Saturday, August 27, 2011

French-Nordic lunch outside Toulouse

8-27-2011 Sat. warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST
--- coffee

LUNCH --- ( at Gunilla's house in a village south of Toulouse) sliced cured duck with melon | bread | wine | boiled potatoes | string beans | duck confit with berry sauce| cream hazelnut and almond cake | coffee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- (at a bar in old-town Toulouse) white wine | chips
DINNER --- ( at the tourist trap plaza in Toulouse ) foie gras with puffy pastry | roasted young pigeon with potatoes | wine




duck confit, potato, and string beans

cake with delicate thin layers

sheep and chicken in the back yard

filling family tree

  • had a very good homemade lunch at Gunilla's house in a village south of Toulouse. duck confit is terrific, a great example of slow cooking at home.
  • had drinks with friends in a city bar, a good but too short time.
  • food is badly done in the dinner at the plaza in Toulouse.