Croque Monsieur et Escargot

Yesterday I stopped for a rather French dinner at Matthew's at Lakemont.  There is a Boar's Head deli inside and I had the most amazing baguette, Brie and ham sandwich along with a festive almond, raspberry and chocolate square ( it had a frosting spiderweb on top).  I realized the key to delicious Brie is to have it toasted over ham!  Like Raclette or Emmentaler it is so much better melted.

Quite serendipitously there was wine tasting at the same time.  While I did not have any of the wine, I did have escargot!  I even fished the meat out with a toothpick.  I realized the meat is a vehicle for the pesto and garlic the snail was smothered in.  It was an experience, but I won't be eating escargot again  I'll stick with Pencove mussels, they actually taste good.

http://boarshead.com/

Note to Self

For my husband's birthday, I wanted to make cupcakes with superhero designs out of frosting.  Well, I was making score bar cake so I thought I would try using homemade whipped topping and food coloring instead of store bought frosting.  Note to self: whipped cream is not a viable substitute.  While the colors were lovely (the yellow was like a sunflower pedal)  the whipped cream didn't hold shapes very well.  The Ironman cupcake looked like an underwater pikachu.  Another note to self: do not try to use ziplock bags as frosting bags.  While I was adding a yellow bat to a cupcake, the bag burst and I got covered in yellow frosting.  Of course that is the precise moment my husband got back from work.  He thought I looked cute covered in yellow whipped cream.  Sigh.  Luckily in this case it was the thought that counted.  In the end we covered the cupcakes with fudge, carmel and toffee chunks, so they tasted amazing.