I read about chickens today. Interestingly, Julia Child does not have very many recipes for chicken in this particular cookbook. She does talk about how important it is to find chickens that taste good at your local meat market. this does not mean buying mass produced chickens at a regular grocery store. Look for organic and/or free range chickens. 3 pound range is best.
To roast a chicken the french way, you actually turn it from side to side and baste and salt it along the way. The french actually cook it to between 175 and 180 whereas americans usually roast their chickens to 190.
I bought a free range local chicken from Corti Brothers (the local meat market near Katie's) and will be roasting it tomorrow.
Yesterday I made homemade chicken stock for Katie and froze 9 pints of it. I love homemade chicken stock and find that store bought stock now pales in comparison. But you can doctor the store bought stock up if you'd like and she covers that in the cookbook as well.
So, I'm excited to report how the roasting chicken will go (and I will attempt to make one of her potato recipes with it) sometime in the next few days.
Bon Appetit!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
I love Julia Child
I read the book Julie & Julia a couple of years ago and it stuck with me. I loved it.
I enjoyed the movie (which I saw with my favorite two daughters, Katie & Kristie) very much as well. I didn't know very much about Julia Child until that movie so I purchased the book written by her titled "My Life in France" which I adore!!!
I want to cook my way thru "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" too! I do, I do!
So, my darling daughter, Katie Jo, bought the cookbook for my upcoming birthday (which I promptly opened early!) and I've been reading it for a couple of weeks, when I can find the time amongst my living in babyland with Kinseybear.
Kinseybear is my new grandson who is now 18 days old! So adorable and so small; a mere 6.5 pounds when he was born. Tiny.
So I decided to start this blog to document my journey. I know its not a new idea but it'll be fun, nonetheless.
In addition, I ordered the Julia Child "French Chef" DVDs she did in the 70s (after writing her cookbook) from a vendor on Ebay and I just rec'd them yesterday.
Katie and I watched the first two episodes this morning. The first was "The Potato Show" and the second "French Onion Soup".
I learned tons!!! Surprising. For example, I learned that if you rub your hands with salt and water it will take the onion smell off your hands. And, you can slice potatoes with the slicer thingy on the hand grater. I learned the correct way to sharpen a knife with a steel. I learned how to make 4 simple potato dishes in no time.
Back to the book. I read the first 36 pages which cover kitchen equipment, ingredients, measures, temperatures, cutting and wine. Onto the recipes!
In her "My Life in France" book, Julia made such a huge deal about her top secret recipe for hollandaise sauce and mayonnaise that I had to skip ahead and try at least one of those first. So I made the hollandaise sauce (the blender version) and it was FANTASTIC! We had the sauce over hard boiled eggs for breakfast. It was rich, creamy, and flavorful.
Today I made French Onion Soup. Katie and Nich had purchased 10 onions from the farmer's market last Sunday and since it was a cold day, soup was perfect. We just got done eating and it was very good.
Will let you know what I'm making tomorrow.
Bon Appetit!
I enjoyed the movie (which I saw with my favorite two daughters, Katie & Kristie) very much as well. I didn't know very much about Julia Child until that movie so I purchased the book written by her titled "My Life in France" which I adore!!!
I want to cook my way thru "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" too! I do, I do!
So, my darling daughter, Katie Jo, bought the cookbook for my upcoming birthday (which I promptly opened early!) and I've been reading it for a couple of weeks, when I can find the time amongst my living in babyland with Kinseybear.
Kinseybear is my new grandson who is now 18 days old! So adorable and so small; a mere 6.5 pounds when he was born. Tiny.
So I decided to start this blog to document my journey. I know its not a new idea but it'll be fun, nonetheless.
In addition, I ordered the Julia Child "French Chef" DVDs she did in the 70s (after writing her cookbook) from a vendor on Ebay and I just rec'd them yesterday.
Katie and I watched the first two episodes this morning. The first was "The Potato Show" and the second "French Onion Soup".
I learned tons!!! Surprising. For example, I learned that if you rub your hands with salt and water it will take the onion smell off your hands. And, you can slice potatoes with the slicer thingy on the hand grater. I learned the correct way to sharpen a knife with a steel. I learned how to make 4 simple potato dishes in no time.
Back to the book. I read the first 36 pages which cover kitchen equipment, ingredients, measures, temperatures, cutting and wine. Onto the recipes!
In her "My Life in France" book, Julia made such a huge deal about her top secret recipe for hollandaise sauce and mayonnaise that I had to skip ahead and try at least one of those first. So I made the hollandaise sauce (the blender version) and it was FANTASTIC! We had the sauce over hard boiled eggs for breakfast. It was rich, creamy, and flavorful.
Today I made French Onion Soup. Katie and Nich had purchased 10 onions from the farmer's market last Sunday and since it was a cold day, soup was perfect. We just got done eating and it was very good.
Will let you know what I'm making tomorrow.
Bon Appetit!
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