So many strange food names. The English eat a green they call "rocket", and they also eat Swedes! (Or that's what they call a kind of turnip.)
Very cool and creative. Call me OCD but I would have parboiled them in their skins, then peeled them, I don't know why. Have you tried actually pickling them, with vinegar and salt instead of oil? (I have not, just thinking out loud.)
I did an emergency run to the grocery store last night and noticed they had fresh turkeys for 99 cents/lb (and that's Canadian cents!). I presume they are unsold Easter stock. feel like if they still have some I should buy at least one, cut it up, and freeze the parts. Plus I could use my new smoker and make some smoked turkey! Probably too late now, and of course I worry about fresh fowl a week after the last holiday.
Si, ecco, è chiamato Dragoncello in Italiano.
As usual, it's always the ancient Greeks who are to blame, naming the herb 'δρακόντιον', Draconium in English, while the Romans preferred the latin word Tarragon
I attended the Cluny jazz festival for years in row, Burgundy region.
As I can't handle red wines, save very good/expensive ones, I scavenged the grape branches of the entire Macon area for escargots (helix pomatia) to make up.
Once had an escargot night with Gitans/Gitanos, buckets of snails over open fire, followed by hours of gypsie music.
Those folks leave a burn mark on every camping ground, once served as a sign that I'd just missed them. Friendly folk, being invited by them felt a privilege.
This weekend it's chicken biryani, though I'm a heretic and will also be sticking a bunch of veggies in. I've been teaching myself to use an Instant Pot for my Indian cooking, as it's quicker and dirties far fewer pots and pans. The best compliment I got re the Indian dishes was from a colleague at work - he said the dish I coked made him homesick...
You will not be sorry my friend. Brine for 24-48 hours.
You are a wise man. Please post pics.
Sadly, I went back this evening and the cheap turkeys were all gone. Why oh why didn't I grab one last night? It was one of those quick trips to buy something specific.
It's only money.
You stumbled across a bargain price but not A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SCREAMING BARGAIN which was so cheap it demanded your full and immediate attention. At the time and in the moment, you passed it up. Now it's gone. So what, big deal. If you want it: simply pay the non bargain price. It's only money. If you don't want it: who cares how cheap they sold it yesterday.
Ramp Festival in Flag Pond is Saturday before Mother's day.
Ooooooooooooooo...... reek for a week.
Not for a couple of weeks yet.
tarragon -- a spice where a little goes a very long way. i think jacco used it on scrambled eggs.
With heavy cream
Mix the (1tsp) tarragon with the (4 tablespoons) cream, divide it over four small oven dishes (10oz white souffle dishes are my favorites)
Break an egg over each oven dish.
Place the oven dishes in a roasting pan, poor hot water in the pan till the water is half an inch under the edge of the oven dishes.
Place in a moderate hot oven for 15 minutes
(nice with homemade breadsticks, twirled puff pastry or die hard labor)
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Lots of the fun is gone like the almost homeless guy running a restaurant out of a cheap storefront with 5 or 6 avocado or golden colored electric fry pans from Goodwill for a "kitchen". The Daily Catch in the North End was like that so was Smokey Joe's in Berkeley.
I've had great luck with wand mixer mayo, has anyone tried the standard butter sauces with the wand mixer? We never use them just curious.