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Thyme For Cooking, the Blog

Thyme For Cooking, the Blog

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A year living in Ireland, seven in Andorra and three in France gives first-hand experiences of culture shock. Musings and stories about language screw-ups, dealing with other governments and learning other cultures: the good, the bad and the impossible.

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  • Turkey Wild Rice Soup; Weekly Menu

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 13:49 in weekly menus, main dish soup

    Mon mari was a little, um, testy today. He was doing the last of the floor tiles in the den, and, as usual, having to rearrange a few things before he got started.  There were 2 small bookcases with some odds and ends that haven't found a permanent ...

  • Fried Butternut Squash; French conversation

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 14:57 in french (?) language mishaps, vegetable side dishes

    We finally got off our bottoms and decided it was time to get back to our French lessons.Part of the problem of living out in the middle of nowhere is, there's no one to talk to.If we lived in town we'd have neighbors.  We'd have people to talk to.Â...

  • Sunchoke (aka: Jerusalem Artichoke) Soup; the update

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 in house & restoration, first course soups

    It's been a busy week, chez nous.Actually, they're all busy, but this one had photo-graphical accomplishments.I bet you forgot about my kitchen, still missing the majority of the cabinet doors.More doors were added this week. And, finally, my oven i...

  • Sunchoke (aka: Jerusalem Artichoke) Soup; the update

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 in house & restoration, first course soups

    It's been a busy week, chez nous.Actually, they're all busy, but this one had photo-graphical accomplishments.I bet you forgot about my kitchen, still missing the majority of the cabinet doors.More doors were added this week. And, finally,...

  • Beef in Barolo; the harvest

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 13:52 in garden, beef, braising

    I ate the entire harvest of our pomegranate tree the other afternoon.  It was delicious.Apparently, one is not supposed to trim pomegranate trees in the spring.We trimmed ours.This was our entire harvest. On the other hand, we have two ten-gallon b...

  • Beef in Barolo; the harvest

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 13:52 in garden, beef, braising

    I ate the entire harvest of our pomegranate tree the other afternoon.  It was delicious.Apparently, one is not supposed to trim pomegranate trees in the spring.We trimmed ours.This was our entire harvest. On the other hand, we have two ten-gallon b...

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