FoodBanter.com - Clafoutis de Courgettes for Sacha and all here

"June Hughes" > wrote in message
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> In message
> >, CPT
> > writes
>>On Jul 20, 1:48 pm, Judith in France >
>>wrote:
>>> This is souffle that I mentioned,served to us by friends on Friday.
>>> Marie P sent it to me this morning, I am copying it here,
>>> untranslated, I'll leave it to our expert Sacha to translate it, it is
>>> fabulous.
>>>
>>> Recette pour 6 personnes:
>>>
>>> Batt 6 petis-suisses plus 5 oeufs entiers
>>>
>>> Ajouter: 100g de maizena+sachet de levure+30cl de lait
>>>
>>> Mix well
>>>
>>> Verser: half a sachet d'Emental ou Gruyere rape et les 6 courgettes
>>> rapees, sel,poivre+muscade moulue
>>>
>>> Mix the lot
>>>
>>> Repartir la pate dans un grand plat allant au four ou 6 petits moules
>>> individuals, et prealablement beurres.
>>>
>>> Cook for about 30 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
>>>
>>> Serve aussitot!
>>>
>>> Maizena is a maize flour, I wonder if ordinary would do, what does
>>> anyone think?
>>>
>>> This is well worth making as a supper dish, all on its own, or as a
>>> veg accompaniment to a meat/fish dish or as a starter in ramekins. I
>>> definitely will be making this tomorrow, cool it and serve with a
>>> salad tomorrow night.
>>>
>>> Judith
>>
>>Congratulations! You've just won the 'Pretentious Post of the Month'
>>award.
>>Why couldn't you have sent the recipe in English? Particularly as you
>>clearly understand it yourself.
>>Incredible...
>
> I don't quite understand your post. 'Half a sachet'? 'Cook for 30 mins'?
> 'Mix well'? 'Mix the lot'? 'Serve'? Sounds more like a mixture of French
> and English to me. Another form of what people used to call 'Franglais',
> I believe.
>
> I agree, the post would have been better posted in either French or
> English but at least it was posted in what I believe was a good spirit.
> The post may be pretentious but surely it is even more pretentious to make
> a criticism such as wot you have rote?
> --
> June Hughes

Pretentious? Moi?

**** off Hughes Hussy.