Ah, spring !
The daffodils are done, the tulips are just starting, the lilacs have new leaves and flower buds….
It’s time to sort out the vinegar.
I bought decorative bottles from the Willimas Sonoma catalog back before their stores were everywhere,
Are their stores still everywhere?
I digress….
I have 6 of the bottles and I keep them on … Continue reading.....
I needed lemons a few weeks ago.
I don’t remember why nor do I remember why I didn’t use them… But I’ve had 3 lemons in my fridge ever since.
I really hate to waste food – especially food that I paid money for. I’m not so fussy about excess summer squashes in July,
The lemons needed to be used … Continue reading.....
I found a great new source for good beef here: the vegetable store.
There is a chain of supermarkets here in France, called Grand Frais (big fresh). When I first started going there it was 90% fruits and vegetables, with a side aisle of international packaged foods – dried mushrooms, specialty rices, Italian canned tomatoes, etc. and a small butcher … Continue reading.....
When we had friends over before Christmas (Cranberry Crisp) I had my oven busy with roasting lamb.
Usually I try to have most of the food for dinner parties done in the oven so I don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
I want to have fun, too…..
As my oven was occupied I … Continue reading.....
We all know I love my slow cookers. I’ve even tried my hand at barbecued chicken in one. It was a nice treat to have in the middle of winter. I haven’t experimented a lot with barbecue recipes, mainly because, other than chicken, we don’t eat a lot of what would be traditional barbecue meats – like ribs and pulled … Continue reading.....
We have had a very cold, wet, rainy fall. The farm ponds are all full to overflowing which is supposed to happen by the end of March, not the end of November.
I have no idea where the winter rains will go but I’m grateful to be on a hill.
We’ve been lighting fires earlier than usual, every day, and … Continue reading.....
I never ate a parsnip when I lived on the other side of the pond.
I never knew anyone who had eaten a parsnip.
I had never even seen a parsnip, although I did know they existed.
It turns out that the Brits love parsnips. I learned that because after we moved to France my British friends were constantly complaining … Continue reading.....
While I have a cave full of butternut squash my big blue Crown Prince pumpkins didn’t do as well.
First, they were kind of gnarly…. They all had these strange tan ridges / growths on the surface. I have no photos of them, sadly. The harvest was at the same time I was tending a sick Bonnie so taking photos … Continue reading.....
