tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7954516591706350998..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Belgian endive and beets in saladKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-77226685061708490832013-03-16T20:54:46.315+01:002013-03-16T20:54:46.315+01:00You keep reminding me of things I love but have so...You keep reminding me of things I love but have somehow forgotten. I love Belgian endive!Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59966975263075799282013-03-16T17:02:03.392+01:002013-03-16T17:02:03.392+01:00Oh, boy, this is one thing that I can thank France...Oh, boy, this is one thing that I can thank France for-- I'd never heard of a salad with beets until I lived in Paris. I LOVE them-- especially with the apples (or pears) and cheese and nuts. Yumm!<br /><br />Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17518556579720723272013-03-16T13:15:03.943+01:002013-03-16T13:15:03.943+01:00We've been eating beets lately
too. Just rinse...We've been eating beets lately<br />too. Just rinse them off and toss<br />them in the slow cooker for four<br />or five hours. I'd sell my soul<br />for some of that endive, adore it.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335063080532127542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35079049612765096872013-03-16T12:38:02.007+01:002013-03-16T12:38:02.007+01:00Lovely salad with my favorite combination! (I use ...Lovely salad with my favorite combination! (I use my pressure cooker a lot but, particularly when I need to steam beets and artichokes. They don't seem to be as popular in the US as they are in France).<br />Hard to believe it is going to rain all week long. Can you send some my way please?.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-71556141378191361732013-03-16T12:20:32.347+01:002013-03-16T12:20:32.347+01:00I can buy Guénard oils at our local Intermarché, b...I can buy Guénard oils at our local Intermarché, but I don't know if they are sold in other local supermarkets.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32576508971174211072013-03-16T11:44:45.070+01:002013-03-16T11:44:45.070+01:00Do Guenard sell commercially... or do they have a ...Do Guenard sell commercially... or do they have a shop on site and do the markets <i>[like Huilerie Lepine... down below us]</i>?... Vigean are between you and us at Clion-sur-Indre, but all the supers arouns here seem to sell it... as does our Spar at the supermarket price <i>[which is nice]</i>.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30015789792525068902013-03-16T09:30:13.038+01:002013-03-16T09:30:13.038+01:00Tim, we get our nut oils from the local huilerie, ...Tim, we get our nut oils from the local <i>huilerie</i>, Guénard, over in Noyers-sur-Cher. I make my own blends for cooking and for dressings.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82820638560310183492013-03-16T08:51:35.768+01:002013-03-16T08:51:35.768+01:00Ken, have you tried Vigean's "Fruity and ...Ken, have you tried Vigean's "Fruity and Nuts"* oil... 70% cold pressed colza[rape] and 30% walnut... around 4.50€ a litre bottle. Superb for salads, making brown bread[instead of butter or veg oil] and frying onions or in chinese stirfries... excellent scran... there is a Bio version available at something like 13€ for 750ml [but that is a 55:45 ratio of colza/noix]...haven't tried that yet... too expensive.<br />*Fruitee et NoixTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com