'Get It Done'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Don't even get me started. My aunt insists that no proper clafouti has pitted cherries, it ruins the flavor. Her son-in-law (and most of the rest of us) thinks she's craxy and persists in debating her on this. It. Comes. Up. Every. Time.
Clafouti is very much "home cooking" in France. It's one of the few things a French person will bake themselves. So they have opinions. Which they express. As the French are wont to do.
Edited, because the French make lots of things, but they seldom bake.
I spent 2 hours on Metro this morning. Several stations are closed because of flooding. Alternate plans worked, but just barely because at least one line is trying to send trains in both directions on one track.
I was rather surprised to hear that MARC between Baltimore and DC was down. Only the New Carollton line is operating. And there is supposed to be MORE rain.
Yesterday afternoon I drove from Minneapolis to Chicago. There was rain. Lots and lots of rain. And lots of traffic. Lots of "Can I slam on my brakes hard enough to avoid hitting the suddenly-stopped car in front of me, but not hard enough to lock the brakes up?"
Am so tired.
My aunt insists that no proper clafouti has pitted cherries,
Is there a spittoon at the table for the pits?!?
And there is supposed to be MORE rain.
The flash flood watch has been extended to tomorrow evening.
Is there a spittoon at the table for the pits?!?
Hah. No, this is where you perfect the art of hand-to-mouth-to-plate disposal.
Is there a spittoon at the table for the pits?!?
This is what I'm saying! I can see the flavor argument, but the convenience of being able to eat the whole bite of food outweighs it, IMO. I guess this is why I'm not French.
Timelies,
Just skipped a whole bunch. (Surprising, I know).
Sounds like lots of rain and other suck is going on for folks.
My aunt insists that no proper clafouti has pitted cherries, it ruins the flavor.
I don't know what a clafouti is, but the thought of eating anything with unpitted cherries in it makes my teeth hurt.
This is what I'm saying! I can see the flavor argument, but the convenience of being able to eat the whole bite of food outweighs it, IMO. I guess this is why I'm not French.
Personally, my cousin and I have long suspected that she's just lazy and the flavor argument is a cover.
But, in looking through my French cookbook, I see the debate extends beyond my family. I found two cherry clafouti recipes, one with pitted cherries ("Grandmother's" Clafouti—hah, so appropriate) and one without.