Last year I didn't eat a single Girolle, yesterday I found just one.
The Girolle season is just starting, and with some warmer weather on the way we should be eating Girolle omelets for quite a while.
So, yesterday's omelet was made with one Girolle, plus a small jar of bottled Cepes from last year. The various sized eggs come from our elderly egg supplier at the local Saturday market.
Bloody delicious; and if you want to know how it tastes try Maxim's in Paris, and say Cro sent you.
I thought you had wrtten about Giroud for a split second there. I wouldn't know a girolle from a giroud. He scored a hat-trick.
ReplyDeleteMy Girolle scored a single.
DeleteWill you be getting other hens, Cro? I remember you writing that the neighbour's dog killed your lovely black ones.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
I think probably not. With a dozen fresh free-range eggs costing just €3, it's hardly worth it. But the Chicken run is still there!
DeleteYou are back to have you delicious omelet!
ReplyDeleteWe hope to be having some; my fingers are crossed.
DeleteDelicious!
ReplyDeleteArilx
Yum.
DeleteOh have all your hens gone then! I must have missed that. I have never eaten a girolle I'm not sure they grow round here. There used to be lots of field mushrooms in the back field, totally delicious. I do love an omelette.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm afraid our next door neighbour's dogs were too fast for them!
DeleteHave you posted your recipe for bottling your cepes? I expect it would work for other mushrooms.
ReplyDeleteI have one lonely and confused chook, left (she crows in the morning and lays eggs through the day). Her (female) best mate passed with a flourish a couple of months ago. I feel bad that she is on her own as they are flock animals but I'm giving up on chook-husbandry -it's all too hard protecting the veggies and I can get genuine free-range eggs from a colleague.
If you type Oh YES!!!!! into the little white search strip (top left), you should find my recipe for bottling Cepes. I shall certainly be trying the same method for a few Girolles.
DeleteIt's nice having one's own Hens, but they do need to be productive. Ours weren't.
Found it! Thanks.
DeleteI have acquaintances who enthusiastically bought some chickens a few years ago. They have about half the number they started with and I think if it wasn't for their children, they would scrap the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteA luscious omelet is a perfect way to start the day and also to end it.
I shall be going out in about 10 mins to look for a few more Girolles. Omelets are de rigeur in mid-spring.
DeleteMm girolles - such a delicacy.
ReplyDeleteI think we need more rain, and more heat.
DeleteYou are encouraging me to try some new-to-me mushroom varieties. I'll have to have a chat with some of the folks at the farmers markets who sell mushrooms.
ReplyDelete(Basic button and cremini mushrooms are the only ones I know. What do you suggest as a stepping off point?)
Best wishes.
I live in an area known for its Girolles and Cepes. I have no idea if these grow in the USA. It would be amiss of me to suggest anything, as I don't know what your people sell (other than Morels).
DeleteThank you. I'll let you know what I find out from the farmers, and if they encourage me to actually buy and try a new taste.
DeleteI've never heard of many of the mushrooms that you mention. I suppose the only way I'll ever get to try them is if I visit France one day.
ReplyDeleteWhich I presume is on your 'Bucket List'.
DeleteMy mouth waters at the thought of any kind of mushroom omelette - (I am an Elizabeth David fan).
ReplyDeleteMe too, Weaver; as was my mother.
DeleteNothing nicer than an omelette. Our girls keep us in good supply. Happy hunting!
ReplyDeleteI agree, but someone else's girls are now keeping us happy.
DeleteOne swallow does not Anne Summers make?
ReplyDeleteWhat a picture that conjures.
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