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abstract art, ADD, chocolate cake, dessert, dishes, France, Le Jour print, Le Poisson Blanc, leek quiche, Pont Coblant, potage parmentier, potato leek soup, vintage linen, Wal Mart, Woodcrest Audio
This post was never meant to be. In fact, I was researching information on a future post when this just came out of nowhere!
This is a print of an abstract entitled “Le Jour” which aptly describes my brain today. Many thoughts, many directions to go and basically just loaded with ADD-ism! My awesome brother found this print for me at a yard sale for a dollar. Yes, he is a big spender, hee hee.
I’d like to think that what attracted him to this print and then what made him think of me are the words Le Jour and the food on the table. It couldn’t possibly be the abstract quality of my life now, could it? We both have ADD so I’m sure he connected on some level but is afraid to admit it! 🙂 Although…….being a musician…..that guitar on the table probably jumped right out at him.
I am calling this the “day of the leek” because today was the day that I had to do something with these leeks or else. Since I love making eating Potage Parmentier (potato leek soup for you english speaking folks) and quiche, I decided to make these two treats today.
I do love to cook, but more importantly as anybody who knows me, I love to eat. So I thought I’d share my meal with you because I certainly can’t share what I was supposed to be doing as it didn’t get done.
This is the soup after I pureed it in the blender and put it back on the stove to reduce a bit more.
OOOOHHHHH, is that the crèpe pan from Paris I see on the back burner? Why yes it is. BUT, hey, it just came to me: I need to do a blog post on the world’s best crèpes!
And how about that cute kitty kat spoon rest?
This is the finished leek quiche right after I took it out of the oven to cool on the counter. MMMMMMMM….my house smells great right now. I can hardly wait to eat it!
I thought I’d get creative with my presentation since I decided to blog about it. This bowl came from my mother in law’s restaurant, Le Poisson Blanc, in the tiny ville of Pont Coblant, France and is serving us just as well as it did for her clients over 50 years ago!
Here is a shot of the quiche on the plate that matches the rest of the dinnerware from the restaurant. I love the Artisanal baby lettuce so I drizzled olive oil on it as well as freshly ground pepper from the mill and fresh sea salt. And to be really healthy, I threw in a whole wheat roll.
What meal would be complete without dessert? Certainly not mine, that’s for sure. So, a big hat’s off to Wal Mart’s baking staff for providing me this wonderfully moist double chocolate loaf cake. I thought it looked pretty lonely on the plate so I added a scoop of coffee ice cream!
This plate has a story too:
When my husband was younger and went to the carnivals in France, he would play the games and win prizes. He obviously was a sharp shooter because he won this set of dessert plates, 6 in all with a bigger serving plate to match. The plates are hand made and of course come from France.
I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of precious dishes with many memories attached to them. It is a shame to let them sit in the cabinet and not be used and adored. So when I eat, I serve my food on the best dishes in the house. It is my treat to me!
I hope you enjoyed this little reprieve from couture window fashions! It was kinda fun actually. But I do have a great post waiting for you next time so please stay tuned. It revolves around vintage linen from France. Do I have your attention now? 🙂
Amanda said:
What a wonderful post….only downside I’m hungry again and i just gorged myself on chinese food.
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Tammi said:
hmmm….I will definitely have leftovers…tomorrow sound good?
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aneyefordetail said:
Leek quiche! I’ll be right over…
I love love those plates your husband won! wow.
Yes, I agree that we must use the china, plates etc. that we have. For so many years all my “good” china sat in white zippered protective covers…now I have most of it out and available, and yes, we are using it all the time. Why not?
Thanks for your nice long comment earlier today Tammi.
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Tammi said:
So glad you are admiring your china up close and personal now. I have such a loving attachment to all the dishes, in fact, dishes and cookware are the first departments I go to whenever I go to flea markets because you can find some great deals and unique pieces. I used to think that I had to have a set but anymore, I love the variety of using all the different china, French Faience pottery and even the Corelle in the cabinet!
If you lived closer, I’d cut you a piece and send it right over.
I was trying to think how old those plates are that he won and it would not be too far off to say they are 50yrs old too!
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Nancy Letts said:
Wonderful post, and a great story about how your husband acquired those lovely plates. I too gravitate to the dishes at flea markets, but what really grabs me are the pitchers. It must be all the different shapes. The other thing I look for at the flea markets are the linens! So I am eagerly awaiting that post.
And where are the beautiful shells under the plates? Is that your table?
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Tammi said:
hey Nancy,
I love linens too! It was actually that post I was working on all day when this one transformed into being a blog post.
The shells are my countertop on my island in the kitchen. It was one of 4 pieces leftover from a job from my dad’s friend. I saw it and fell in love with it and it stayed hidden away till I had a use for it years later. It has shells and stones and is very heavy!
I have a bunch of pitchers too! I try to use them but forget about them.
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Rebecca Grace said:
Alright, this gives a whole new meaning to the concept of the French Taunting. Monty Python has nothing on you, girl — I am SO HUNGRY RIGHT NOW!!!
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Tammi said:
Rebecca, too bad you don’t live closer because it is delicious! In fact, I’m having a piece of quiche right now because I just got home from an installation and am starved!
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Sharon Coppede said:
Tammi
Very enjoyable.
The pluses of working from home is being able to cook so creatively!
Best, Sharon
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Tammi said:
thanks Sharon!
It was the perfect storm Saturday although unbeknownst to me that morning, that I would wake up in the mood to really get “couture” with my cooking!
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Rissi Cherie said:
MMM-mmm! Tammi, I love the potato-leek soup. I made a pot just recently. Your quiche looks terrific. All in all, a wonderful meatless meal…my kind. The plates are pretty, too.
Enjoyed the post and love the name of it!
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Tammi said:
hey Rissi!
thanks for enjoying and reading. How was your soup? It is such a great soup and so easy to make, I love it! Yes, I find that I don’t need meat with every meal and I must admit that I feel better at night when I go to bed.
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Rissi Cherie said:
Tammi, my soup was delicious. Confess that I wish I had put it in the Cuisinart to smooth it out a bit more. Yes, it is easy.
Responding to meat eating…I changed to a non-meat eater 37 years ago because ease in digesting was a challenge. Don’t miss it at all!
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sarah said:
Tammi,
I didn’t know your Mother had a restaurant in France… that explains so much to me :-)!
I would love to know how to make potato leek soup. I had some in Ireland that was incredible and have not ever had any since to compare!
Delightful post from a delightful gal! 🙂
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Tammi said:
hey Sarah!
thanks for the “delightful” comment! 🙂
I can give you the recipe although I don’t really use one as I just put it together without measuring. If you’re ok with that method, then I’ll send it over.
yes, my mother in law had a restaurant and an Inn or Auberge as they are called. I was going through old pics last night for the next blog post and saw pics of her from the restaurant. She taught me how to make her famed Beurre Blanc sauce which is excellent over white fish. My husband who is a chef too, tells me my crepes and Beurre Blanc sauce are just like his mom’s! 🙂 He admits it’s better than his! 🙂
Tammi xo
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