Friday, August 17, 2012

Some Assembly Required

But no cooking!

You will need:
canned artichoke bottoms
canned crab or shrimp
a hard boiled egg (per person)
sliced tomatoes.

Per person:

Place two artichoke bottoms on the plate.
Mix shrimp or crab with a little Russian dressing (a dollop of mayonnaise, and a splash of ketchup for color).
Spoon onto artichoke bottoms.  Garnish with sliced egg and tomatoes.

Classy.  I used to have this often as a first course in France.  Now if I could only remember its name!

You know, the French  really excel at the no-cook dining experiences.  Their charcuteries are marvels of freshly prepared cold salads, waiting in cool cases to be ordered, snatched up, and devoured with a slice of pate, ham, and a crispy baguette.  Celeri remoulade, caviar d'aubergine (took me ages to realize that is baba ganoush).   What are your no-cook go tos?









5 comments:

  1. No-cook and no-cooking, on my part at least, are my fav dining experiences!

    Whole Foods is 1st place which comes to mind around here.

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  2. TJ's spicy tahinni wrap or TJ's sushi, fuji apple with peanut butter

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  3. PA: Excellent recommendations--love a fuji apple---

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  4. Good tomato with salt and pepper. Heaven.

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