I saw a blog earlier about beans posted by Marinating Online that set off a chain of thought; the fresh beans that will be available in autumn, my mother’s Mexican chili beans, the paucity of pantry items.
Rummaging around in the cabinets, I discovered that I did not have a stock of canned white beans, in fact all I had was a jar that said “les haricots rouge”. They were not kidney beans, which I do not prefer, but some random French beans, jarred locally. Okay. I also did not have a reserve of diced canned tomatoes. Oh la, la!
However, “one monkey don’t stop no show”. I rummaged around in the refrigerator and found 4 mushrooms, a green pepper, and some exhausted cherry tomatoes. To these I added ground veal, an onion, garlic and some tomato coulis from a carton, chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and pepper. Good to go. And look! M. Parret’s dinner “gouter”.
I’m sure he’ll add an entree of charcuterie, salad after the beans, cheese, some of his flan he always has on hand and coffee with a drop of the local whiskey. What can you say? He’s still alive and looks good 🙂
I think M. Parret has a better appetite than me (and that’s saying something), though he’s got a good chef at present 😉
I guess he doesn’t feel he has eaten unless he does this! No “nice basin of gruel” for our Parret.
I’m sure he’s looking forward to his next fabulous meal. That kind of thing certainly fills me with enthusiasm 🙂
Mussels on Saturday 🙂
I’d definitely be looking forward to that 😉
Il a un bon coup de fourchette! The 2 of you are Formidable!
Merci.
This looks fantastic and seems easy to make. Thanks for the foo inspiration 🙂
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Thank you Chic.
Yum! I agree with you on the kidney beans; they’re just a bit too toothsome for my taste.
They seem starchy and thick to me but a lot of people like them and put them in chili. Bleah 😀
I just use something else, like pinto beans, instead.
That man has eating sorted!!
Nice beans my friend 👌
He certainly does 🙂
Neat little tagine:)
😉