April 2011

April 2011
Another month has passed. April was the month of summer. It really has been more like the month of June. We have had sunny days and temperatures in the 70’s almost all month. And the not good part is that we have had little rain. It is starting to get to the critical point. Note: I wrote this on the 27th and that afternoon it  rained… as it did on Thursday also...yippee

However since the weather has been nice, I or we have been outside enjoying it as much as possible.

North side of combe Lavaux

I have been taking photos of flowers. What a joy to go for a walk in the woods.
To start back a little, I am on a subgroup of my genealogy/ history/heritage club called Flora et Fauna. At the end of March, Michel found some morel mushrooms. He called and we went out and I took some photos  (he told us to pick them for our dinner, he had already had some). This was the last of the morels since it did not rain again for the next few weeks. 
But after this excursion, I continued to take photos of flowers as the season flowers opened up.

And sooo good to eat

I am trying to be thorough about this and find the names of each flower( in French and latin). I have found that the book I have is lacking a little. I need to go find a better book. But Marie Therese has come through for me on a few of the flowers.

Amur

wild poppy ( coquelicot) 

I have taken other photos while in the woods also. There is a certain enchantment when one is in the depth of a forest and all you here is the birds.  

Combe Grisard- south of Combe Lavaux -Gevrey

another walk above Gevrey

Of course this has led to some walks with Marie Therese. I think I will name this “ Walk on the Wild Side”! As you can see from some of my photos, she has no fear of cliffs (unlike me). 

Chambolle with the dogs

Combe -Chambolle-Musigny

We took one walk on the south side of the Combe Laveaux ( Valley or maybe gorge…cliffs on both sides), a nice walk we have done in the past. It was somebodies idea to try a new path. We ended up in the combe Grisard, and had to climb down about a 12 foot drop ( not a cliff actually, but enough to turn around and hug the rocks as you try to find a foot hold and descend)!!!!!!

About half way down

Mid month we took a walk up the hill where Messanges is located. Been there and done that before too. But again, lets’ try a new path that goes to the top. Have you ever had to climb a hill so steep that you had to grab tree branches and pull yourself up!!! But I made it to the top, panting away like a tired dog (felt like it too). This was just a dirt path, steep but no rock climbing involved. It was a beautiful day though and the view was something else.

View from the top -above Messanges

AND SPRING TRAINING CONTINUES
This week we walked up the north side of the Combe Laveaux. There are a few paths that are more difficult, but actually we took a nice path that was quite easy; steep here and there, but nothing bad. We were at the top- I did not want to go left to the cliffs, so we turned on a path to the right. If we continued on this path going north, we should come out on a dirt road that would descend into Gevrey. But along the way, someone noticed that the Alpine club had marked a path. Let’s go this way…. Ah yes, more cliffs….longer and steeper!!! YIKES… at what point are you committed and it is just easier to go down. I have to say, Marie Therese went first and then directed me on where to put my feet. That helped enormously. I think we had 3 of these drops. I tried a photo, but it does not look at all bad from below…should have taken it looking down.

Just before the rough part!

Looking up on half of the descent

But I did survive, and maybe it did me some good to know that I can do it, even as a woman who is not “29” anymore.

Here he is....

As for Keith, we took a couple walks too. This last week we had arranged a picnic with two new employees-guides of Duvine ( company Keith works for). I thought taking them to the cliffs near Chambolle would be a great place for a picnic. Something they would not see in the routine of the job. It was a hot day and we had a great time. And the view…it is great if you stay away from the edge. I made a large salad and quiche. Also had wine, bread and cheese. The two men brought saucisson and dessert. The cheese in one of those little round wood containers sat in the sun and was scrumptiously delicious all melted and warm when we opened it. Does life get any better than this?

On a balmy Friday night, the committee that wants the vineyards here on the Côte to be classified as UNESCO set up an event. It was April 8th. The temperature was at least 75 that day, and the evening was warm. There was a walk from the village of Chambolle-Musigny to the Clos Vougeot, about 1 ½ km. There were to be lights in the vineyard and a wine tasting at the end of the walk. You were supposed to register by calling or online, so I did. However about 2500 people did not. So they expected about 500 people and had almost 3000 arrived.
They had put torches around the perimeter of all the vineyards and it really was pretty. However, the crowd was huge and walking was slower than a snail’s pace. Advance 3 steps, stop for 5 minutes. Keith gave up and we left. Doubt there would have been any way to get a glass of wine with that crowd anyway! So the event was too successful. We ran into people we knew and had a chat here and there before we turned back to Gilly where the car was parked. I tried to take a couple of photos, but my camera does not take night photos well ( this is the little automatic).

