I absolutely love these moments of French life. I’d like to be there right now but your articles are the next best thing. I’m only ever there in the height of summer so I enjoy going through the seasons with you ..
That sounds delicious. I must keep an eye out for anything more interesting than butternut in our local shops. Maybe the range available will increase after next week when half the vegetable aisle is no longer filled with pumpkins that no-one is actually going to eat. (Question: why evict fresh fruit and veg to make room for huge pumpkins? Why not be honest and just stick them in the 'Seasonal Tat' aisle?) *mutters in curmudgeonly fashion*
delicious ! lots of slug activity this year has curtailed the squash bounty from my favourite stall at stroud farmers market this year. but I picked up a lovely potimarron last weekend so now its going in a gratin!!! happy weekend Debora xx
Ok paranoid person checking in . I dress just like a French Woman of a Certain Kind to Lewes farmers market . What is their kind ?? What messages am I sending??? How bad are these French women?????
As a big lover of pumpkin I often wish our supermarket sold more than just Kent or Butternut pumpkin, although today I saw some different types which they said were good for carving (Halloween) and I wasn’t sure what the taste would be like, so, back to Kent which is a relatively firm pumpkin. Of course I bought the crème fraiche, no Gruyère available so I substituted with Havarti, hope that works as well. Looking forward to trying this recipe. Thank you for sharing. 🤗
Top trumps on injured workmen: when we were having work done on the house about 15 years ago, one of the men fell of a ladder onto a big stone half hidden in the soil & broke his hip, the Air Ambulance helicopter landed in the adjoining field!! I missed all the excitement (and obvs trying to help the poor guy) as I was at work
Love your Marseillan comments.Hope wedding was fantastic and fully understand the work/hope involved as hosted our daughter's in UK. Last week in Marseillan until March ,to check recent house work then close up pool /house.Will miss it!
Fellow clumsy person checking in: If you have to use a butternut squash, a few minutes in the pressure cooker (enough water in the bottom for it to come to pressure, a trivet or similar for the squash to sit on, 6-8 minutes at pressure and a quick pressure release), makes it much easier to peel.
We had this last night and it was wonderful. I’m going to put creme fraiche and walnuts in everything now!
I absolutely love these moments of French life. I’d like to be there right now but your articles are the next best thing. I’m only ever there in the height of summer so I enjoy going through the seasons with you ..
Delicious recipe Debora. Im off to the Saturday market to buy potimaron.
A food question of i may? I've recently had great success making boeuf bourguignon with beef labeled " bourguignon". what cut would this be?
Thank you xxx
That sounds delicious. I must keep an eye out for anything more interesting than butternut in our local shops. Maybe the range available will increase after next week when half the vegetable aisle is no longer filled with pumpkins that no-one is actually going to eat. (Question: why evict fresh fruit and veg to make room for huge pumpkins? Why not be honest and just stick them in the 'Seasonal Tat' aisle?) *mutters in curmudgeonly fashion*
delicious ! lots of slug activity this year has curtailed the squash bounty from my favourite stall at stroud farmers market this year. but I picked up a lovely potimarron last weekend so now its going in a gratin!!! happy weekend Debora xx
Ok paranoid person checking in . I dress just like a French Woman of a Certain Kind to Lewes farmers market . What is their kind ?? What messages am I sending??? How bad are these French women?????
As a big lover of pumpkin I often wish our supermarket sold more than just Kent or Butternut pumpkin, although today I saw some different types which they said were good for carving (Halloween) and I wasn’t sure what the taste would be like, so, back to Kent which is a relatively firm pumpkin. Of course I bought the crème fraiche, no Gruyère available so I substituted with Havarti, hope that works as well. Looking forward to trying this recipe. Thank you for sharing. 🤗
Top trumps on injured workmen: when we were having work done on the house about 15 years ago, one of the men fell of a ladder onto a big stone half hidden in the soil & broke his hip, the Air Ambulance helicopter landed in the adjoining field!! I missed all the excitement (and obvs trying to help the poor guy) as I was at work
Potimarron is the only orange squash I use in France. I love its flavor, plus not having to peel it!
It's so good, isn't it?
Hi Deborah,
Love your Marseillan comments.Hope wedding was fantastic and fully understand the work/hope involved as hosted our daughter's in UK. Last week in Marseillan until March ,to check recent house work then close up pool /house.Will miss it!
Peter Cliffe
Thank you so much, Peter, and safe travels back to the UK.
Fellow clumsy person checking in: If you have to use a butternut squash, a few minutes in the pressure cooker (enough water in the bottom for it to come to pressure, a trivet or similar for the squash to sit on, 6-8 minutes at pressure and a quick pressure release), makes it much easier to peel.
This is such a great tip. Thank you.