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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Echine du Porc with Broccoli and Cauliflower
Tossed with garlic and olive oil, then roasted
Posted in Cooking, French, Main dishes, Vegetables
Tagged broccoli, cauliflower, Clay pot, pork, roast
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Cottage Pies
We had these for lunch on Boxing Day. Recycled from Christmas dinner, I tossed the capon and it’s gravy with the vegetables and topped this with the garlic mashed potatoes. More!
Posted in Cooking, English, Main dishes
Tagged cottage pie, mashed potatoes, mini casseroles, poultry
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Christmas Capon
A capon or chapon is a castrated young rooster. I thought is was a lot fattier than goose. Tasted like chicken. I made a stuffing using dry, packaged toast, celery, onions and mushrooms. Earlier I had made a large pot … Continue reading
Brodetto
The seafood is irresistible at this time of year. The French like to celebrate the season with fresh seafood platters, so there is quite a variety available in the market. This seafood soup is Italian and boy howdy was it good! … Continue reading
Beef Ragout
Odds and ends from the refrigerator; cabbage, celery, parsley, tomatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini Cute little French finger-lings I put together this ragout from things I found in the fridge and around the kitchen in order to make room for all the … Continue reading
Smitten Kitchen’s Mushrooms
Since making this blog, I have been talking to an old friend (you know who you are), who has recommended some literature on healthy eating. Looking back over some of my posts, it looks like I only do hearty and/or … Continue reading
Chairman Mao’s Pork Belly
Several years ago while living in Rwanda, I ordered the Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook probably from amazon.com. Rwanda’s infrastructure, still recovering from the unbelievable genocide that claimed over a million lives, had regressed to almost a precolonial state. The … Continue reading
Magdalin’s Soup
Magdalin Aldhubhaibi is one of my best and oldest friends. We’ve know each other since we were in Bangladesh and since then we have attempted to spend Christmases together, succeeding in Mali, Ethiopia, France and Senegal. She’s coming tonight.Magdalin was … Continue reading
Spaghettoni and Meatballs
My mother was a pretty good cook and it was something we told her to keep her spirits up. But it was true. A southern girl, born and raised in Texas, married to a Louisianan, you can imagine our meals. … Continue reading
Turmeric and Ginger Pork Steaks
My stove, the “piano gastronome” has arrived and is installed. Naturally, I had to play something. Since I really missed having an oven for the last 2 months, I decided that it should be an oven dish. Normally these … Continue reading
