Today is National Coq au Vin Day.
So what is Coq au Vin?
One website describes it as "Pronounced 'cuhk oh van' it's a dish made of chicken braised in a garlicky, musroomy, bacon-lard sauce with plenty of wine added."
As you might guess, it's French but it gained popularity in the U.S.A. after Julia Child published "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" and went on to further fame on one of the first television cooking shows.
I'm not doing "coq au vin" today.
I have a rather simple sheet pan meal planned with sausage, small potatoes, sliced apples and asparagus.
By the way, the photo at the top of this page doesn't relate to either recipe.
It's just a picture I took a while ago of some rather photogenic peppers.
Whatever you're doing in your kitchens today, bon appétit!
12 comments:
Leftovers at my house tonight!
We have leftovers a lot.
I think that coq is vin is the episode where she dropped the chicken, wiped it off and carried on! What happens in the kitchen stays in the kitchen.
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I have made this several times, with only one success. But that one was delicious.
I don't think we've ever done it.
I eat a lot of yellow and red peppers, but I haven't had coq au vin in years. About that chicken --- according to Julia, "People would say, 'Well, I saw you drop that chicken on the floor,' which of course I never did. All I did was flip a potato pancake into the stove, and then I put it back into the pan, and I said: 'Well, if you're all alone in the kitchen, nobody will know.' " https://www.npr.org/2011/09/01/139793130/julia-child-on-france-fat-and-food-on-the-floor
Lana is frying oysters she picked up at the seafood shop on the pier in Morro Bay. A side of her famous Zucchini casserole and a fresh mixed lettuce salad she picked from her wine barrel lettuce container garden. My contribution? I'll pour the wine.
I've read that too.
Sounds good, Tom. Just pour the wine and stay out of the chef's way!
Translated into English, "coq au vin" means "cock in a van" and it has nothing to do with fancy cooking.
Coq au vin can be greasy. (the n in vin isn't pronounced, it's nasal)
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