Easter weekend a few villages had wine tastings. We went on Saturday to Montélie. Again beautiful weather, so we enjoyed a few sips of wine…Keith is so good when he is driving, he does not swallow. Me…well let’s not go there.

I had my first meeting of my little sub committee the beginning of the month. This is the subgroup of the Sur Les Traces du Passé -Association of Genealogie/Histoire et Patrimoine of Gevrey and the canton. My group is Photography. I had thought we should "adopt" a village and take photos. There are only four of us and 32 villages in the Canton de Gevrey. We each signed up for a couple of villages, and now it time to go take photos to document the village at the beginning of this century. Hope someone appriciates these photos in 50 or 100 years ( ah ha, and of course that raises the question of how to archive). This is a very long term project. But I think it is a fun idea. The other members liked the idea too.


 Back to Keith..
This month he also had his annual work meeting in Provence. He went down for the last couple of days. Had a couple of good dinners and a day of bike riding. Got the t-shirt too.

He was delayed because of me. I had some numbness in my left little finger and was scheduled to see a neurologist. Of course I thought the worse ( my imagination always goes wild) and was nervous, so he stayed and went to the appointment with me. It is a pinched nerve, nothing more. He did a little acupuncture and it is a better, mostly a tingle. He said surgery could correct it entirely, but my immediate response was NO-. I will wait on that. It is not that bad. What a guy!

Right now he is occupied with sanding and varnishing the shutters. The garage doors are done, but now about 1/2 of the shutters need to be done this year. It is always something.

Keith has two weeks of work in the month of May. We also want to take a day trip to Paris for the Manet exposition at the d'Orsay. 
He plans to take a bike/camping trip. If weather is good he will leave on Monday. More on these adventures next month.

My spring tulips

Today is the end of the month. It is sunny and the sky is so blue. I think it is a good day to finally plant my garden. The tomatoes, beans, zucchinis cucumbers; eggplant and squash have all been waiting in their little containers. I battle in my little garden with Liseron (bindweed)....hate the stuff. Basil is planted too. Now where to put the rosemary, it will get to be a large bush ( my other one died the winter of 2010- it was huge ). Everything here is about 2-3 weeks ahead of the regular time, due to the warm spring. Have to see how the rest of the summer unfolds.


I have followed the news of the incredible storms in the USA. What a violent spring.
Tossing in one more photo of colza and the church at St Philabert (colza is canola or rape).

St Philabert

 And spring vines in Gevrey

'Till next month.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Roasted chicken

I saw this recipe on a television advertissement for mustard. I thought to try it out. It is very simple to prepare, and the results are good. I know it may sound bizarre, but give it a try.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 whole roasting chicken ( I used free-range chicken)
• 5 TBS Dijon mustard
• 3 TBS herbs de provence
• 1 TBS olive oil

PREPARATION

• Wash chicken
• rub with olive oil
• Put a generous coating of Mustard all over the chicken ( I have 5 TBS listed, this was for a small size chicken, if you are cooking a American huge chicken you may need more)
• Cover mustard with Herbs de Provence

Cook in the oven at about 300 degrees. I cooked mine about 2 hours, but that will depend on the size of your chicken. The mustard will get very brown and actually flake off when you cut the chicken. But the chicken underneath is nice and moist. There was only a very slight hint of mustard herb flavor in the chicken, Keith ate the crispy skin and said it had a little more, but not strong.

How easy does it get, smear the bird with mustard and wait two hours. Always open to any comments if you try this.

We had this with fresh asperagus, rice and a white burgundy wine from Monthélie.

SPRING - PRINTEMPS

  

Spring

 Ah yes, spring, glorious spring. After all my whining about winter, March has been wonderful.This Blog is a spring tour with lots of photos.

route in pink

Went on a few walks this month. One was earlier in the month. We walked near Messanges, taking a route near Meuilley, then towards Villars-Fontaine and over to Sergois and back to Messanges. We had the two dogs with us, Flipper ( Marie T's dog) and Dols ( her father's dog). Walking along the dirt paths, the dogs are loose and run and play. We only have to put them on the leash when we are on major roads. Messanges is located on the side of a hill, so we go down, then across, and it is up hill to Villars and Sergois.

