Tag: chestnut

3rd December 2012

Partridge, cress and chestnut

Partridge has a longer name than its size. They have about the size of a grouse, between a quail and a pheasant. In French cuisine, young hen birds called perdreau are used. They are hunted but also farmed. I bought a perdreau on the market and was told to watch out for small lead bullets. When I prepared the bird, there were no bullets and […]

4th November 2012

Deer with pumpkin, chestnut and carrots

We were having four days off due to the November 1 public holiday, for All Saints and All Souls, preceded by Halloween evening, and on the market there were many kinds of pumpkins. It is also the hunting season and I had a roast of deer, or venison. French markets often have venison in season, I also saw a leg of boar with one of […]