Fossil food!

[rikibeth]

I went very old-school French for dinner tonight. We had most of a spiral ham left, and asparagus was on sale, and I wanted something creamy and sauce-y and good, so...

Crepes.

With ham, asparagus, and a cream sauce with white wine, mushrooms, and caramelized onions. A little Parmesan sprinkled on top, and run under the broiler while I set the table.

The nice thing was that it had the meat and the vegetable all together, and the crepes were thin enough that they were just the right amount of carbohydrate for a Christy-friendly dinner.

The even nicer thing was that the caramelized onions and the novelty of a pancake wrapping caused melovechocolate to eat a serving nearly the size of the adults'.

I caramelized a LOT of onions, on purpose, so there'd be extra (a whole 1-pound deli container, yay!) to go into the meatloaf that shadowflyer is planning to make tomorrow, when I'm at work. Mmm, meatlof sandwich for lunch on Tuesday...

I wish I could find my small palette knife/offset spatula from my school kit. None of the other utensils in the house are as well suited for flipping crepes.

This is another side effect of the job -- the cooking requires no actual menu-designing creativity, so I am once more exercising my desire for making interesting food at HOME.

Yes, I think I like my new job.

Comments

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm going to scream if my my mother used them and didn't take care of them.

I hope you don't have to scream :-)

My mother doesn't take care of knives, either. I've tried to persuade her to use mine cos hers are dull and they worry me, but it may be just as well she doesn't.