I have a couple more photos from this walk.

Vineyard - Villars-Fontaine

Sergois- small village

Mid month, I was excited about the arrival of spring. I took some photos of my garden.

My garden	My flowers	Neighbor's lawn

Now a little detour - our neighbor's cat. In the past I have mentioned Tim ( our name for him). He comes and goes as he pleases. He has made himself at home here. Keeps wanting food, but we refuse to feed him. It does not stop him from asking though. One day looking out the window towards the neighbors house, there was Tim. Next to it is a photo I took, just because he was here.

a sign of spring, or cat on the hot "" roof?	So cute

Another walk with Marie Therese and Flipper. This time we went to Reulle Vergy and walked around the top. I will write a whole article this summer when I take a guided tour. The ruins of the chateau are on top, along with the ruins of the old abbey St Vivant. So more on that this summer. This walk was just for fun.

Église Saint-Saturnin  XII century

Some people can walk near the edge! ! !

And so can their dogs-  Flipper

Must be SPRING

I took a walk this last week and decided to add a little lecture on grape vines. I know that you all are dying to know about grape vines, and I have not written much.

During the months of November through February the vignerons are busy cutting back the vines. After the excess is cut off, these branches ( sarments) are gathered and burned. In theory the time for burning must end Febraury 14th....hmm what was that smoke the other day? As stated, in theory ( or law that no one pays any attention to- whatever ).

 Before the vines bud in the spring, the branch must be attached to the wire ( think of this, bend over to cut, bend over to remove branches, bend over to attach branch---ouch!!)

Here are some photos I took this last week walking through Gevrey ( except the close up of hands-that was 2 years ago).

Vineyard plowed and ready

Vines from above photos- branch attached

Different vineyard- no plowing- each vignerons has a personal preference- branches tied

Tying is done by hand

Tractor by cemetery

photo

These old vines are done by another method

How vines are grown, cut , tied and generally cared for are all the choice of the vignerons. In practice, the vines on this side of the Côte are shorter than the vines up and over the hill in the region called the Hautes Côtes. Some plow, others leave grass or put in gravel. Some have gone back to the "old" ways.

Now if I have not totally lost my audience, onto other things.

Of course with the nice weather Keith has been out riding his bike. He is a biking fool, riding between 60 to 90km a day when weather and time permits. He is still going to Bligny to work on the trains on Saturdays. That will end on May 1st when they start running the trains on the weekends. Sure hope they all run! ! ! Still looking into the boiler problem on the one train. All donations can be sent directly to the Tourist Train ($60,000 or so) at Bligny ...JUST KIDDING! Do hope they find a solution. The one big steam engine, the Meuse, is working. And of course a couple of the diesels are working too. And then on the side, for his bike restoration, he is trying to pin stripe the bike. And someone from his french internet group is making some wooden handles. There will be photos of the finished product.

I have to get busy here too. I continue as treasurer of the history group, but now I have charge of the sub committee of Photography. We have added some new members too, and have some interesting outings coming up. There is no lack of historical sites here in the Cote D'Or.

Photoclub has its Expo on May 14th and 15th. A lot a focus on that the last couple of weeks. I think all is ready now.

Have been watching lots of news the last few weeks. So many tragic events going on ( Japan and Libya). It does make the mundane events in our daily life pale in comparison. One must be thankful for what one has.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH


Tabouli ( ah  maybe not what you think, this is the what the french call tabouli)
This is just a quick recipe idea. With the warm weather coming, I thought I would toss this in. Every french picnic or gathering, where everyone brings something, there will be a tabouli or two. It is couscous.


INGREDIENTS ( this is flexible)

• 1 cup dry couscous
• 1 large tomato chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 small cucumber diced ( not more than 1 cup)
• 3/4 cup  parsley chopped ( or coriander )
• 2 eggs boiled and chopped
• 1 red pepper (small) chopped or jullianed
• 1 clove garlic minced fine
• [ other options- raisons, chicken, zucchini ....]

DRESSING:

• 1/4 cup Lemon juice
• 3 tablespoon Olive oil
• Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
• Cumin or other seasoning can be added too -depends on your taste.

