It was a dream! (Lunapic’s Dream FX)
Well, I was bowled over when asked to be a sous with chef Teddy and THANK YOU, merci, Mr T, for allowing me to wear a chef”s hat next to you. You might say it’s a toque-en of my appreciation that I comment upon your handsomeness whenever possible, even if I’m a bit …uh…mature for your youthful companionship.
It was great fun playing the pots and pans with you.
I think mama may have goofed on that 1-pound pasta amount, but what the heck, there might be some leftovers for breakfast, haha. ENJOY!
Bacon ROCKS! Inspired by your blog, Teds, we had bacon and tomato pasta for lunch today as it is COLD, COLD here in our little ville.
Mama also made Kings Cakes, galettes des rois, which are eaten on Epiphany, but mama made individual small ones to give away and she put a bean in each one, called the “feve” as they used to us dry fava beans for the prize in the cake. But we changed things a bit by telling the recipients that the little gateau WITHOUT the bean would win a prize.
Papa’s had a bean inside – you could tell by his teeth marks in that little sucker, so no prize, but since we have TWO for him, he wins anyway.
Mama likes to shakes things up, haha, and our 95-year-old neighbor, Lilly, called to say that she had NO bean! So she is queen for today and gets a prize, too.
I hope she’s not expecting a Ferarri or something…she was so excited that we’ll have to think up something wonderful for her.
Maybe a few macarons, which she loves.
Epiphany is pretty big around here, and in Rome, all our family and some friends are playing tombola, or Bingo. So, happy Epiphany to all and merci to Chef Ted. It’s a good night for carbonara, 7 degrees! Centigrade, that is.
You made a great sous chef, Loulou!
Merci, Mr E. I hope your mama tries the recipe and gives you a bite.
Thanks again for helping King Ted out in the kitchen Loulou – he enjoyed having your company AND of course your Mama’s generosity in sharing that fabulous recipe – EVERYONE (as you see from comments!) thought it was a magnifique recipe! Your Mama’s version of King Cakes look quite delish. We’ve never had them here!
Hugs, Teddy
I will get mama to put that recipe in one day as it is easy and a lovely surprise dessert. You can eat it any time of the year, mama says.
I was thrilled to see you in Teddy’s kitchen this morning. I can’t wait to try that recipe. I love your art. And those cakes look good. XO
Bonjour, yes it’s an easy carbonara and for two people you only need half a normal box of spaghetti, but appetites are different. Let mama know if you need help.
Happy Epiphany LouLou ! We just read abut the King’s Cakes and that – when there is only one prize in the cake, it symbolizes the Baby Jesus that the 3 Kings came seeking.
It does, it does and there are those who collect the “feves” from each cake they have eaten in which there was a prize. One person has 142 ‘feves’…
You dream tastes good, LouLou…and it looks mighty fine too…both..the art and the delicious food😺😸Double Pawkisses for a Happy and Healthy New Year to you and your mommy and pawpaw too🐾😽🎇
And to your darling family, too. Hope the kitties are grounde and not going over that fence any longer! Probably too cold in the garden….
so dee mum haz made carbonara a few times, wif bacon, it wuz not purrfect but wuz good. isn’t dee kingz cake wat day make fur mardi gras wif dee widdle baby inside? dee mum haz hadz dat, but not wat your mum makez wif beenz, tho it lookz berry yummy! dee mum here iz gonna makez sum more soopz tomorrow, maybe potatos leek, she like to has soop in dee freezer fur win it getz chilly, chilly , chilly here!! like we haz a berry cold storm today coming frum dee north an iz windee.
ha-pee ee-pif-fanny!!!!!
OH, we LOVE potato leek, the BEST and yes the baby jesus is often just a fava bean, dry, in most of the cakes and in mama’s the galettes were too small for a large prize so she used a white dry bean in each. Except one.