tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2162013733154194879..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: The color is in the kitchenKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58874821477575149682016-01-25T14:14:24.343+01:002016-01-25T14:14:24.343+01:00Hi, I read you and Walt every day and I CANNOT BEL...Hi, I read you and Walt every day and I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE THAT POLE WAS REMOVED!!!!angiemanzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832399208548135579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89714084715406440682016-01-25T04:02:37.910+01:002016-01-25T04:02:37.910+01:00Here it is :)
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes...Here it is :) <br />http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/the-minimalist-chicken-cutlets-meuniere/?_r=0Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30238462109199977442016-01-24T20:23:32.251+01:002016-01-24T20:23:32.251+01:00Oh, by the way, I chose really big carrots because...Oh, by the way, I chose really big carrots because I figured they would stand up to the long, slow cooking better than small ones would.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37722090488020661472016-01-24T19:41:50.786+01:002016-01-24T19:41:50.786+01:00I'll have to look for that recipe. Sounds good...I'll have to look for that recipe. Sounds good. Like you, I'm not sure chicken needs to cook as long as beef, veal, or pork does.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65999641088887634682016-01-24T19:38:40.670+01:002016-01-24T19:38:40.670+01:00I put the carrots and the onion, whole, in the coo...I put the carrots and the onion, whole, in the cooker first, and then I laid the meat, also whole and not browned, over those. I poured in a combination of broth (veal in my case but chicken, beef, or vegetable are possibilities) so that the meat was almost but not quite covered. Then I cooked it as you described. With bay leaves, black peppercorns, and 2 or 3 cloves...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-279947338836230552016-01-24T19:30:30.880+01:002016-01-24T19:30:30.880+01:00I imagine! We had sunshine and a relatively spring...I imagine! We had sunshine and a relatively spring-like 50°F this afternoon. Plus a nice lunch of roast venison at our neighbor the mayor's house.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12094657928867429502016-01-24T19:17:20.479+01:002016-01-24T19:17:20.479+01:00Ken, your capability with the slow cooker inspired...Ken, your capability with the slow cooker inspired me to try my hand at it. Last night I made chicken cutlets meunière from the NY times blog. But I stopped it after three hours (and it was lovely), since I thought nothing would survive the four to five hours the recipe called for. C in Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797701714608179842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14579380604477083262016-01-24T19:09:19.633+01:002016-01-24T19:09:19.633+01:00Ken... so, you just put the meat in (whole, like t...Ken... so, you just put the meat in (whole, like that?), and pile the carrots and onions and bay leaf on top, and cook for 5 or 6 hours on low? Do you add any liquid at all, at first? I just don't ever have success with this type of thing, and I'd really like to know what I should do to tweak my method.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26436304311573284732016-01-24T19:07:39.596+01:002016-01-24T19:07:39.596+01:00These amounts are CRAZY!These amounts are CRAZY!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37591444340359457952016-01-24T13:36:59.214+01:002016-01-24T13:36:59.214+01:00The colors are lovely, those carrots must have bee...The colors are lovely, those carrots must have been massive ! Don't you just love crock pots ? I never used one until I moved here and got 2 for gifts :)<br />About the snow .. I live just south of Albany NY .. Kinderhook / Chatham area .. we got no snow !!<br />I think I am ok with that though. Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29902847293572062522016-01-24T11:40:32.605+01:002016-01-24T11:40:32.605+01:00This from the Post:
10:45 p.m. update: NWS just p...This from the Post:<br /><br />10:45 p.m. update: NWS just put out an updated list of storm totals. Here are some of the biggest ones:<br /><br />North Potomac, Md. – 36.5″<br />Leesburg, Va. – 34.0″<br />Point of Rocks, Md. – 32.0″<br />Centreville, Va. – 30.8″<br />Damascus, Md. – 29.0″<br />BWI, Md. – 29.2″<br />IAD, Va. – 28.3″<br />Parkton, Md. – 28.0″<br />Columbia, Md. – 27.7″<br />Northwest D.C. – 25.0″<br />Bailey’s Crossroads, Va. – 21.0″<br />Greenbelt, Md. – 20.5″<br />DCA, Va. – 17.8″<br />National Harbor, Md. – 17.0″Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-25026664863581882112016-01-24T11:37:09.880+01:002016-01-24T11:37:09.880+01:00I did not brown the meat this time, and I like it ...I did not brown the meat this time, and I like it this way. The carrots, onion, and meat held up to five or six hours of cooking in the crock pot, but I steamed the turnips and potatoes separately toward the end of the cooking time for the roast.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53003724453698515492016-01-24T11:35:02.213+01:002016-01-24T11:35:02.213+01:00Snow totals varied from 18 inches in parts of Arli...Snow totals varied from 18 inches in parts of Arlington, 25" at the National Zoo in the District, and 30 or more inches in Manassas and places closer to the Blue Ridge. That's what I've read in the Post.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50461038374466975282016-01-24T11:32:48.649+01:002016-01-24T11:32:48.649+01:00chm, glad to see you are still warm in DC. Same h...chm, glad to see you are still warm in DC. Same here, I'm happy to say. According to the snowfall map on the NY Times, the biggest snowfall was in West Virginia north of Winchester VA--42".<br /><br />Ken, a pot roast is my favorite beef dish. I can't remember if you prefer to brown the meat? Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70128652754903228482016-01-24T11:04:09.861+01:002016-01-24T11:04:09.861+01:00As predicted, the snow stopped falling late last n...As predicted, the snow stopped falling late last night. Even though we've had strong winds there was, fortunately, no power failure, so far. Now, I am snow bound, but since there is nowhere I have to go in the near future, I can wait for the thaw! I don't know if we broke any record, but it loks like we were very close.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36783259467161478362016-01-24T09:46:00.001+01:002016-01-24T09:46:00.001+01:00I would have made the pot au feu for today's l...I would have made the pot au feu for today's lunch except we got invited out by neighbors. Speaking of color, imagine the whiteness of the whole northeastern coast of North America today, from North Carolina to Massachusetts.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1210370895795098502016-01-24T09:31:58.183+01:002016-01-24T09:31:58.183+01:00Lovely thought Ken...
"The kitchen is where t...Lovely thought Ken...<br />"<i>The kitchen is where the color is in wintertime"</i>.....<br />but not just France....<br />most of the Northern Hemisphere to the north of the Alps, I would hazzard!<br />And in our Summertime... <br />the Southernmost Southern Hemispericalz will have their "kitchen stove colour"....<br />Every country has wintertime comfort food recipes...<br />and you will be echoed in your endeavours all over today...<br />this being Sunday, 'n'all!<br /> Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91460797615933183642016-01-24T08:53:42.014+01:002016-01-24T08:53:42.014+01:00Well, the Western Reserve is wet and gray AND cold...Well, the Western Reserve is wet and gray AND cold...But nothing lasts forever. The ingredients you have for your pot au feu look like my favorite kind of food....Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com