tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2121750849191445972..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Off with its headKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79417433542045314782018-10-04T06:14:06.677+02:002018-10-04T06:14:06.677+02:00Even the small rosemary I have in a pot on the dec...Even the small rosemary I have in a pot on the deck is tough and woody, hard to cut. Yours was ginormous. But, oh, the smell and taste, so good.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79508845066919647212018-10-04T05:17:59.742+02:002018-10-04T05:17:59.742+02:00One of the reasons we're going to the Vendée i...One of the reasons we're going to the Vendée in two weeks is to eat seafood for a week. We don't have any Japanese restaurants in Saint-Aignan, but I see there's one in Blois and another in Bracieux. Plus quite a few in Tours. We hardly ever go to restaurants, and I'd hesitate to drive for 45 minutes just to go to a restaurant and then 45 minutes to get back home. Anyway, we do eat smoked salmon and we cook fresh or frozen fish fillets fairly regularly. Not to mention oysters, clams, and cockles. I thought the <a href="https://ckenb.blogspot.com/2010/07/brandade-de-morue-salt-cod-and-potatoes.html" rel="nofollow">brandade I made in 2010</a> (time flies) was pretty good.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77437794768235425672018-10-04T02:40:35.102+02:002018-10-04T02:40:35.102+02:00I love your picket fence!I love your picket fence!Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90793500231100114832018-10-03T20:21:56.804+02:002018-10-03T20:21:56.804+02:00IIRC a few years ago you prepared brandade de moru...IIRC a few years ago you prepared <i>brandade de morue</i> that was delicious. I try to go to Japanese restaurants once a week, either here or in Paris, so I could get some fish in my diet. I don't cook fish at home any longer.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10151625265285875132018-10-03T17:33:01.598+02:002018-10-03T17:33:01.598+02:00Ha! We spent the weekend doing exactly the same th...Ha! We spent the weekend doing exactly the same thing (same steps, even) for a sage plant that got 'way out of hand. chrissouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398602853402174732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49925057942503051982018-10-03T15:56:46.940+02:002018-10-03T15:56:46.940+02:00When we're in France, I'm always amazed wh...When we're in France, I'm always amazed when I see large rosemary hedges. Here in New England rosemary can't survive outdoors through the Winter. You either have to treat it as an annual, or bring it inside in the Winter. Years ago, we were in Provence, and cooked lamb several times, but I couldn't understand why we never could find rosemary at the outdoor markets. Then one day we were walking along the road and suddenly realized why we couldn't find rosemary at markets. No one would pay for it when it can be found everywhere. So we got a pair of scissors and did some roadside trimming.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47471793956940858452018-10-03T15:28:58.483+02:002018-10-03T15:28:58.483+02:00We eat a lot of shrimp. Fish is so expensive that ...We eat a lot of shrimp. Fish is so expensive that we don't buy it much, and it's not very good when you buy the ones sold at reasonable prices. I grew up on fish, living on the coast, and I love it. But they say the world's supply of fish is being seriously reduced. I remember in Paris in the 1970s and early '80s that cod, for example, was inexpensive and considered to be quite ordinary. Now it's classified and priced as a luxury product. The world changes.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48466134342643497872018-10-03T15:15:01.050+02:002018-10-03T15:15:01.050+02:00I used to bake fish en papillote with some olive o...I used to bake fish <i>en papillote</i> with some olive oil and rosemary, and it was very good. You don't seem to eat fish ; you might try that and see if you like it.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15274175273846677552018-10-03T14:45:49.142+02:002018-10-03T14:45:49.142+02:00My husband the City Boy had no clue about gardenin...My husband the City Boy had no clue about gardening or cutting back. I smile now at his chopping away with gusto and me crying over the wreckage of things that I liked and did not want hacked down to the ground. Most years, I was delighted when those poor hacked down shrubs/plants, came back and thrived.Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30048603878436189262018-10-03T13:58:34.696+02:002018-10-03T13:58:34.696+02:00My rosemary bush here in Northern Illinois dies ba...My rosemary bush here in Northern Illinois dies back each year and comes up again in the spring. I will be interested to hear how yours do after the pruning. I’ve been afraid to cut mine back for fear they would just die completely.Kathleen https://www.blogger.com/profile/05110687048337815581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42066151750612229832018-10-03T13:09:12.124+02:002018-10-03T13:09:12.124+02:00I hope we haven't killed it by cutting it back...I hope we haven't killed it by cutting it back so radically. If we have, we'll just start over again.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6561524940145890572018-10-03T12:46:45.670+02:002018-10-03T12:46:45.670+02:00Ahhhh, the scent of rosemary... I love it!Ahhhh, the scent of rosemary... I love it!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.com