[momoreg]

I made an Romeu and rosemary bread that was outta this world!! I wish you all could try it!

Kokopuffs, you have a vivid imagination. I love it.

[momoreg]

Welcome back, CC! I hope you had a fun trip.

[Kimmie]

Cape Chef seen browsing on our board this afternoon.

Welcome back CC!

[Kimmie]

Momoreg,

Did you use Nancy Silverton's recipe?

[momoreg]

Yes, with a few changes in flavoring. And a lot more oil after baking.

[kokopuffs]

Thanks, Momoreg. But that wasn't my imagination. Romeu's taste actually evoked memory of a trainride from Paris to Amsterdam that I took one June day, years ago. Amazing what oil can do for one's long-forgotten experiences.

[ July 20, 2001: Message edited by: kokopuffs ]

[momoreg]

Smells and tastes are so powerful that way!

Not much chance of procuring the good oil here, can you email us some ?

We saw a couple of weeks ago info on a cyber sniffer and odour emitter. It is a device that can digitise and emmit odours. It looks like the fin off a shark sitting on your desk. Expensive technology for sure !

In ten years time we may be posting samples of our favorite reciepes on the forum giving others the chance to taste the flavour ?

In the meantime I guess we will have to drool upon the savory descriptions of Papa's Oil.

Olive oil is an essence of our cooking, we are not of mediterranean origins but love the flavours and versatility. Where we can substitute olive oil for other traditional ingredients then we do so. It works surprisingly well in many recipes that used butter.

[Papa]

Dear Friends:

I would like to thank all of you who have written so kindly about Romeu. I especially want to thank Kokopuffs for sharing one of her memories of a special visit she made to Europe and associating some of those memories with Romeu through her senses of taste, smell, sight and even feeling in conveying the texture of the oil. All of your responses were so reassuring to me that I have kept them as a reminder that there are those with genuine experience and knowledge, infinitely exceeding my own, who have evaluated and used my oil in beautifully creative ways that I had never even considered. I also want Cape Chef to know that my gratitude for his evaluation as well as his continuing encouragement and friendship is heartfelt.

You have all brightened my days, given me a boost and made me so appreciative of the time and effort that you devoted to letting me know what you think of my oil. Thank you, again, so much.

[Isa]

I hope one day I will have the pleasure of tasting this elixir.