Falling Back on Island Time

[FauxPas]

I have an ambitious day planned beginning with Dorie Greenspan's Quiche Maraichere from Around My French Table. The dough for the crust has been chilling since I made it on Saturday. (I can't believe I'm making pastry.)

 

How did you like the Quiche Maraichère? Would you make it again? Did your pastry turn out OK? (I'm betting it was great!)

 

I did a search and found a blogster who was pleasantly surprised by this recipe, and she has a link to the recipe, if anyone is interested. 

[Kerry Beal]

 

This many apples in my cider fund so far.

[rotuts]

Wow

 

Ontario Calvados, a la KB

 

you know. wood chips. vacuum. old barrel chips etc

 

after all, youve been there what 2 days ?

 

just think : something like this but older and 'used'

 

http://www.barrelsonline.com/default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

you do need that tricked out U-Haul or 2.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Tonight - a Pisco Sour.  

[TicTac]

Sterling butter - great choice.

 

Very limited good butter options here in Ontario....

[Kerry Beal]

Sterling butter - great choice.

 

Very limited good butter options here in Ontario....

When I'm up here I buy Farquhar's dairy butter - but saw this on special at Giant Tiger for $3.79.  Had to buy cause I like the Sterling too - especially on sale!

[Smithy]

Nice cider fund! Did you find a press yet? I may have missed that bit.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Dinner

[rotuts]

Sooooooo

 

how were those SV'd sprouts ?

[Okanagancook]

Half a plate of vegetables.  Good job.

[Kerry Beal]

 

Anna and I were at the gas station the other day - we got talking to the wife of the fellow who owns the station about the market and how we'd just been there and found it pretty sad.  She mentioned she had been there last week and most of the vendors said it would be their last week.  She also mentioned that one of the vendors had given her the last of her citron melons.  This of course got me excited.  Apparently she had been given 6 - she had made 3 into jam and the dog had mistaken two for his balls and eaten them (I realize how that sounds - so I just had to post it anyway cause I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face).  She offered us the remaining one.

 

I went to pick it up from her husband Jim today - also included was a bottle of the jam she had made with them.  

 

I want to candy this one and will start doing some research into it tonight.

 

 

[Anna N]

Sooooooo

 

how were those SV'd sprouts ?

Gross and disgusting and I spit mine out! Kerry ate them all. I will make no further comment.

[Kerry Beal]

They tasted nothing like Brussel's sprouts - hence I ate them.  

[rotuts]

how ever, did they float ?

 

I think Franci has the B.S. down better than Just Right, perhaps Stunniing.

 

had not made them myself

[Tri2Cook]

Apparently she had been given 6 - she had made 3 into jam and the dog had mistaken two for his balls and eaten them. 

     

 

[Shelby]

Sooooo what did they taste like????

 

Edited to add.....not the balls, the sprouts.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 6, 2014 by Shelby (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Not much of anything actually - they were missing that essential sproutiness that I don't really care for.

[Anna N]

How did you like the Quiche Maraichère? Would you make it again? Did your pastry turn out OK? (I'm betting it was great!)

 

I did a search and found a blogster who was pleasantly surprised by this recipe, and she has a link to the recipe, if anyone is interested. 

It was OK. Kerry went back for seconds. I missed the "custardyness" of quiche. There is not much dairy in it and I think Gruyere would have been a better choice than cheddar. (Two pounds of Gruyere especially purchased for this trip languish in my refrigerater about 8 hours away.) The pastry was acceptable. Would I make it again? No but mainly because there is so much more to explore!

[andiesenji]

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Anna and I were at the gas station the other day - we got talking to the wife of the fellow who owns the station about the market and how we'd just been there and found it pretty sad.  She mentioned she had been there last week and most of the vendors said it would be their last week.  She also mentioned that one of the vendors had given her the last of her citron melons.  This of course got me excited.  Apparently she had been given 6 - she had made 3 into jam and the dog had mistaken two for his balls and eaten them (I realize how that sounds - so I just had to post it anyway cause I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face).  She offered us the remaining one.

 

I went to pick it up from her husband Jim today - also included was a bottle of the jam she had made with them.  

 

I want to candy this one and will start doing some research into it tonight.

I was given a few citron melons several years ago - there are a few places in this desert area where they grow wild and the folks who gather them are very secretive about the sites where the tsammas can be found. 

I used the same recipe that I use for watermelon rind preserves and also made some sweet pickles - enough for one pint jar. 

 

One caveat - the stuff is more potent than prunes if you have need of a laxative so eat sparingly!

[Anna N]

how ever, did they float ?

 

I think Franci has the B.S. down better than Just Right, perhaps Stunniing.

 

had not made them myself

They would have floated had I not had them weighted down with plates. Incidentally I am normally a sprout lover.

[Anna N]

Sooooo what did they taste like????

 

Edited to add.....not the balls, the sprouts.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like sprouts that have been cooked in a closed vessel -- sulphurous.

[Kerry Beal]

I was given a few citron melons several years ago - there are a few places in this desert area where they grow wild and the folks who gather them are very secretive about the sites where the tsammas can be found. 

I used the same recipe that I use for watermelon rind preserves and also made some sweet pickles - enough for one pint jar. 

 

One caveat - the stuff is more potent than prunes if you have need of a laxative so eat sparingly!

Thanks for the heads up on the laxation effect.  

[andiesenji]

Thanks for the heads up on the laxation effect.  

I can't find the reference but somewhere in one of my numerous "herbal" books there is a mention of this melon being used for medicinal purposes by doctors and pharmacists at the beginning of the last century and I think it was in the U.S. Pharmacopeia at one time. 

 

 

I found one of the sources for recipes and for advice - including how to use the seeds   here

Edited October 7, 2014 by andiesenji (log)

[FauxPas]

It was OK. Kerry went back for seconds. I missed the "custardyness" of quiche. There is not much dairy in it and I think Gruyere would have been a better choice than cheddar. (Two pounds of Gruyere especially purchased for this trip languish in my refrigerater about 8 hours away.) The pastry was acceptable. Would I make it again? No but mainly because there is so much more to explore!

 

You did get me thinking of quiche though when I read this, so I made some mini-quiche, very loosely based on Dorie's recipe. I posted on Breakfast thread. 

[Kerry Beal]

I can't find the reference but somewhere in one of my numerous "herbal" books there is a mention of this melon being used for medicinal purposes by doctors and pharmacists at the beginning of the last century and I think it was in the U.S. Pharmacopeia at one time. 

 

 

I found one of the sources for recipes and for advice - including how to use the seeds   here

Thanks Andie - lots of good info there.