tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3766790084545814992..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Sunday surprise: rain + beef burgundy and a tamale pieKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60630671848175548682017-10-30T08:08:26.056+01:002017-10-30T08:08:26.056+01:00Make tamale pie using meatless chili with beans an...Make tamale pie using meatless chili with beans and maybe bell peppers or diced zucchini and corn. That would be good.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91344904404303034602017-10-30T08:07:19.575+01:002017-10-30T08:07:19.575+01:00I have to make those boulettes again. They were go...I have to make those boulettes again. They were good.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30889049943701721992017-10-29T18:33:26.989+01:002017-10-29T18:33:26.989+01:00No, I've never heard of pickle pie before, but...No, I've never heard of pickle pie before, but I see info about the expression on the web, some of it pretty racy. I did have a delicious salad in a restaurant in N.C. made with lettuce (iceberg, I think), tomato, onion, pickle, chicken, and bacon, all chopped very fine, with blue cheese dressing. It sounds strange but was very good. With it I had an enormous glass of Pinot Grigio which was filled to the brim -- it must have been a half bottle of (good) wine and cost $5.50.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54532940749158254892017-10-29T17:26:30.062+01:002017-10-29T17:26:30.062+01:00Ken that beautiful tamale pie has me thinking of a...Ken that beautiful tamale pie has me thinking of another southern comfort food: pickle pie. There is a savory version with meat and cheese and a dessert version. We used to see these a lot as kids. Don't know if you saw this in NC?Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-60146167470794253242017-10-29T16:46:58.852+01:002017-10-29T16:46:58.852+01:00I've never made tamale pies, and never have re...I've never made tamale pies, and never have really made Boeuf Bourguignon, though I did make your Boulettes Bourguignonnes once, and it was tasty, tasty, tasty.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43126538312863430062017-10-29T14:10:48.044+01:002017-10-29T14:10:48.044+01:00 My grandfather was a chef and he made Tamale pies... My grandfather was a chef and he made Tamale pies. When I was too young to appreciate them. I might have to learn how to do it myself :)Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59532923201288164262017-10-29T13:13:48.347+01:002017-10-29T13:13:48.347+01:00They are just selling the butter to the highest bi...They are just selling the butter to the highest bidders, who happen to be American, Canadian, and Chinese. Wine is probably the same story, though I think Americans prefer American (California) wine.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9358512843814890482017-10-29T11:41:35.953+01:002017-10-29T11:41:35.953+01:00D., you mentioned lardons in relation to blettes (...D., you mentioned lardons in relation to blettes (chard). I didn't put any in the greens, but I did put lardons in the Bœuf bourguignon and forgot to list them as an ingredient.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47331534868524339762017-10-29T11:38:54.916+01:002017-10-29T11:38:54.916+01:00I looked at Amazon.fr to see if I could buy masa h...I looked at Amazon.fr to see if I could buy masa harina on-line here in France. It seems impossible, because the products Amazon.fr sells are so poorly named and described. You can't tell if you're buying corn meal (farine de maïs) or masa harina (farine pour tortillas), and they are totally different things. Back to the drawing board...<br /><br />What you want for making tamales and tortillas is farine de maïs nixtamalisée, a.k.a. tortilla flour. Here's a source: <a href="http://aztek-tlse.fr/epages/box28521.sf/fr_FR/?ObjectPath=/Shops/box28521/Categories/%22Tortillas%20et%20farines%22" rel="nofollow">Aztek Comptoir Méxicain</a><br /><br />Pretty expensive, however.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13032688325445508062017-10-29T11:32:13.093+01:002017-10-29T11:32:13.093+01:00Perhaps the EU Butter Mountain should have been sa...Perhaps the EU Butter Mountain should have been saved for the bleak times ahead. God forbid that the Wine Lake is no longer there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-78081843987072020192017-10-29T10:11:44.499+01:002017-10-29T10:11:44.499+01:00The tamale pie was good, but the Bœuf bourguignon ...The tamale pie was good, but the Bœuf bourguignon is excellent. Almost lunchtime...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-21163747779233252452017-10-29T10:10:54.188+01:002017-10-29T10:10:54.188+01:00That's pretty much what I read in that article...That's pretty much what I read in that article in Le Monde. It's an artificial crisis, in some ways. One thing is for sure: butter prices will go up significantly.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17667562147917601602017-10-29T10:08:46.646+01:002017-10-29T10:08:46.646+01:00I brought it back from the U.S. a few years ago. I...I brought it back from the U.S. a few years ago. It had been hiding in the freezer ever since.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-13331924932268074252017-10-29T09:47:09.816+01:002017-10-29T09:47:09.816+01:00So, so French, to stock up! We, too, have a stock ...So, so French, to stock up! We, too, have a stock of butter and have found no shortage in the little supermarkets that do not belong to the hypermarket chains. That means Franprix has butter, but Carrefour Market was out. And there's still butter at the dairy booth at the town market. This whole scarcity thing is merely because the big distributors are locked into a contract until the end of the year and do not want to absorb the price increases the dairy producers are dealing with. So the producers are selling, at better prices, to the US and China (among others) and delivering only minimum requirements to the hypermarkets.Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22031771531368814602017-10-29T08:02:06.413+01:002017-10-29T08:02:06.413+01:00Oh dear, tamale pie, a Texas classic, along with F...Oh dear, tamale pie, a Texas classic, along with Frito pie. ;-)<br /><br />Pass the Bœuf bourguignon and fill my glass with red wine. Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58227793591033606412017-10-29T07:46:33.498+01:002017-10-29T07:46:33.498+01:00Where did you get the masa harina? I've found ...Where did you get the masa harina? I've found corn meal several times in France, but never masa harina.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.com