Cooking en papillote can be fun for the family

[ChrisGreaves]

An article in Wednesday’s Toronto Star made me think. “Cooking en papillote can be fun for the family”.

I thought, why not?

In the morning I was slicing and freezing fifteen boneless chicken breasts (OK, “fifteen boneless breasts of chicken”) and as usual had a few bits and pieces left over.

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I used aluminium foil; next time I’ll use parchment paper.

I made a “nest” in a dessert bowl and put in a tablespoon of Basmati rice with a sprinkle of Cardamom seeds.

On that I placed my finger-tip sized scraps.

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Over that I sprinkled some chopped spring onion and some grated ginger root.

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Folded it all up and left it in the fridge.

When I arrived home at 8:30 p.m. I turned on the oven to 425° and slide the package in on a bread plate.

Half-an-hour later I took it out and ate it.

Delicious!

[Rudi]

My wife uses similar ingredients; rice, chicken pieces, spices, and a veg or two, but she throws it all into a large stoneware pot with a dribble of water and oil, and cooks it in the oven. It comes out succulent and soft just ready to be consumed with a glass of white wine and a buttered garlic roll.

[ChrisGreaves]

My wife uses similar ingredients; rice, chicken pieces, spices, and a veg or two, but she throws it all into a large stoneware pot with a dribble of water and oil, and cooks it in the oven. It comes out succulent and soft just ready to be consumed with a glass of white wine and a buttered garlic roll.

Quite so!
My thinking runs more along the lines of making, say, fifteen of these packets (using parchment instead of aluminium) and freezing them to make tasty small meals that can be tossed into the oven at short notice and once cooked packed as picnic lunches when I'm on foot (as I am today)

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[Rudi]

Yonge street must know you like the back of it's hand?!!

[ChrisGreaves]

Yonge street must know you like the back of it's hand?!!

yair. You know it's getting bad when you and the driver of the pickup truck blocking the crosswalk give each other the finger on a regular basis ...