Preparation

1. Prepare couscous according to recipe (1 cup couscous to 1 cup water or 1 cup chicken broth -I prefer using vegetable or chicken broth for some flavor). 
2.  Let set a few minutes then fluff with a fork
3. Combine prepared couscous with all of the ingredients you have prepared.
4.  Whisk together the dressing ingredients.
5.  Pour dressing over the couscous a little at a time and mix well.
6.  Serve 

You can prepare ahead of time and refrigerate.

Fevrier 2011

Flower in the Woods

Here it is the end of February and I do not have my act together.
Why, I think I have been at this computer too much this month. Two projects have been ongoing.

First, I have been try to move the banking account for the Association from an old version to a new version. Of course the new is not compatible with the old, so all the banking entries for 2009,2010 and 2011 had to be entered one at a time ( this is kind of like a Quicken checkbook program, but includes a place for members of the association, members annual fees, equipment of the Association...etc). After working on this project and finally so excited to be done, I needed to make one little change. Went to open and the OPEN is next to the DELETE. Slipped and a months worth of work disappeared!! No second chance!! OK it should be in my back-up files, right. I had this program under the first level with my name" SUE" and not under My Documents, and the back-up ignored it totally!!! Live and learn. Of course I have the old version, so the club data is still there, it is just the frustration of it all. I now have entered the 75 entries for January 2011. Will go back and do 2009 and 2010 some other day! All the members are loaded back in and  have updated the payment of fees area too. And I did a back up of it all.

Then my other project is more or less the same. I am updating Marie Therese's website "Cellier des Chaumes" to a new version. Since the base program is english, I can not do a automatic update. So I have been combing the 1,000 some pages of coding to change the english to french. Wish I had kept better documentation the first time, however some things have moved, so it may not have helped. Slowly it is coming around.

Along on that note, we have done some great wine tasting. One place we tasted, I believe because the proprietor knows Marie Therese's father, he opened a bottle of 1980 Charmes Chambertin. A 31 year old bottle of wine on a rainy Tuesday late afternoon, one of the Grand Crus of Gevrey Chambertin. It was very good indeed ( Lucky Sue ) and not a drop left in the bottle when we parted!
Then this last week, we tried a vigneron here in Gevrey, Domaine Boillot. Marie Therese has been searching for a good Volany ( red wine), and Keith and I had tasted his wine last summer in Volnay. He is very passionate about his wine. The wine he makes is made in the traditional manner. His wine is excellent.
We were tasting 2009 right out of the barrels. It is a young wine, but wow, it is a good year (2009) for the Cote D'Or.
As we were talking he mentioned his distributor in the USA. MT asked who it was and he replied Kermit Lynch. Keith and I have read his book, in fact it was our first introduction into learning about french wine. If you want to learn a little about wine, read Kermit Lynch's book (Adventures on the Wine Route).

So this month there have definitely been some perks.

Speaking of wine, I just have to quickly mention this little item. Burgundy is trying to get the Côte (vineyards) registered as a UNESCO site. Stay tuned for more.

Descending into Ruelle Vergy

As always I complain about the weather. Grey and foggy, or a light mist like today. But on the other hand, no blizzards, no snow, and the temperature for the most part has been above freezing. On a few nice days I have been working on the garden ( ground is not frozen).

I have taken a few walks this month. I do enjoy going for a walk. This last week took a new route in the Combe ( gorge) in Gevrey, but I did not have my camera!! In the Combe of Gevrey, there is a lot of box, you know those little boxed hegdes that outline gardens. Left on its own, it grows up to tree size. Some were about 20 feet tall. And all of the moss, all over everything, and so green and lush ( of course it has had some moisture this winter).

I do not have a lot of photos for this month, but I have sprinkled a few here and there throughout this Blog. And some have blue sky. 

Last week I went to lunch with an American friend. Her husband was away, so we went for a nice long lunch. It was a little restaurant on the other side of the hills, in the Valley d'Ouche.

Curtil Vergy

Started the old spring cleaning this last month. Taking it slow, a project here and there. I am not sure why, it is  the vineyard out back or what; but we get a lot of dust. And I do not raise dust bunnies, but full grown dust rabbits. I do use my little swiffer, however within a few weeks, everything is covered again. Oh well, such is life. Also tried to go through a few things and toss. We will see how successful this is!! At least the spice rack has been cleaned! Always something.

Keith went up to Paris to see one of his old students. This student is now a professor at the University in Christchurch, New Zealand ( and yes he and family are OK after the earthquake). He was working here in France and speaking/participating in a workshop at the Polytech University in Paris. Keith had a day of math and science and time with a friend.

