If you're feeling uber-lazy just go to Trader Joe's and get several boxes of their frozen appies, throw in some gorgeous huge stuffed olives and almonds/walnuts/cashews and get big roll of goat cheese and a baguette. EZ and...what's not to love?
An asador! it's a cool piece of pottery that you can grill sausage on at the table. Just add high alcohol content liquor to the bowl, ignite and grill your chorizo or linguica on the cross bars (all ceramic). What fun! but be careful of them flames.... Get a really charmingly decorated one, I've seen some here only they look a bit plain-ish.
My first invention for afterschool hunger a hundred years ago: equal parts Nestle's Quik, icing sugar, margarine and a touch of boiling water all nicely mixed to a thick consistency then ceremoniously topped with sour cream and for extra special, canned red cherry pie filling. I think I called it "Plasti-Goop". I loved it especially while watching the Three Stooges!
I am salivating right now thinking about a whole salmon on a cedar plank. You could easily do this on the grill outdoors. Fragrant and delicious, along with grilled veg like red onions, and maybe leafy greens (like mustard) mixed with olive oil and garlic and pinch of peperoncini and salt cooked along side in an aluminum foil pouch. What about a lemony aioli to go with? Mmmm!
Tarte Tatin!
Get 5 or 6 red pommes unpeeled (much prettier), cored, cut into eigths. Now get one-third cup of sugar and butter each, melted in le Creuset tarte Tatin pan. Add pommes, turn in melted butter/sugar then arrange neatly. Cook gently til as soft as you would like, about 5-10min. Sprinkle on some lemon juice, or Calvados or Brandy or...about 1tbsp. Cool a bit before tucking blanket of rolled puff pastry (store bought)over and around apples, make a few cuts in dough and cook on high shelf in oven preheated to 400 for about 15 min till pastry is nicely browned . Cool 5 min or so, invert on to plate... et voila.....Tarte Tatin! Mmmmm!
I LOVE salt! Morton's Kosher salt is my mainstay, i just think it is the most cleanly flavorful. Table salt with its chemical additives is a nightmare worse than tap water.
I've got the fleur de sel de Camargues too and a Cassini Rossi Truffle salt that I use to finish certain dishes. The fleur de sel is lighter tasting than the kosher so makes for a nice milder crunch. I am beginning to think that the truffle salt might have a bit of garlic powder in it, it has that kind of acridity.
I tend to loathe phony Paula Deen, who apparently also has a mag), more than I do Sandra Lee. But then I'm not thrilled with any of FoodNetwork's regular hosts.
What I want to know is: Who is buying any of these people's magazines and what could possibly be gleaned from them?
I just got some tiny mother of pearl caviar spoons at Pearl River and now I will try them out on this stuff! YAY!
You know, IKEA really is a phenomenal thing, so Swedish yet abundant and full of hope. Throw in ABBA and what's not to love???
@joyyy, are you implying that if a pregnancy is unintended/unplanned that breastfeeding is optional? I don't think you are but...
I just feel sorry for those babies denied something they instinctively seek.
I actually think that breastfed people have better developed palates than those who were not. And the horrors of formula are documented.
Bottom line though: It's the woman's CHOICE!
Thank you for this splendid article! I love Montreal and Montrealers know and love good food. I love the "just for fun" fois gras topping.
Well, you've made me hungry and wishing I could just pop out the door to Rue St. Denis...
Merci encore!
I loved "Whatever Martha", I guess a lot of people just don't "get it". You have to have a sense of humor to get it.
I went apple picking recently, and I promised recipes for what I create with my excess. Here's the first!
I live right near an orchard, and I simply cannot resist a $10 bushel of No. 2 grades. My favorites:
Fresh Apple cake (with or without frosting)
Dried Apple Cake
Apple Date Cake
Apple pancakes - make regular batter, add a little cinnamon to it, pour into pancakes on the griddle, then arrange sliced apples into a little design on top. Be sure to have a well-greased griddle when you flip over. Serve with syrup- it's like pancakes and fried apples all in one!
Fried apples (cinnamon, sugar, and butter. No brown sugar)
Apple Strudel
I can't believe no one has mentioned Apple Turnovers! - Use layers of phyllo, puff pastry, or my personal favorite, homemade pie crust
Caramel Apples
Apple Fritters
Cream Cheese-Apple Danish
Apple-Sage stuffing in Turkey or Chicken
Canned Apple Pie Filling- Much easier to control sugar content that way
Apple Pie Variations-Crumb Topped Apple Pie
Deep Dish Apple Pie
Cranberry Apple Pie
That's all I can think of. Good luck!
The caviar is pretty good, really fishy smell, but I mixed it in to plain yogurt and made a dip. It was pretty good.
I love the retro Waldorf salad and also add them to tuna salad:: Drain tuna in water and combine with mayonnaise, finely chopped, peeled apples and poppyseeds to taste. Use for sandwich filling or serve as tuna salad on a bed of greens of choice.
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I did, actually. I put sugar and all kinds of other stuff in one of my mother's nice bowls about 25 years ago. Microwaved it. It set...pretty hard. I think it was hard candy, but I had to throw the bowl away pretty quickly after that. Whoops.
I cook up whatever fresh vegetables I have (brocolli, sweet peppers, onions, and mushrooms are often in the mix) as well as pototoes cut in chunks. The micorwave is fine for that part. Then i mix them all together in a wok with a drizzle of olive oil. Season to taste. No name for it, but the family likes it.
Spiced apple butter (cinnamon and cloves). Apple jelly. Apple breakfast bread (See King Arthur's website). For once, our little apple trees have produced and I have lots. I am even using honeycrisp (developed here in Door County, Wisconsin) for apple jelly.
I am a creative cook, always coming up with something different. I made a dish with Rice A Roni, hamburger, tomato sauce and mozarella cheese- I am Italian, so you must have the cheese!
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