tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post3399140760126027102..comments2022-09-19T08:28:16.469+02:00Comments on Dispatches from France: (trying to) beat the heatVivihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-32608801240825385542009-07-17T11:52:27.167+02:002009-07-17T11:52:27.167+02:00Just a tiny bit of cooking:
Mix a knob of dijon m...Just a tiny bit of cooking:<br /><br />Mix a knob of dijon moutarde with a knob of softened butter, drizzle of olive oil, crushed garlic and salt & pepper. Spread this across two chicken breasts and fry them in a hot pan until cooked through. Let them cool and chop them in to small pieces (1 cm cubes or so). Better still if you can put them in the fridge for an hour or so.<br /><br />Mix LittleGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418220812122701972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-65894203800052041372009-07-15T17:14:58.700+02:002009-07-15T17:14:58.700+02:00I live in East Texas where its currently 102°F. I ...I live in East Texas where its currently 102°F. I do a lot of no heat cooking. Here's a couple of suggestions. <br /><br />1. Raw "spaghetti" with pesto<br /><br />Use a mandoline to cut courgettes into spaghetti-like stripes. Toss with finely diced red bell pepper, some canned chick peas, and your best home made pesto. <br /><br />2. Tahitian Poisson Cru<br /><br />Coarsely chop Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-86727911343676416612009-07-03T08:34:35.630+02:002009-07-03T08:34:35.630+02:00Amazingly good stuff here! I want to eat it all.
...Amazingly good stuff here! I want to eat it all.<br /><br />I love concombres à la crème with ciboulette. A good jambon/melon is always tasty.<br /><br />Surprisingly, smoked salmon with céleri rémoulade is also real tasty.<br /><br />And all the great ideas already mentioned about visiting the charcuterie (salades both veggie and meaty) and the boulangerie (fougasses and things) are terrific.<brwcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-79397175059029742452009-07-02T19:06:26.851+02:002009-07-02T19:06:26.851+02:00Thanks for all the amazing comments y'all!
As...Thanks for all the amazing comments y'all!<br /><br />As for BBQing, we don't have any access to outdoors, even a balcony, so grilling out is not a possibility for us.Vivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-75392487701945331962009-07-02T18:42:27.971+02:002009-07-02T18:42:27.971+02:00Have you considered getting a barbeque grill or hi...Have you considered getting a barbeque grill or hibachi and cooking outdoors? I live in Arizona and when we don't want to heat the house up (and stress out our air conditioning any more) we cook on our grill outside or use the microwave inside (not as tasty though). My husband and I just spent 6 weeks in Bretagne and cooked on our friends' new barbeque many times. They loved the AmericanSandy Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17227618438972316442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-35415274479625743802009-07-01T02:33:00.732+02:002009-07-01T02:33:00.732+02:00pasta salads, cook the pasta up the night before. ...pasta salads, cook the pasta up the night before. How about that American classic tuna salad? Elbow macaroni, can of tuna, diced celery and scallions, mayo and tomato. Sliced boiled egg is good in this too. Do you have access to an outdoor grill/bbq?kippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715389823789274487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-40462756125558903832009-06-30T23:53:27.766+02:002009-06-30T23:53:27.766+02:00McDonald's or Quick drive thru in the air-cond...McDonald's or Quick drive thru in the air-conditioned car. OK, not cheap, not too easy considering how friggin far we've got to go to find a Quick, but damn, AC ROCKS!<br /><br />If not, we grill a lot, lots of fruit, cold cuts, salads, and huge amounts of water.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561518948847153812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-54431806114904465852009-06-30T19:33:11.189+02:002009-06-30T19:33:11.189+02:00Chicken salad with grapes, pineapple, celery, onio...Chicken salad with grapes, pineapple, celery, onion and almonds. Dressed with mayo mixed with lime juice, salt and pepper.<br /><br />Tuna salad with celery, onion, and cashews. Mayo + lemon, S&P.<br /><br />Pasta salad, with veggies, chopped ham or pepperoni if I have it, and homemade vinaigrette.