Recipes

[ChiliPepper]

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@novamc1 wrote:

Here's the recipe for Tarragon Chicken Salad Dressing:

 TARRAGON CHICKEN SALAD
 

@novamc1

I made this last time you posted the recipe & it was delicious (ketchup/catsup & all - hee hee hee)!!!

Thank you for re-posting it!!!

[momtochloe]

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

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@novamc1 wrote:

Here's the recipe for Tarragon Chicken Salad Dressing:

 TARRAGON CHICKEN SALAD
 

@novamc1

I made this last time you posted the recipe & it was delicious (ketchup/catsup & all - hee hee hee)!!!

Thank you for re-posting it!!!

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@ChiliPepper

@novamc1

BEST CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE EVER . . .

Love it!  Great on toast or mixed into greens . . . delish, yum!

eta:  it still frosts my cookies with all the grief novamc took over that recipe as it was so delicious!

[momtochloe]

Hey @RespectLife, hope all is well with you today my friend . . . 

[momtochloe]

And @VaBelle35 I hope you are doing absolutely nothing today besides enjoying the cooler weather and recharging your over-taxed batteries . . .

[VaBelle35]

@momtochloe Half and half ;o)

I went to the movies this afternoon to see Sully (loved it).  And began what has become an annual event, The Great Basement Purge.  Throughout the year as I move things around in my house, I relegate them to the basement.  If I find I don't use them, I give them away to my neighbors or donate to the Salvation Army.

I've got to do a sweep of the kitchen and the spare bedroom and then take pictures of everything and invite the neighbors to pick this stuff up before trash day on Friday.

[momtochloe]

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@VaBelle35 wrote:

@momtochloe Half and half ;o)

I went to the movies this afternoon to see Sully (loved it).  And began what has become an annual event, The Great Basement Purge.  Throughout the year as I move things around in my house, I relegate them to the basement.  If I find I don't use them, I give them away to my neighbors or donate to the Salvation Army.

I've got to do a sweep of the kitchen and the spare bedroom and then take pictures of everything and invite the neighbors to pick this stuff up before trash day on Friday.

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Oh goodness @VaBelle35 you are one of those posters that make me both laugh and think at the same time . . . . you are one of the most organized people I have met in my lifetime and one of my best friends is beyond wired to the point that I would lock her out of my house but I truly appreciate your balance (which clearly we don't have . . . ).

Tee hee!  

[novamc1]

@momtochloe

Awww.......don't let anything "frost your toast".  My phrase for the same reaction has always been "burn my toast".  LOL!! 

Actually, I thought the negative reaction from more than one poster was kind of amusing.  (I've been around the internet and discussion groups full of naysayers, grumps and sarcastic comedians since the late 1980s.)

The tarragon recipe reaction can't compare to the reaction when I posted a recipe (eaten up completely  multiple times by members of my old real estate office at holiday parties) which contained broccoli, among many other vegetables..  Someone just felt the need to tell me how much she despised broccoli.  You gotta laff at these things.  Anyone making any recipe can leave out the ketchup, leave out the broccoli, eat at McDonald's or post their own recipes. 

[momtochloe]

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@novamc1 wrote:

@momtochloe

Awww.......don't let anything "frost your toast".  My phrase for the same reaction has always been "burn my toast".  LOL!! 

Actually, I thought the negative reaction from more than one poster was kind of amusing.  (I've been around the internet and discussion groups full of naysayers, grumps and sarcastic comedians since the late 1980s.)

The tarragon recipe reaction can't compare to the reaction when I posted a recipe (eaten up completely  multiple times by members of my old real estate office at holiday parties) which contained broccoli, among many other vegetables..  Someone just felt the need to tell me how much she despised broccoli.  You gotta laff at these things.  Anyone making any recipe can leave out the ketchup, leave out the broccoli, eat at McDonald's or post their own recipes. 

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Sigh . . . you are far kinder than I am @novamc1 as you always offer such great and different recipes (like, you know the one which is still the best chicken salad recipe ever).  

[Writer with Flair]

Dear Novamc,

     Thanks so much for reminding me about Tarragon.  That chicken salad sounds delicious.  I really like the flavor and scent of Tarragon.

     When I first got married, I had an old Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook that had a recipe for Shrimp de Jonghe that used Tarragon.  I could not find the BHAG version, but this one looks close to it.  I thought you might like to have it.  It tastes and smells delicious.

Shrimp de Jonghe – Chicago Style (From deJonghe restaurant-Chicago 1947)

2 lbs. large shrimp (about 30), shelled and deveined   4 large garlic cloves   2 teaspoon salt   2 teaspoon finely chopped tarragon or crumbled dry tarragon   1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley

Pinch of grated nutmeg   2 shallots, finely minced   1 tablespoon minced onion   1-1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened, plus an additional 1/2 stick   ¼ cup virgin olive oil + drizzle of olive oil   1 cup fine dry bread crumbs

½ cup panko   3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Cook shrimp in a 4-quart pot of boiling salted water for about 1 minutes. Drain shrimp in a colander, then immediately transfer to a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking process.
   2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
   3. Mash garlic to a paste with 1/4 teaspoon salt using a mortar and pestle (or mince and mash garlic with salt using a large knife), then stir together with fresh and dried herbs, shallot, onion, 1-1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) butter, olive oil, 1 cup bread crumbs , nutmeg, mace, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
   4. Melt remaining 1/2 stick butter and stir together with 1/2 cup panko, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to make topping.
   5. Arrange 3 shrimp as a pinwheel trio with tail extended in a buttered, flameproof gratin dish or other wide shallow ceramic baking dish. Cover with herbed breadcrumb mixture, then sprinkle with topping. Drizzle with olive oil. Bake in of oven until golden, about 8 minutes. Turn on broiler to medium broil and broil until crumbs are golden brown, about 2 minutes. Rotate dishes as necessary. Remain alert to avoid burning tops.

Serving Information

Serve hot from the broiler.

[Writer with Flair]

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@novamc1 wrote:

@momtochloe

Awww.......don't let anything "frost your toast".  My phrase for the same reaction has always been "burn my toast".  LOL!! 

Actually, I thought the negative reaction from more than one poster was kind of amusing.  (I've been around the internet and discussion groups full of naysayers, grumps and sarcastic comedians since the late 1980s.)

The tarragon recipe reaction can't compare to the reaction when I posted a recipe (eaten up completely  multiple times by members of my old real estate office at holiday parties) which contained broccoli, among many other vegetables..  Someone just felt the need to tell me how much she despised broccoli.  You gotta laff at these things.  Anyone making any recipe can leave out the ketchup, leave out the broccoli, eat at McDonald's or post their own recipes. 

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Novamc,

     Where I grew up, we use the expression, "toast my grits," when people irk us.   I guess every region has their own version.