COQUILLES SAINT-JACQUES

Coquilles Saint-Jacques Gratinées recipe

We have discovered frozen scallops at the supermarket.
For some reason, they are about €8 for a kilo with the corail but €30 without.  Since the corail is the tastiest part of the scallop it is hard to understand why scallops should be cheaper with it.  Another French mystery.

I made the gratinée in the traditional way with onion, mushroom, butter, white wine and breadcrumbs (chapelure: L'expression « n'avoir plus de chapelure sur le jambonneau » signifie n'avoir plus de cheveux, être chauve) but I also put a layer of puréed potato as hommage to Julia Child.


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They Say It's Wonderful

Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane

THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL

Irving Berlin

They say that falling in love is wonderful
It's wonderful, so they say
And with a moon up above, it's wonderful
It's wonderful, so they tell me

I can't recall who said it, I know, I never read it
I only know they tell me that love is grand and
The thing that's known as romance
Is wonderful, wonderful, in every way, so they say

Rumors fly and they often leave a doubt
But you've come to the right place to find out
Everything that you've heard is really so
I've been there once or twice and I should know

You'll find that falling in love is wonderful
It's wonderful, as they say
And with the moon up above, it's wonderful
It's wonderful, as they tell you

You leave your house some morning and without any warning
You're stopping people, shouting that love is grand and
To hold a man in your arms is wonderful
Wonderful, in every way, I should say