<br /><br />Tomato/mozzerella/basil and olive oil.<br /><br />"Cold Supper"--cold cutsRonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755869501331386672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-49734545516408057502009-06-29T23:48:38.392+02:002009-06-29T23:48:38.392+02:00chicken salad (with your leftover rotisserie chick...chicken salad (with your leftover rotisserie chicken from Flare's suggestion!) in cut up tomatoes.<br /><br />lots and lots of hummos.<br /><br />and pasta salad.Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363734531676411801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-27701962029128999642009-06-29T23:20:56.271+02:002009-06-29T23:20:56.271+02:00i think i'm going to have to copy these all do...i think i'm going to have to copy these all down. it's making me hungry! :)KathyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557837102539253373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-67545715599693487672009-06-29T20:57:03.413+02:002009-06-29T20:57:03.413+02:00I'm sitting here eating a cold couscous salad ...I'm sitting here eating a cold couscous salad that I made last night for dinner. Easily made in large quantities for mulitple meals. And if you're at the grocery store you can get some that already made and I like to toss it with some olive oil and garlic a bit before I serve it and it's yummy. <br /><br />So things we eat when it's hot here... and that are EASY:<br /><br />We eatPutYourFlareOnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02038560043745069645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-911920239134950982009-06-29T14:24:10.811+02:002009-06-29T14:24:10.811+02:00Cheats' tabbouleh: I soak some fine couscous i...Cheats' tabbouleh: I soak some fine couscous in lemon juice, olive oil, and very finely diced tomatoes, cucumbers and mint from the garden Baby! It only needs to sit in the fridge for half an hour and then it's ready.<br /><br />Fave salad: tuna, green beans, olives, anchovies, hard boiled eggs & croutons, vinaigrette.<br /><br />American style potato salad with bacon bits and LOTS ofAntipo Déessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10141078586780895241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-72001019679301878602009-06-29T13:54:33.701+02:002009-06-29T13:54:33.701+02:00We just had a quick omelette lunch - cooks quickly...We just had a quick omelette lunch - cooks quickly and just chuck in ham, tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms etc etc. Serve with baguette & green salad on side.<br /><br />More of a starter but can be padded out with bread and cheese is melon & jambon de bayonne (sp?).L'Oiseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216440868866176740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-27602578737662584252009-06-29T12:48:44.649+02:002009-06-29T12:48:44.649+02:00Unfortunately, endive is the one food I *really* c...Unfortunately, endive is the one food I *really* can't eat. It... er... does uncomfortable things to my digestive track. :/Vivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-366256128717972422009-06-29T12:45:28.119+02:002009-06-29T12:45:28.119+02:00Endive salad? Takes 5 minutes (if that). Cut up en...Endive salad? Takes 5 minutes (if that). Cut up endives (about one of those bags of them), dice up a slab of blue cheese, throw on pine nuts and you're done. Mix up a vinagrette (sp?) and you're good to go.JChevaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683339168047479228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-87068606952729894512009-06-29T11:06:01.705+02:002009-06-29T11:06:01.705+02:00Oh no, just the P word, but it definitely made bot...Oh no, just the P word, but it definitely made both Stéph and I pause for a moment. :)<br /><br />That's not a bad idea, I've never made one before, I should totally try that some time!Vivihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430365550674784871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8168771.post-70202362837537224092009-06-29T10:23:51.416+02:002009-06-29T10:23:51.416+02:00Not the C word emblazoned on a t-shirt, surely?
I...Not the C word emblazoned on a t-shirt, surely?<br /><br />I wish I could help with the no cooking but I'm practically useless at thinking stuff like that up. What about Tarte Flambee with salad? The oven only needs to be on for 20 mins or so?Ms Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363385142330348970noreply@blogger.com