Amboise is only 10 miles downriver from Chaumont-sur-Loire. Here are a few photos I took on a visit to the outdoor market there on a Sunday morning years ago. It's one of the best-known towns and biggest markets in this part of the Loire Valley. It's smaller than Blois but a lot bigger than Saint-Aignan or Montrichard. Amboise, Blois, Tours, Loches, and Chinon were all royal cities at different points in time.
Air-cured dry sausages (
saucissons secs) are a standard French item for eating with a glass of wine at
apéritif time. The way we eat them is to rince a the sausage or a section of it under tap water. That washes away the white powdery
fleur and softens the sausage's casing so it can be pulled off. That's how we've seen neighbors here prepare them before cutting them into slices.
Other finger-foods served at apéritif time are olives and cherry tomatoes.
But please don't eat the flowers! Or the
tartes and
tartelettes, or at least not yet — they're for dessert.
Air-cured dry sausages (saucissons secs) are a standard French item for eating with a glass of wine at apéritif time. The way we eat them is to rince a the sausage or a section of it under tap water. That washes away the white powdery fleur and softens the sausage's casing so it can be pulled off. That's how we've seen neighbors here prepare them before cutting them into slices.
Other finger-foods served at apéritif time are olives and cherry tomatoes.
But please don't eat the flowers! Or the tartes and tartelettes, or at least not yet — they're for dessert.
I Love those markets.
ReplyDeleteYes, the markets are a wonder. We are trying to have them here in the US but they don't compare well. Interesting info about rinsing the saucissons- they are so delicious.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so delightfully delicious. The great variety of saucisson. It’s a few years since we were in St Mallon a visit from
ReplyDeleteSt.Malo on a visit from the. Channel Island of Jersey. I returned with a crèpe pan, I’d have loved to have filled a basket from their glorious market! Pats. (Continuation of previous comment)
ReplyDeleteAnother fantastic view of market goods. Yumm :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the hints about preparing the saucissons secs for eating (news to me!) I smiled at your humorous comment, today! You must be in good spirits!!!
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