Well Happy Friday Great Smoky Cookie Cuties!!!!!! And here's to good things!
Today I steamed some artichokes, and smoked some snails (the snails come canned, and cooked already, but with some smoke they just morph into AMBROSIAL and downright amazing) and then drank my favorite type of wine in the world, that being White Burgundy from France!
The combo?
It makes a gorgeous, quiet, and calm Friday afternoon in New Hampshire just seem so incredible! So please share my joy...
I trimmed the artichokes and nuked the edible part of the stems and ate that as a snack (food is not wasted in my house)...
I rinsed the canned snails, as to rid canned salt; and then I put them in a perforated grill pan with a dash of grapeseed oil...
Smoking at about 210 degrees, with pistachio shells used as "chips," and on my little gas smoker...
They were so aromatic and enticing, after about 12 minutes...
Meanwhile, the artichokes did steam for 45 minutes on the stove, in plain water...
And I plated this simply, with pungent Dijon mustard (my 2nd crush, after White Burgundy) and black pepper, blue Persian sea salt, sliced tomato and chopped raw shallot and a splash of Greek olive oil...
Simple, healthful, and sensational!!!!!!!
My dogs LOVE artichokes and snails, and so they each (I have three) got tiny tastes of mollusk, and the artichoke leaf meat and then a taste of the heart...
My dog "Voss," (named after my favorite brand of sparkling water), has a long history of loving artichokes - the photos of him above were taken back in 2011...
Although today, (the photo above here), Voss sat so very patiently, as I plated even, and hoped for much to fall!
Happy Weekend to all! Thanks for sharing in my joy!
What is everyone sipping and smoking today? Do share!!!!!
Cheers!!!!!! - Leah
Today I steamed some artichokes, and smoked some snails (the snails come canned, and cooked already, but with some smoke they just morph into AMBROSIAL and downright amazing) and then drank my favorite type of wine in the world, that being White Burgundy from France!
The combo?
It makes a gorgeous, quiet, and calm Friday afternoon in New Hampshire just seem so incredible! So please share my joy...
I trimmed the artichokes and nuked the edible part of the stems and ate that as a snack (food is not wasted in my house)...
I rinsed the canned snails, as to rid canned salt; and then I put them in a perforated grill pan with a dash of grapeseed oil...
Smoking at about 210 degrees, with pistachio shells used as "chips," and on my little gas smoker...
They were so aromatic and enticing, after about 12 minutes...
Meanwhile, the artichokes did steam for 45 minutes on the stove, in plain water...
And I plated this simply, with pungent Dijon mustard (my 2nd crush, after White Burgundy) and black pepper, blue Persian sea salt, sliced tomato and chopped raw shallot and a splash of Greek olive oil...
Simple, healthful, and sensational!!!!!!!
My dogs LOVE artichokes and snails, and so they each (I have three) got tiny tastes of mollusk, and the artichoke leaf meat and then a taste of the heart...
My dog "Voss," (named after my favorite brand of sparkling water), has a long history of loving artichokes - the photos of him above were taken back in 2011...
Although today, (the photo above here), Voss sat so very patiently, as I plated even, and hoped for much to fall!
Happy Weekend to all! Thanks for sharing in my joy!
What is everyone sipping and smoking today? Do share!!!!!
Cheers!!!!!! - Leah
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