburger freshly ground in front of your eyes, sausages, freshly cut bacon, and pork loin.

On to the barbecue section for a chicken and chicken wings.

chinese shrimp fried rice and steamed shrimp dumplings for the childrens lunch

candied orange peel and cherries for me to make biscotti at home. candied kumquats for him to munch

3 beautiful cheeses for lunch

saurkraut for us for lunch with fat sausages and a piece of smoked ham.

roasted vegetables just because they were beautiful.

fat loaves of bread, onions, beautiful leeks and shallots

Not a bargain in sight but always a great experience. We shop until we can't carry any more and then come home and feast.

A late and abbreviated Thanksgiving was going to be tonight but with all that lunch it is postponed until tomorrow night. Alas, I leave on Tuesday. Nice visit with 3 grandsons to cook for. Toll house cookies and meatloaf are asked for daily.

 
Ha! With all of that great food, they still prefer meatloaf! My Weekend Six

included (by the way, sounds like you are having a good time, Janet! 'Looks like it's just you and me this week):

Shopping on black Friday, although I only got a couple of flash drives for the computer, a new memory card for my camera, a bunch of stocking-stuffers at the drug store, and a coffee grinder for myself.

Huge snowstorm blew in yesterday afternoon - it was the type where the sky gets black, the wind picks up, and you can't see across the street (lake-effect from Lake Ontario, or Lake Erie, or both...). Then 5 minutes later, it's sunny. I was driving at the time, but luckily it didn't stick to the roads.

I was coming home from the Middle-Eastern store where I bought baba ganoosh, a few lemons, orange syrup, rice wine vinegar, a hunk of feta cheese, and olives. Was amazed at how cheap the tahini was there!

Got together with some old friends in town for the weekend, and went to the "Chocolate and Wine Festival" here. Too much chocolate, too little wine. The lines for tasting were almost a half hour, and some were more. They did have a chocolate fountain, however, and teeny flourless chocolate cakes, mini-cupcakes, chocolate mousse, and chocolate-covered fruit. Just tastes, and all that walking around burned it up (at least that's what I told myself).

'Wondering how Marilyn is doing in England... and what stories she'll have for us when she comes back.

Making Pad Thai in a crockpot for supper tonight. Using whole chicken breasts, a little coconut milk for the liquid (I like how it tastes with the peanut sauce), and will have over regular noodles instead of rice noodles... (shhhh).

 
Weekend six.

I finally made our TDay dinner today. A 20 lb bird at 500 degrees, took about 2 1/2 hours, unstuffed. Very good and lots of leftovers.

I have been trying to replicate a dish from a Chinese restaurant in San Diego called Garlic Chile Chicken. I am getting closer. I started using the Szechuan peppercorns. I grind them with some coarse sea salt. I think it is a variation of salt and pepper calamari or shrimp. I made up a batch and rubbed the turkey with it, and it was excellent.

I can't wait for the kids to be on Xmas vacation.
It is so much more relaxing.

I did get the catering job for Xmas Eve. I feel like I should be stressing more, but it is a menu I could do with my eyes closed.

Trying to get into the spirit of the holidays, but I am mostly feeling stressed out.

I am craving Chinese food, so I will be trying out some of the recent recipes posted. Yum!

 
i dunno how mini is mini, but this one is awfully good...

Narsai's Chocolate Decadence Cake

(from the wrapper of a Ghirardelli Bittersweet
Chocolate Bar)

4-4 oz. Ghirardelli (i use the brand name in
gratitude for their marvelous recipe)
Bittersweet Chocolate Bars (i wouldn't look
down on anybody who substituted dark
chocolate and omitted the sugar.)
10 tbs (5 oz.) unsalted butter
1 tbs flour
4 eggs
1 tbs sugar
sweetened whipped cream
raspberry sauce

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Reserve 1
section of chocolate for cake decoration. In
a heavy saucepan on low heat, melt broken
chocolate with butter, stirring constantly;
set aside. In top of a double boiler (you
don't need one if your saucepan cost you
more than your first house), beat eggs with
sugar until mixture is lukewarm and sugar is
dissolved. (Do not overcook.) Remove from
heat and beat until quadrupled and very thick.
Blend flour into egg mixture; fold into
chocolate mixture, a little at a time.
Spread into buttered and waxed paper lined
8-inch cake pan. Bake at 425 degrees F for
no longer than 15 minutes. (Center of cake
will be soft.) Cool. Freeze cake overnight
before removing from pan. Unmold. Cover
with sweetened whipped cream, if desired.
(who in their right mind doesn't desire
sweetened whipped cream...although i'd have
trouble not adding a touch of liqueur or
STRONG coffee {James Beard once said "A
gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart
who looks at her watch."}).
Decorate with shaved chocolate. Refrigerate
until serving time. Serve with raspberry
sauce, if desired.

(They didn't provide a recipe for raspberry
sauce. You're resourceful and i'm sleepy.)

Parenthetical remarks are theirs.
Bracketed remarks are (fairly obviously, i
should expect), mine.

I shiver with anticipation of revisiting a
long lost friend. This'll be dessert next
Friday after the elevated pot pie that some
wonderful cook will undoubtedly have guided
me through. Maybe a bottle of Clicquot.

 
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