Path in the Shade...look at at sun ..GORGEOUS day- a little haze

Keith also has been on the internet looking for parts for his bike restoration project, primarily on the web. His biggest challange is spokes for this bike. The size is not used much anymore and he is having trouble finding some new spokes (maybe have them in Sweden, but he does not know any Swedish). He keeps searching, they must be somewhere out there. He has found them a few times, but then only to be told that they are out of stock. The search continues.

At Bligny, where the tourist train is located, it has been a winter of repairs. Tourist season will start the first weekend in May; weekends only May, June and Sept; July and August daily tourist train.
They took apart the steam engine so the boiler could be inspected and certified ( required every so many years). Unfortunately it failed the inspection. Now they have to see if it can be repaired at a reasonable price. Each boiler ( as I am told ) on these old steam engines is unique, so they can not just find another. To have one made would cost a fortune; which they do not have. They could be down to one steam engine for the season!! They have a couple of diesels that run and they use the diesels for the week days in the summer. Keith enjoys his Saturdays during the winter months with the "guys".

Gevrey- Burning wine branches (sarments)- a little SMOG
settles over Gervey-Chambertin.

He is also getting ready for another tourist season. Looks like a tour or 2 in Champagne this year, one down by Macon and of course a Burgundy trip or 2 or 3...

Beautiful Tricycle at a flea market

We are beginning to think that we do not have a hedgehog, but maybe a rat ( this would be in the compost). I have a live trap now, and we will see what happens. I have not added anything to the compost, I do not want to feed a rat!! Although in the movie, Ratatouille was adorable, I really do not want him in my compost!!

I think I will sign off here with my recipe.


Recipe of the Month
This month I am going to not post a french recipe. My friend
from England sent me this recipe for Eggplant Curry. It is
a recipe from a big grocer chain in England, Waitrose.
I can take no credit for it. I made it last night for dinner and 
it is easy and good if you like curries. Of course I had a french 
red curry paste and it had very little punch. You can also use 
coconut milk that has reduced fat.


AUBERGINE CURRY ( eggplant)
Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 20 minutes
Total time : 35 minutes
Serves: 4

INGREDIENTS

2 medium aubergines
2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cm piece of root ginger, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Thai Red Curry Paste
Juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
½ x 400g can half fat coconut milk

PREPARATION

1. Trim the aubergine and cut into small cubes. 
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onion, garlic and ginger.
3. Cook for 2–3 minutes until starting to brown then add the aubergine cubes and fry until browned on all sides.
   Stir in the red curry paste to coat the aubergine and cook for a minute.
4.   Add the lime juice, sugar, soy sauce and season. 
5. Add 400ml cold water and bring to the boil.
6.   Lower the heat and simmer for 15–20 minutes until tender and the sauce is reduced.
   Stir in the coconut milk and heat gently but do not boil. 

Check seasoning and serve, scattered with shredded basil leaves and steamed Thai jasmine rice.

Jan 2011

TO A GREAT 2011
(over here there will be the two big weddings- July with Albert & Charlene and April with Will & Kate )


A new year has started.
What resolutions have you made for this new year? Have any been broken?

Are intension's are so noble, but the follow through is not always the same.  Have to say I am still on track. Why, because I did not make any resolutions. Easy-peasy that way.

We started the new year with a simple lunch with friends. I had tried to make the baeckhoeffe ( last months recipe with new added comments on the recipe) for lunch. Although the baeckhoeffe was not perfect, it was a nice relaxed afternoon with friends.

Keith passed by Premeaux-Prissey one day and stopped to say hello and a Happy New Year to Bertrand. Bertrand mentioned that he had a group of Americans coming through for wine tasting and dinner the next week and that we should come too. So of course we did.

The red arrow points to Keith

About mid-month I went with Marie Therese to a hippodrome above Chenove. It is only about 10km from here. Her cousin's daughter (age 4) had her pony lesson that afternoon. It was entertaining to watch these very young children bounce around on these little ponies.

Small ponies, but so are the children. So cute

On the 15th of January we had a wonderful warm day. I was more than a little impressed at the color of the grass, so I took a photo while on my walk.

