What are you cooking now?

[vinteuil]

Lunch: a classic onion galette, with wholemeal flaky, cheesy pastry, and salad. I shall garnish it with tenderstem. It would be classier with asparagus, but I'm rather fond of tenderstem

... sounds really good. And broccoli a more than satisfactory succedaneum for asparagus

A nice glass of gewürztraminer to go with?

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[french frank]

Lunch: a classic onion galette, with wholemeal flaky, cheesy pastry, and salad. I shall garnish it with tenderstem. It would be classier with asparagus, but I'm rather fond of tenderstem

[teamsaint]

Sounds delicious - I'm absurdly unadventurous when it comes to vegetarian cookery, so many thanks, Joseph (I agree about the rice).

The High Fearnley Wotsit veg cookbook is excellent S-A , with well tested recipes. Might get your adventurous side fired up !!

[teamsaint]

TBH you could substitute whatever for the tofu - the real raison d'etre of this dish is the miso paste, tamari and thyme (IMO).

Also, I use way more olive oil than here suggested - more garlic too, and a whole pack of shallots. Plus lots more tofu, which I generally fry beforehand, rather than just putting it in like the recipe says. Oh yeah, and I didn't use any wine.

Cheers JK.
Hoping for a good crop of garlic in the next few weeks, so might give this a whirl with some of it.

[Joseph K]

Sounds delicious - I'm absurdly unadventurous when it comes to vegetarian cookery, so many thanks, Joseph (I agree about the rice).

You're welcome.

[Serial_Apologist]

Sounds delicious - I'm absurdly unadventurous when it comes to vegetarian cookery, so many thanks, Joseph (I agree about the rice).

[Joseph K]

Do share a piccie, though tofu isn’t a household favourite here.

TBH you could substitute whatever for the tofu - the real raison d'etre of this dish is the miso paste, tamari and thyme (IMO).

Also, I use way more olive oil than here suggested - more garlic too, and a whole pack of shallots. Plus lots more tofu, which I generally fry beforehand, rather than just putting it in like the recipe says. Oh yeah, and I didn't use any wine.

[teamsaint]

I just made tofu & potatoes in miso & mushroom gravy. It's a vegan recipe by Isa Chandra Moskowitz which is really tasty. It's been quite a while since I made it because it's a bit time-consuming - so much so that the miso was out of date, but it shouldn't matter. Since my mum is out for the afternoon I decided to make it early and warm it up later - also took advantage of the opportunity to listen to a couple of albums I have on bandcamp via my phone whilst making it:

Wayne Krantz - Greenwich Mean

Ant Law - The Sleeper Wakes

Because I like to have it with rice, I tend not to use many potatoes and instead use more tofu.

Can share a picture of the recipe if anyone's interested.

Do share a piccie, though tofu isn’t a household favourite here.

Having a bash at a veg and nettle soup tonight.

G and T and some early LvB violin sonatas to go with.

[Joseph K]

I just made tofu & potatoes in miso & mushroom gravy. It's a vegan recipe by Isa Chandra Moskowitz which is really tasty. It's been quite a while since I made it because it's a bit time-consuming - so much so that the miso was out of date, but it shouldn't matter. Since my mum is out for the afternoon I decided to make it early and warm it up later - also took advantage of the opportunity to listen to a couple of albums I have on bandcamp via my phone whilst making it:

Wayne Krantz - Greenwich Mean

Ant Law - The Sleeper Wakes

Because I like to have it with rice, I tend not to use many potatoes and instead use more tofu.

Can share a picture of the recipe if anyone's interested.

[french frank]

... the music preceded the meal, interspersed it, and followed it. We don't usually talk over the music, unless it's very uninteresting. This 'harlequin' of an opera is quite noisy, with plentiful good orages - conversation wd have been tricky...

I wondered what people did if they weren't eating alone. When I eat alone I prefer to concentrate on what I've cooked and how I can improve it next time. When I'm eating out with friends, the music is something we just have to put up with.

Maluns doesn't sound quite as bad as capuns - but such a faff!
https://www.europeancuisines.com/Swi...-Potato-Recipe

But the children love it! (And peasants, apparently ) I didn't remember today I was supposed to serve it with milky coffee. I did that the first time, even though I take my coffee black. And capuns is delicious (and less of a faff), but I've never eaten maluns before - it is essentially a 'home' dish, rather than a restaurant/café dish, I think. The tiny station café at Disentis does serve capuns. Worth taking the train out there from Chur just to eat there whatever's on the menu. Like many places I've known on the Continong, station restaurants are much frequented by local people.

[vinteuil]

As a matter of interest, do you sit in silence listening to the music, or is it background listening to your brins de causette?

[Not sure why you find the maluns repulsive and disgusting. It's only cheese and ham (standard continental breakfast) with crunchy potato.]

... the music preceded the meal, interspersed it, and followed it. We don't usually talk over the music, unless it's very uninteresting. This 'harlequin' of an opera is quite noisy, with plentiful good orages - conversation wd have been tricky...

Maluns doesn't sound quite as bad as capuns - but such a faff!

https://www.europeancuisines.com/Switzerland-Swiss-Maluns-Slow-Fried-or-Scrambled-Potato-Recipe

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[french frank]

music : un opéra pour trois rois

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075N1TJTG/

As a matter of interest, do you sit in silence listening to the music, or is it background listening to your brins de causette?

[Not sure why you find the maluns repulsive and disgusting. It's only cheese and ham (standard continental breakfast) with crunchy potato.]

[vinteuil]

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céleri rémoulade

chicken, fennel, and orange traybake

green salad

vin d' alsace joseph cattin muscat 2018

music : un opéra pour trois rois

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075N1TJTG/

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[french frank]

... you weren't expecting I should actually try and make them? The description sufficed



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Haggis is good too. Though I've never made one.

[vinteuil]

Only seem? …

... you weren't expecting I should actually try and make them? The description sufficed



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