slebowitz

Any kid-friendly recommendations for Quebec City? My wife & I are visiting from the US right now with our 2 year-old and 5 year-old. I'm eager to try the locally raised foie gras I read about. We stumbled upon Le Bistro L'Ancetre in Trois Rivieres en route from Montreal to Quebec. Menu was mostly Italian standards nicely prepared. We & our 2 turkeys felt very welcome. Our waiter surprised them with colorful kiddie cocktails when they asked for lemonade, and he had no trouble substituting a pasta and splitting the dish for them. It helped that we ate early and outside so the kids could run around between bites (there's indoor & outdoor seating).

Does anyone know why most recipes call for removing the stamens? I've been harvesting about a dozen male flowers a day from about 20 feet of pumpkin vines overtaking my compost pile (six pumpkins are growing nicely). I've tried them lightly battered & fried, stuffed & fried, and sauteed--stamen, stem & all. The stamens provide a little more substance, particularly when sauteed. I haven't turned orange, keeled over, etc. Perhaps the objection to eating stamens stems from their parallel to fauna anatomy. Any thoughts?