The savory dishes that I missed were often skipped because of lack of motivation, so it's no surprise that I'm not loving most of these catch-ups.
Last night, I made Ginger-Pickled Cucumbers. I'm not a huge pickle fan, and nothing about this appealed to me. It's so easy to make that I could hardly get away with avoiding it forever. Just salt some chopped up cucumbers to pull the water out of them for a half hour, then mix them up with rice wine vinegar, hot pepper flakes, and ginger. Let them chill for a few hours.
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On an unrelated note, I just want to say that one of the reasons I love Around My French Table so much is that I've gotten my picky boy to eat more food from this book than any other single book I've used. I cooked two of my favorites this week, after far too long of a gap--Beef Cheek Daube and the Swiss Chard Pancakes. Charlie gobbled both. High five, Dorie!
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| He's eating swiss chard, I tell you. SWISS CHARD! |
I think the real question here is why aren't you cooking all his veggies in pancake form.
ReplyDeleteBummer you didn't like the pickles. I never made them again but we all enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteI remember these! So easy! And now 'cause of this I'll make some more as they were great warm weather snacks to just have around.
ReplyDeleteI will have to try out those pancakes on my 10 year old.
ReplyDeleteI need to give the pancakes a try. I am glad Charlie liked them.
ReplyDeleteYou're a good sport for catching up on some of the less appealing past recipes.I'm not so sure I'll ever be that brave!!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't a huge fan of the cucumbers either. They were better than I had expected, but still cucumbers at the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteAnd I just made an old Dorie favorite again too, the Spring Pot au Feue, or whatever it was called. Love it!
I love cucumbers so I enjoyed the recipe. Whatever works, Ei, with that little boy of yours. My kids would only eat McDonald Hamburgers and Oreo Cookies when they were little so you're already ahead of the game with Charlie.
ReplyDeleteI have to revisit this recipe - I love cucumbers! It's great that you are able to get your little guy to be so adventurous with Dorie!
ReplyDeleteI like pickles, but somehow I don't remember really enjoying them either. Charlie is adorable! Looks like he loves those pancakes.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed these pickles at the time but I haven't made them again so that tells you something, doesn't it? Anything that will help kids eat less processed food is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThose chard pancakes were good - I need to remember them. (and even better that they are Charlie approved - P.S. he is really changing & growing up. I almost didn't recognize him).
ReplyDeleteI remember liking those pickles, but cuke season is still months away. Sigh.
The pickles and chard pancakes are going on my to make-up list!
ReplyDeleteOh I loved the Beef Cheek Daube but I haven't made the Pickled Cucumbers yet! I am sorry you didn't like them. It sounds very easy though!
ReplyDeleteThe boy has good taste. Have to try those cukes!
ReplyDeleteI remember enjoying the pickles - at least you can check it off the list! We loved the Swiss chard pancakes, too. And the Daube was amazing.
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