potatoes au gratin

WOW!

Most expensive potato dish EVER!

Overkill on the parsley I think too.

Thanks for sharing that.

Okā€¦ maybe itā€™s b/c Iā€™m only on my first cuppa, butā€¦ plz 'splain Old Blue Jean Salad.

It depends on where you are. A wheel of reblochon in a Paris supermaket is 5 euros. Here in Montreal Iā€™ve seen rumors of prices as high as 29$ for the same thing.

The most expensive thing Iā€™ve seen to make this week is ā€œBresse chicken in yellow wineā€ (Poulet de Bresse au Vin jaune):

  • Bresse chicken is one of the fanciest type of chicken made in France, a land known for the excellence of its products ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresse_Gauloise) . Its protected (AOC) and costs 35.88 euros for a 2.5 kg bird (5.5 pounds approx) in France (see http://ain-saone-et-loire.lepanierpaysan.com/produit_poulet--de-bresse-aoc-effile-2.5kg_567.html ). You canā€™t have Bresse chicken in Canada
  • There is an attempt to raise ā€œBresse chickenā€ imitation in north america (be warned, however, that Bresse chicken is not only a species but a way to raise the chicken as wellā€¦ similar to kobe beef in Japan). The blue foot chicken (you canā€™t call it ā€œBresseā€ since its protected) cost apparently 100 to 150$ for a 3 kilo bird and I would be wary of the comparison vs the authentic thing (just as Iā€™m wary of the ā€œamerican kobeā€ vs ā€œjapanese kobeā€ comparison). The American system usually want to make money. France and Japan tends to focus on tradition (in food production, at least). It makes for different products.
  • The least expensive bottle of vin jaune in my city costs 56$ (its a specific vine from jura)
  • Its also made with morille, which are pretty expensive.

So, you take a bird you canā€™t buy, prepare it with a wine you would never cook with to begin with and use morille in the sauce and you have that recipe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg1QIwBzwok

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I lived in France not far from Bresse. I know their chicken well. Also Charolaise Beef.

[quote=ā€œlinguafood, post:22, topic:3071ā€]
Old Blue Jean Salad.
[/quote] My guess would be Aubergine Salad.

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Color me impressed!

Had me scratching my head.

Greyā€™s right Aubergine Salat.

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Cool! What a nice experience to have!

Iā€™ve been curious about this chicken even since Iā€™ve heard about it.

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