tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6715009232018878765..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Poires à l'alcool + poires au vin rougeKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18225952834874116192011-08-15T10:05:45.307+02:002011-08-15T10:05:45.307+02:00Love your pictures & descriptions - you bring ...Love your pictures & descriptions - you bring France to life in my imagination! Well done! DonnaKings Lake Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290538891893434662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32710782761991469962011-08-14T13:02:48.032+02:002011-08-14T13:02:48.032+02:00Hi The Beav, hanging those bottles on pear-bearing...Hi The Beav, hanging those bottles on pear-bearing branches seems like a lot of trouble. But that's how you get the full-grown pear into a narrow-necked bottle. I hope our pear liqueur is as good, or close.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60986100181234290812011-08-13T22:29:03.379+02:002011-08-13T22:29:03.379+02:00Ken
May be you should try the following next yr
...Ken<br /><br />May be you should try the following next yr<br /><br />http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16289<br /><br />Just kidding ! :-)The Beavernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3653435651114961772011-08-13T21:22:26.006+02:002011-08-13T21:22:26.006+02:00p.s. One of my former students sent me this link t...p.s. One of my former students sent me this link to a Baguette vending machine for a bakery in Paris and another town... one Euro buys you a crunchy baguette, after hours, freshly baked:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/et-voila-french-baguettes-vending-machine-140606623.html" rel="nofollow"> baguette vending machine story on Yahoo news</a>Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10935634476516601822011-08-13T19:27:07.027+02:002011-08-13T19:27:07.027+02:00The pears poached in red wine are beautiful. I lo...The pears poached in red wine are beautiful. I look forward to hearing how the Poires à l'eau de vie turn out. Fascinating info on the age of and aging of pear trees.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77987791980913342062011-08-13T17:03:06.921+02:002011-08-13T17:03:06.921+02:00Now,when you say "poached", do you mean ...Now,when you say "poached", do you mean that they are actually cooked, via the poaching method, over heat, or in the oven? Or is this method something like a marinade that the pears sit in for a while?<br /><br />My <i>au pair</i> family made red-wine poached pears once for us, served, as I recall (these many years later!) with a nice dollop of sweetened, whipped, <i>crème fraiche</i>. Yummmy!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50226214968276380372011-08-13T16:42:05.532+02:002011-08-13T16:42:05.532+02:00Wow, 200 years. And some fruit trees only produce ...Wow, 200 years. And some fruit trees only produce for a certain amount of years (like apricots). We had a huge bumper crop with our apples last year and hardly any this year. We'll see if that means the tree is a goner...Ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35912303408028815132011-08-13T16:40:27.869+02:002011-08-13T16:40:27.869+02:00Interesting they call brandy 'eau de vie'....Interesting they call brandy 'eau de vie'.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88972307437416789212011-08-13T14:37:03.275+02:002011-08-13T14:37:03.275+02:00Pears poached in red wine is one of my favourite p...Pears poached in red wine is one of my favourite puds!! Delish !! (And I do have a lot of favourite puds!)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com