julia child night

So usually our experimental dinner nights inspire a photo, but not last night. You know how food is first said to be "eaten with your eyes"? Well this dish looked like it had been eaten by a whole lot more than eyes (once or twice maybe) before we even touched it. But it tasted delicious! In the end I suppose that's the most important thing. Last night Jacob had the wonderful idea to make Julia Child recipes for dinner and watch the movie as we enjoy the fruits of our labor. We were ambitious. We picked "Julia Child's Puree of Rice and Turnips With Herbs and Garlic" and "Julia Child's Ragout of Chicken Thighs 'a la Nicoise". It's important to add "Julia Child's" to the beginning. We started the night at 6 with a trip to Ingles to pick up a few ingredients, and then to his apartment to start slicing, dicing, simmering, browning, melting, reducing, thickening, tasting and finally eating shortly after nine. We anticipated it being a late dinner so we ate bruschetta on yummy toasted bread throughout the cooking process to carry us through. The Rice and Turnip puree was really interesting. It was sort of like mashed potatoes, but with a very distinct flavor and almost with the texture of grits. And the chicken... oh the chicken. Jacob did a fantastic job with this dish. It was juicy and full of flavor. The part that wasn't aesthetically pleasing was the yummy sauce for the chicken. As dinner prep went on and on, we started the movie at eight and listened as we cooked. It was inspirational. Julia Child said to make dinner the event and last night that's just what we did. What a blessing to enjoy such a yummy hobby. Bon appetite!