PARISIAN HOT DOG !

Because everything tastes better over there.................I thought I'd show you what we used to grab for a quick lunch ( along with almost every one of the 30,000 attendee's ) at the fabric shows we went to.

Every now and then I'll make them here at home

Parisian Hotdogs ( & frites of course )

I thought I'd surprise John with them !

A hot dog in a baguette !

( the thought just occurred to me that although I don't post a lot about food - when I do it's always something extremely fattening and unhealthy )

John's on a ciabatta kick ( normally we buy baguettes ) so I  used that instead.

You warm the bread in the oven - just enough so that the outside is slightly crispy -
And then you dig a hole through the center

When you buy these in Paris they're on a long baguette - I made small ones.

You can either squirt your mustard inside the bread - or spread it on the weiner itself - and insert it into the
hole !  ( of course it's dijon mustard in Paris - I was out so used French's which I prefer anyway )

Simple, n'est pas?

You can even cheat and add some of that tres gauche North American red stuff on your frites !

And that little difference between a hotdog bun and a baguette?  Magnifique mes amis !

AND THEN?

John came home with these ( because 10,000 calories wasn't enough for dinner ! )

Bad Monkey Mais Souffle ( popcorn )  -
They are to die !

The company started here in Montreal - by 2 brothers who used to be called " bad monkeys " by they're Mom..................Gourmet popcorn never tasted so good.

Popcorn after a Parisian hotdog you may ask?
Well it's perfectly acceptable if the popcorn is CREME BRULEE flavored !

We sat outside on the deck eating our dinner -
But we may as well have been sitting outside the Notre Dame Cathedral - or that's what I pretended anyway

I think Bad Monkey ships to the States if you'd like to try them ( this is not a sponsored post - just someone who loves popcorn ) they're link is HERE
Last night was the first time I tried it - incroyable ! ( incredible ! )

Here are some of the flavors

DARK chocolate
Strawberry
Jalepeno..................

Bonne journee everyone !!!
Hugs,
Me

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An antique church pew ..............................

I bought this well over a year ago.................

but was terrified that it came with a " spirit " attached to it............................you can read about that HERE
( and the comments are far more interesting - and hilarious - than the post itself  )

And so it was banished to the garden - facing the pool - where it sat exposed to the elements for well over a year...............

When I finished giving the front enclosed porch it's makeover I decided it was time to bring it back in -
As terrible as it was to put it outside and risk it being destroyed forever ( along with the ghost that came with it hopefully )  it came back in with the most beautiful " washed " patina !

I think whatever was attached to it has left the building..............or maybe it's swimming around in the pool

In the meantime I'm glad to have this beauty back inside where it belongs :)

Have a wonderful day everyone !
Much love,
Me
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CRAFTBERRY BUSH                                                 MY TURN FOR US
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