Look at the grass - Jan 15th 2011- SO GREEN

The next day the fog moved in. In the morning it was hard to see beyond out back fence. The fog was thick and showed no signs of lifting. Keith and I both wanted to go for a walk, so we decided that maybe the parc at the top of Mont Afrique just might have some sun . Mont Afrique is above Perrigny-les-Dijon. The foot of the Mont is about 7km from our house... They have just finished re-making the road going up through Marsonnay la Cote, and it is much better. Mont Afrique is so named because Julius Caesar had put his African troops at the camp on the top. It was true, we had sun at the top. However walking through the parc, we were soon in fog again.

Fog in the Parc

In the parc they have some old Cadoles. These are little shelters that are usually made of dry stone and used by the vignerons as shelters. The more common slang for the cadole here is Cabotte.

Cadole or Cabotte

Busy with my clubs again. Clubs usually have a night for Galette des Rois to celebrate the Epiphany ( Jan 6th).  The Galette des Rois is a buttery-flakey pastry with almond creme in the middle. Not a bad way at all to start the new year. It is also the time for the annual photo of the club members.
( photo here: Photo Club members in costumes ).

The Photo Club has its annual Expo May 14th and 15th. We had to have our photos printed and ready by January 27th. Well, if you remember I mentioned a new computer that we bought? It crashed. It would only open in Safe Mode ( if you do not know what that means, all the better).

After buying a new computer, I was not really excited about paying a computer person 50-100 euros to come and fix my new computer. Finally, since we had had it only a little while, I took the plunge and re-loaded back to beginning ( manufacturers' state). We lost a little, but not much. I had to re-load Google and Picasa and Skype and my other programs I had...but at least it worked.
Now, it has now run for a couple of weeks...YEAH. But back to photo club, I lost a couple of valuable weeks that I should have used to select and work on 3 photos. Well the long story-short, I quickly picked 3 photos (theme is trees) and set them up for printing. I got them back on Jan 26th ( due the 27th)...whew....even in retirement there are deadlines. I guess there were other photos, I could have done some things with these photos, but there was not time for any of that.

I have put my 3 photos here: Picasa Photo Album EXPO 2011

The Historie club set off the year in the same manner. Our annual meeting is the first part of January, this year January 11th. After the annual report and election of officers ( I am now treasurer), we had Cremant and yes, Galette des Rois.
Lots going on this year. I am also on the Archives committee. We are pulling lots of documents and these need to be archived. So first; a registration program so we know what we have and where it is located (using Access right now) and then looking at on line digital achieving.

Then we have lots of outings planned for the year, and we will have another Expo ( theme to be decided). We have a few projects lined up to research too. It will be a busy year.

Pottery continues. I think Keith has stated that anyone that visits will get a bowl as a memento. I think he thinks I have made one too many.

Today it is sunny ( the 29th of January) and not too cold. it was supposed to be about 40 degrees, and I believe it is. I went out to the garden and the weeds are already taking hold. I got out the fork and turned my vegetable garden, turning the weeds under. I am sure the birds like the merle ( thrush family like the US robin) will appreciate the gesture too.

I have a compost in the back yard too. Something is living in it. MT thought maybe it was a hedgehog. I throw some old vegetables in there and the next day all the soil has been turned over. I was calling the creature Ratatouille, but it is true that the hole is large and I do not believe the garbage (veggie stems, peels and such) are eaten. So I will beliee it is a hedgehog. They a re only partial hibernators, and with the nice warm home (my compost) he is one happy hedgehog. Think of the bugs and worms in there too.

I am going with hedge hog ( prefer that to thinking it is a rat). Great little worker

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

WARM BEETS

I am going to present a very great winter recipe that is VERY simple.
The main ingredient must be fresh. This recipe takes only minutes to prepare, and is so good..

Try it and write me a note.

INGREDIENTS

1. One fresh cooked beet ( hopefully you can buy these in the market, please do not use canned)
2. 1 or 2 ounces roquerfort cheese ( how much do you want?)
3. Olive oil - 2-3 teaspoons
4. Chopped flat parsley 1 Tablespoon
5.  Salt

PREPARATION

1. Peel the beet* and cut into small cubes or julianne if you prefer
2. Warm the beets in a pan or microwave (I often use the microwave)
3. Drizzle a little olive oil over the warm beets and sprinkle lightly with salt ( check how salty the cheese it before you salt the beets). Add a tablespoon of chopped parsley
4. Mix carefully
5. Crumble the cheese over the top and take a whiff as it starts to melt a little
6. SERVE IMMEDIATELY

*If worried about red hands, rub with oil before you start handling the beet