I'm still poking around in my photo archives. This is a photo I took in the biggest town (pop. 50,000) in our départment here in central France back in 2006. It's Blois, and it was a royal town for several centuries. The river is the Loire and the church in the middle of the photo is the town's Renaissance-style Saint-Louis cathedral. The bridge at Blois was built in the early 18th century — an older stone bridge there had collapsed in 1716.
On the home front, I bought a beautiful cauliflower yesterday and my morning today will be spent preparing and cooking it. I don't know if you like cauliflower (chou-fleur in French), but I know I do. I'll make a cheese sauce for it.
My wife likes to make mashed potatoes using a 2/3 potato to 1/3 cauliflower ratio. It's quite tasty, and our 6 year old granddaughter prefers it over traditional mashed potatoes. It also cuts down on the carbs and the calories.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try that, Bob. Sounds good. My February cold is about over now. Now if the weather would just warm up a little bit. Best to you and Norma.
DeleteWow, that's a great, wide view of the river and the town, Ken. Merci!
ReplyDeleteHey, I've been wondering how everything went/is going with transferring your computer usage to the new little box you bought a few months ago?
Hi Judy, I put that micro computer away and basically forgot about it in February, when I caught the month-long cold that laid me low. I couldn't face the cold and Windows 11 at the same time, I guess. It's about time I got the micro PC out and worked with it some more.
DeleteCauliflower baked with olive oil and cheese! That photo enlarges beautifully to show a blustery day.
ReplyDeleteI’m going shopping this morning and your cauliflower with cheese sauce is inspiring me. I haven’t had any for an age. Have a happy day.
ReplyDeleteHope it was good. The cauliflowers are so nice here in France that it would be a shame not to prepare, cook, and eat a few every year.
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