Cheffy step-son in house visiting

[shootingstar]

I have to say it's wonderful to have a chef in the family...like a working restaurant chef who has been reviewed in the press.

Partner's son threw together a wonderful meal of aspargus with a red wine and orange jus, sundried tomato and mushroom couscous (our contribution), vension sausage and chicken sausage. Then ended with a tarte which he made a light, buttery crust from scratch filled with mango, apple, pear and cantaloupe with abit of thyme. somehow the cantaloupe didn't work but that was just a creative afterthought last min.

Tonight is more serious: olive bread, garlic bread made from scratch, a savoury apple tarte (which is more French), seafood boullabaise and I'm not sure what else.

Am trying to recover from 24 hr. flu ..to be ready for tonight. Sigh so no cycling today.

[sgtiger]

I'm envious. I wish someone would come cook for me. Enjoy it! Sounds fabulous!

...bouillabaisse, huh? Got room at that table for one more?

~Sg

[shootingstar]

His tart crust is so buttery and delicate..it might fall apart via air travel.
His visit was spurred by the reality that his 93-yr. grandmother is getting quite frail and may not have long to live.

It is she, cook of fine German cooking and fab. baking that he owes a culinary tradition and inspiration.

Last time he visited, one of the dishes he showed us was a buffalo marinated for hrs. in soy sauce, ginger root, maple sauce, garlic,...etc. Then pan fried/seared.. We've used that recipe ever since when we buy bison (it comes from Alberta) which is very low fat/lean compared to all the red /game meats.

[bmccasland]

ShootingStar - oh drool, drool. Your dinner sounds much better than mine. I fantisize about coming home to someone cooking me dinner. Since I took the stove knobs away, the cats haven't tried again.

Hope SS's grandmother can enjoy his company and good cooking. Will be good to arrive at the Pearly Gates describing the gourmet meals she's enjoyed.

[shootingstar]

Since I took the stove knobs away, the cats haven't tried again.

Hope SS's grandmother can enjoy his company and good cooking. Will be good to arrive at the Pearly Gates describing the gourmet meals she's enjoyed.

Gee bm, do..you eat..raw only?

Unfortunately his grandmother is frail..in nursing home and last few months has to be fed mushed up food. She's 93. This is a woman who has baked for many decades, six layer delicate tortes with not sponge cake, but hazelnut crumb cake layers. (Sponge is a lazy, 2nd-class way of making torte in old gourmet German baking.) But she loves her Starbucks coffee treat...even though she's not supposed to have caffeine. And she did make puff pastry...from scratch..if you can imagine...

Yes, kind of sad...but only 2 years ago she gave her grandson, hands-on lesson on cooking secrets to great dumpfnudel.

[bmccasland]

Dumpfnudel??? What's that?

No I cook, but after coming home to a stove top burner turned on, cause the new cat was bouncing around the kitchen, I keep the knobs in a kitchen drawer. I really don't want my house to explode. Or the fur babies to die from gas exposure.