THE POTATO BABE

Apt: No Tablecloth For You!

Today we took the peeps to the market in Apt. Everyone had a list of things to buy, which we used as our ingredients for dinner. Watching Americans try to barter in English is endlessly entertaining, and makes for great video.

Two of our guests, Al and Josephine, might be the nicest and most unassuming people you’ll ever meet. They went into a fabric store with the intention of buying a tablecloth, which they tried to barter for. Apparently they’d chosen the one merchant who wasn’t interested in bartering, even on market day – so the man literally chased them out of the store with a broom. Swept them out like teenagers trying to steal his tulips.

For dinner Laura re-created a Julia Child recipe of roasted pork loin Dijonnaise, which we served with a veal reduction and haricots verts with shallots and chanterelles. I eat pork tenderloin all the time, but it was the first time I’d assisted with a pork loin. Write that in the recipe book!

At dinner we end up talking about wild game, and Al mentioned they find a lot of elk in Florida. Specifically, he said “Elk burgers – we eat the hell out of those.”