More food.... Today I made French onion soup, but it was eaten to fast for pictures to be taken, it was amazing. I did manage some pictures of the fresh Challah I made tonight. It is delicious! For size reference the loaf is about 2 feet long. Hell, I even learned how to braid something for this bread! In a painfully slow manner I might add.
Well what a coincidence! It was our wedding anniversary last Saturday. I made French onion soup also. I made about two and a half gallons of beef stock one of the four burners in my outside kitchen. There was a very gentle snow falling.
I did beef en croute, (Beef Wellington) with roast potatoes and asparagus.
If you ever get up to Minnesota give me advance warning. We would have a great time.
When you are settled in your career, I strongly recommend an outside kitchen. For Cajan, and Indian cooking it is huge advantage. It is also handy for boiling stocks for extended periods. I procrastinated with whether I would put in an outside kitchen, it turned out one of my better moves.
It adds a huge dimension to the possible repertoir. Of course you need an inside kitchen also. I'm lucky enough to have two of those, so I have a total of three ovens, all inside, which can be very handy entertaining large mobs.
This is the main kitchen.
The outside kitchen is under here.
A couple of ducks roasting in the outside kitchen.
We have some good times here. My wife and a number of our good friends turned 60 this year. So we had a 1948 party. The Willys CJ 2A also turned 60.
And so did the John Deere Model A. The John Deere 420 behind the A turned 50.
