Of course, these are the great names in cooking, us included. Personally, we love Paula Dean y'all, and we can't get enough of super chef Bobby Flay. Today we cooked boeuf bourgiugnon. The whole event was both traumatizing and rewarding. So, now, as we sit waiting for some B-E-A- UTIFUL blueberry pie...we think, therefore we blog.
Today was one of those stereotypical "best friend days". I got a text message this morning from Ella Mentry requesting a can of tomato paste, and from there it was all a whirlwind. We chopped, browned, simmered, and stirred for about three hours. The most difficult part by far was browning the meat... we have certainly not perfected the art of avoiding scalding steam from attacking your arm. But who better to enjoy such trivial experiences with than your best pal of nearly 15 years?
All in all, a success, though. We even found the time to relax and eat some cheese and crackers this afternoon, and do the two step to Brooks & Dunn's song "Indian Summer". All in all, our Julia Child experience was a success, and tomorrow we shall make a feast of pancakes.... now it sounds like all we do is eat! That is SEMI untrue, although I am impatiently awaiting some blueberry pie.
Eat, drink, and be merry!!
[Wrightless Smalls]
My little sisters are singing "La La" by Ashley Simpson. Weird sing along in my opinion. We just finished eating our boeuf, and now we retreat to the shelter of the couch and await the apple cider that is surely to be delicious. Anyway, when one cooks boeuf bourguignon, one has to brown the beef. You just have to make sure the beef doesn't brown you! I mean jeez louise, you have to flip over the little bastards so fast and all the while the grease and oil launches an attack upon your unprotected arm. C'est imposible!
Now my sisters are singing Soul Survivor by Akon, "have you ever been hated or discriminated" and now on to "My Band" by Eminem. We are all girls in aprons reading and blogging and singing vulgar rap lyrics. Life is gooooood.
~Ella Mentry~
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