Posts by siloway

Lol I like you saying you're too anal and spelling too wrong and allot also wrong... you're doing fine . Quite funny reading your post, I've been working in IT for a fairly long time myself and am asking myself exactly the same...

Classic "lapin a la moutarde", very common in French cuisine, delicious, I love the braised endives (endives braisées) also a French classic...never cooked them myself, usually do endives gratiné wrapped in ham with an emmental...

Thanks for your comment boar_d_laze very encouraging. Margcata if I undestand right you made an apple and chestnut stuffing? how did you combine that?

Thanks for that, some good tips I did do a bird with stuffing cooked separately one year... was nice too... yeah stuffing is pretty easy but I'm really looking for something that packs exceptional flavour, kind of looking to give my...

The very first time I cooked for my French in-laws I made a boeuf bourguignon, the recipe said leave on low heat in a "cocotte" (caserolle/stewing pot) for 3 hours. I had what the French call a "cocotte minute" which is in effect a...

I knew a chef in France that used to "cook" strips of chicken in lemon, he'd just leave them to soak in lemon until the chicken turned white taking the apparence of being cooked, then he'd server it in thin strips with a green salad...

I'm franco-british, lived between both countries all my life, I run a cooking website for fun (frenchcooking4u.com) that I put up mainly to share family recipes with family abroad (I work in IT for my sins and have been putting...

Thanks for the offer had friends in Zurich but they moved to Canada now afraid the trip to Zurich would finish off my dwindling finances (from uk). I may well try an apple stuffing something along these lines this...

Can I come do Christmas at yours this year Margcata ? can I, can I

Over in France my in-laws do a Chestnus stuffed turkey which is really great an has quite a game-y taste I've posted the recipe on my site but here it is for anyone who is interested A 3 kg turkey 300 g of brown to natural...