I’m getting into this slow cooker thing…..
This was another hit: the veal was falling off the bone, moist and flavorful.
It was also totally unplanned as so many of our dinners are.
Oh, the dinners involving pork chops or chicken breasts are always planned, but whenever I’m looking for something specific and a bit nicer for a weekend dinner it’s always a gamble.
I’ve now learned that on my grocery list I put lamb chops or veal chops or veal roast, make plans for all three, hope for the best and think I’ve got it covered.
Then I see beautiful veal shanks which are as rare as hen’s teeth in these parts….. (I never put them on my grocery list,….)
The recipe, Slow Cooker Osso Bucco, has been updated, nutrition information added, and re-posted here: Osso Bucco, Slow Cooker.
It is now legal in France for motorcycles to drive between lanes of traffic – going down the white lines.
They have always done it, so that’s nothing new….. It’s just that now it’s actually legal.
There were signs up on the motorway around Bordeaux. 3 or 4 lanes in both directions, reminding drivers that ‘motos’ could now drive between the lanes.
As a driver, one has to be vigilant because the cycles could be coming up fast on either side when traffic is congested. They tend to sneak in where-ever the opening looks best.
On the motorways, at 130 kmph (80 mph) the motorcycles usually pass properly like everyone else, but when traffic starts slowing they slip in and around, weaving nicely and leaving us cars behind.
Car drivers are, for the most part accommodating, moving slightly to the right or left to give the cyclist a bit more room.. The cyclist, in turn, normally ‘gives a foot’ as a thank you: The foot nearest the car is extended briefly in a quick salute.
In Bordeaux the other day, in rush hour traffic, a motorcycle passed us on our left. We pulled over to the right slightly and the car in the lane next to us pulled slightly to the left. The cyclist gave us ‘the foot’ and gave the car next to us ‘the hand’ at the same time.
Proper thank yous are almost getting acrobatic.
With the cyclists coming up the White lines it’s will soon be like Marrakech I fear !
That is the norm here but the taxi’s (minibuses) are worse. They think nothing of driving in the emergency lane on the left and then turning right across all lanes of traffic at the next traffic lights. If that is not an option during rush hour, they drive in the face of oncoming traffic and expect them to get out of the way!
Motorcyclists can legally do that here, too, as long as traffic is stopped. they aren’t supposed to do it while moving, but they do.
I so love Osso Bucco. Veal shanks on the Big Island don’t exist. It will be my birthday dinner at the only French restaurant here. No Italian restaurants here either that are not junk. Lucky you found them.
Kate, it feels like it sometimes – Barcelona is terrible that way.
Gill, that would be terrifying! It hasn’t come to that yet here….
Zoomie, they do it everywhere here – always have…. even on the motorways at 130 kph.
Phoenicia, I see them so rarely and they never have them if I ask. So I grab and enjoy. Now I want an Italian restaurant…. We’ll have to go to Italy again.