Camping, Princess Style

[Smithy]

3 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

Where is it that you all are ordering Gouter products? I Googled and nothing came up, aside from defining the French word.

 

This all began in the Panettone topic, where that ace enabler @Kerry Beal noted that @Alleguede had begun his annual panettone making. (Do look at that link! The photos are gorgeous!) In the subsequent posts, it came out that Goûter could now ship to the USA. @Alleguede gave an email address here ... it's info@gouter.ca in case you don't want to keep following links.

 

I read somewhere in that topic that they might all be done with panettone for the season, but i can't answer that question for sure. The shout-outs in this post should help get someone's attention for an answer.

Edited 6 hours ago by Smithy
Edited to clarify "done for the season" as meaning "with panettone" (log)

[ElsieD]

12 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

I agree. Some fruits preserve well, but IMO strawberries don't.

True, that.  It's why when it comes to strawberry preserves, i like to make freezer jam.  It's as close to a ripe strawberry as i can get in the middle of (insert cold month here).

[ElsieD]

They currently have a strawberry and white chocolate panetonne.  John is picking one up on Wednesday and when we have some, I'll post about it on the panetonne topic.

[Smithy]

4 hours ago, rotuts said:

@Maison Rustique

 

maybe here ?

 

https://www.gouterstore.com/?page=1&limit=60&sort_by=popularity_score&sort_order=desc

 

rotuts, thank you for that link. It is the correct link...and I LOVE the "read me" that pops up first!

[SLB]

Two comments, one question:

1. In an adaptation from a recipe from "Food in Jars" lady, I preserve strawberries as follows:  a slight candy in a heavy sugar syrup with vanilla, drain thoroughly, then dehydrate.  It goes in my homemade trail mix, but is generally divine anywhere you might want a dried fruit.
2. @Smithy, I'm nervous about that dangling tag on the venetian blind behind the stove!
3. Are your darling's beloved camp skillets cast iron, or some other material?  I've decided that I'm in car camping way more than I was ten years ago.  And if I hadn't mentioned it, I'm REALLY into that griddle that you showed here some time back, it goes on top of a regular kettle grill or a fire pit.  Alas, I have no use for one, but it was so beautiful I keep wanting to give it as a gift to friends with actual houses. This has nothing to do with the skillets, I'm just sayin'.  Maybe I just really want an outdoor kitchen . . .

Meanwhile, over thisaway I'm making your darling's superburgers this week.  They seem exactly perfect, especially since I have so much sausage in the freezer right now. I'll raise a glass to this life you've lived, with gratitude for what I've gotten to learn about myself from seeing it here.  

[Smithy]

29 minutes ago, SLB said:

Two comments, one question:

1. In an adaptation from a recipe from "Food in Jars" lady, I preserve strawberries as follows:  a slight candy in a heavy sugar syrup with vanilla, drain thoroughly, then dehydrate.  It goes in my homemade trail mix, but is generally divine anywhere you might want a dried fruit.
2. @Smithy, I'm nervous about that dangling tag on the venetian blind behind the stove!
3. Are your darling's beloved camp skillets cast iron, or some other material?  I've decided that I'm in car camping way more than I was ten years ago.  And if I hadn't mentioned it, I'm REALLY into that griddle that you showed here some time back, it goes on top of a regular kettle grill or a fire pit.  Alas, I have no use for one, but it was so beautiful I keep wanting to give it as a gift to friends with actual houses. This has nothing to do with the skillets, I'm just sayin'.  Maybe I just really want an outdoor kitchen . . .

Meanwhile, over thisaway I'm making your darling's superburgers this week.  They seem exactly perfect, especially since I have so much sausage in the freezer right now. I'll raise a glass to this life you've lived, with gratitude for what I've gotten to learn about myself from seeing it here.  

• Thanks for the tip on the strawberries. 
• LOL I'm one of those people who rarely, if ever, even removes the mattress tags that say not to remove them on pain of death, unless you're the purchaser! But you raise a good point. So just for you, and because it really is sensible, I removed the tag(s) just now. This is what I removed:

 

I think the likelihood of a tag catching fire is greater than the likelihood of having a child climb up onto the stove in this particular trailer. Thanks for that safety note. 🙂

 

• My darling strongly preferred nonstick, heavy-duty aluminum pans with long handles. I left those behind, not thinking I was likely to use them due to their size, and also because the packing job was so overwhelming. This skillet is the closest thing I have to what he liked to use:

 

It's a couple of inches smaller in diameter than his favorite skillet. You can see that it's been thoroughly used since I bought it over 10 years ago, but for all that I liked to keep it inside to prevent soot buildup on the outside. His skillets have soot buildup as a badge of honor.

 

As for the cast iron griddle: I thought about bringing that along, but didn't. Again, I'm not sure now whether it was One More Thing that I couldn't figure out where to put it, or it was too grody from being neglected in the weather. Instead, I brought 2 cast iron skillets, one smooth and one not:

 

 

From a space- and weight-saving perspective I'm not sure it made sense, but I wanted both surfaces. I haven't mentioned until now that I also left behind my beloved $8 panini press, and I wanted something that could put grill marks onto certain foods. The smooth one is a family heirloom. Will I use them both? Time will tell. How badly will I miss that panini press? Time will also tell on that.

 

I'm glad you like the griddle so much. It really has been handy, and I suspect many new couples will appreciate the gift.

 

Finally: thank you so much for the comment about his Superburgers, and for hoisting a glass in our honor. Maybe I'll cook another of those tonight, and we can figuratively toast him as well as each other's travels and life lessons.