Rare DavyWavey70 Posted July 18 #21326 Share Posted July 18 Saw this and thought of you Spinns. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 18 #21327 Share Posted July 18 (edited) Good afternoon Coolers …. I don’t want to be the cause of any over-excitement in The Cooler but today is going to be a potentially exceptional day in La Cuccina. If there is no blood. Just soak in that sense of anticipation! I am still only less than half-way through my British Airways sacrificed miles for my Laurent Perrier lake. Who wants to fly when you can bubble at home instead ….. So today’s eatings. I’ll give you a clue. The world will be our o****r! That’s shallot. 😉 Jeff Edited July 18 by UKCruiseJeff 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted July 18 #21328 Share Posted July 18 10 minutes ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Good afternoon Coolers …. I don’t want to be the cause of any over-excitement in The Cooler but today is going to be a potentially exceptional day in La Cuccina. If there is no blood. Just soak in that sense of anticipation! I am still only less than half-way through my British Airways sacrificed miles for my Laurent Perrier lake. Who wants to fly when you can bubble at home instead ….. So today’s eatings. I’ll give you a clue. The world will be our o****r! Jeff Have you ever tried Nanny Oggs' famous recipe for carrot and Oyster Pie Jeff? Carrots so you can see in the dark and oysters so you've got something to look at. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted July 18 #21329 Share Posted July 18 No excitement here Jeff; like quite a few people, I am allergic to them, along with mussels, scallops and crab. Love shrimp, prawn and lobster, though. It is just a pain not being able to have boullabaisse etc., as you can't be sure what is in it. However 'enjoy'.as they now say, and quite happy to look at photos of them, no allergy to those. Is champagne the best thing to accompany them? And anything with them, to add a few carbs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted July 18 #21330 Share Posted July 18 (edited) Edited July 18 by UKCruiseJeff 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 18 #21331 Share Posted July 18 As I have mentioned in the past, Myster is an excellent home chef. When he needs a night off from chef-ing we head to Black Tartan Kitchen for their 7 course tasting menu and wine pairings. There is a new offering every month. For those interested here is the crossword menu for July. We will be enjoying this menu on July 27th. Yummy coming! 😋 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqtchas Posted July 18 #21332 Share Posted July 18 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted July 18 #21333 Share Posted July 18 I see baguette is a suitable accompaniment - just what I would choose with seafood, Jeff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 18 #21334 Share Posted July 18 3 hours ago, lincslady said: No excitement here Jeff; like quite a few people, I am allergic to them, along with mussels, scallops and crab. Love shrimp, prawn and lobster, though. It is just a pain not being able to have boullabaisse etc., as you can't be sure what is in it. However 'enjoy'.as they now say, and quite happy to look at photos of them, no allergy to those. Is champagne the best thing to accompany them? And anything with them, to add a few carbs? In the Charente region they serve them with sausages. Quite rustic and delicious. We were there for a week and my darling husband ordered this every evening as a starter. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 18 #21335 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, Grand Duchess said: In the Charente region they serve them with sausages. Quite rustic and delicious. We were there for a week and my darling husband ordered this every evening as a starter. That looks scrumptious @Grand Duchess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 18 #21336 Share Posted July 18 3 minutes ago, mysty said: That looks scrumptious @Grand Duchess! Had it with a nice Entre-deux-mers or Sancerre instead if champagne. Lovely area too, Cap Ferret, moved on to île de Ré after that. More oysters, Pineau de Charentes for apéro, and donkeys wearing trousers😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare mysty Posted July 18 #21338 Share Posted July 18 11 minutes ago, Grand Duchess said: Had it with a nice Entre-deux-mers or Sancerre instead if champagne. Lovely area too, Cap Ferret, moved on to île de Ré after that. More oysters, Pineau de Charentes for apéro, and donkeys wearing trousers😊 Sounds like glorious experience! And the donkeys are incredible! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted July 18 #21339 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, mysty said: Sounds like glorious experience! And the donkeys are incredible! 😁 I adore donkeys, such lovely creatures😍😍😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 18 #21340 Share Posted July 18 Food for Thought..... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrulyBlonde Posted July 18 #21341 Share Posted July 18 8 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Lovely, until you get a bad one. I will never eat raw oysters again. 20 years ago. Same with Tequila. Senior year in High School Homecoming night. I cannot even stand to smell the stuff. That was my fault LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted July 18 #21342 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, TrulyBlonde said: Lovely, until you get a bad one. I will never eat raw oysters again. 20 years ago. Same with Tequila. Senior year in High School Homecoming night. I cannot even stand to smell the stuff. That was my fault LOL Hi TB, nice to see you again!🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueSeraSera Posted July 18 #21343 Share Posted July 18 1 hour ago, TrulyBlonde said: High School Homecoming night. I cannot even stand to smell the stuff. That was my fault LOL Love this, same thing with me and Southern Comfort 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted July 18 #21344 Share Posted July 18 7 minutes ago, QueSeraSera said: Love this, same thing with me and Southern Comfort I think we all have a demon drink that we avoid based on unpleasant memories. 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted July 18 #21345 Share Posted July 18 My mother had a similar instance with lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary and a whole bottle of gin many years ago. She hasn’t touched lamb since. 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DavyWavey70 Posted July 19 #21346 Share Posted July 19 (edited) 12 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said: Sorry Jeff but oysters are just not for me. I can’t help but casting my mind back to the late great Lilly Savage and her comment about serving snott in an ashtray. Edited July 19 by DavyWavey70 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted July 19 #21347 Share Posted July 19 I'm in the middle of a week in Nova Scotia, and we're really enjoying the scenery and the food – especially Digby scallops at a restaurant in Digby, right at the harbor where the scallop boats unload their fresh hauls. [This has probably ruined us for scallops anywhere else, just as we won't eat lobster anywhere except in Downeast Maine.] But I want to comment on something else: the metric system! I believe that continental European countries have gone whole-hog metric. But it seems that English-speaking countries have a more complex relationship with it. In England, the road signs all show distances in miles and people still give their weight in stone [some people, people my age, ok old farts!]. And in Canada, every hotel room on this trip has had one of those new through-wall AC units and the temperature settings are all in Fahrenheit [although the units are usually made by Fujitsu, which is Japanese where they are metric]. So although the US is considered the last holdout for the Imperial system, it turns out that we have company in resisting the total hegemony of metric. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted July 19 #21348 Share Posted July 19 On 7/18/2024 at 12:59 AM, Host Jazzbeau said: I loved that restaurant! Did you have the garlic ice cream? A very zen experience: the bite of the garlic contrasted with the soothing creamy mouthfeel and cold as yin and yang [or vice versa, I never remember which is which] No we were too full after our huge meals. but we ate many times at their sister restaurant The Dead Fish at Crockett. fantastic platters of garlic shrimp and mussels. https://www.thedeadfish.com/menu1.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincslady Posted July 19 #21349 Share Posted July 19 3 hours ago, DavyWavey70 said: Sorry Jeff but oysters are just not for me. I can’t help but casting my mind back to the late great Lilly Savage and her comment about serving snott in an ashtray. I have to agree - and it applies to mussels as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissSophia Posted July 19 #21350 Share Posted July 19 Have only had oysters once some fifty years ago ….never again! Mussels l do like but am very selective as to where l have them… Not keen on lobster or crab…give me an old fashioned prawn cocktail and I’m happy! 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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