Francine and Michel's Home, december 18th

Francine and Michel's Home, december 18th

Nice holidays Michel

The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, 

my true love sent to me 

A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas, 

my true love sent to me 

Two turtle doves, 

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas, 

my true love sent to me 

Three French hens, 

Two turtle doves, 

and a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas, 

my true love sent to me 

Four calling birds, 

Three French hens, 

Two turtle doves, 

And a partridge in a pear tree. 

On the fifth day…

five gold rings

On the sixth day…

six geese a-laying

On the seventh day…

seven swans a-swimming

On the eighth day…

eight maids a-milking

On the ninth day…

nine drummers drumming

On the tenth day…

ten pipers piping

On the eleventh day

eleven ladies dancing

On the twelfth day

twelve lords a-leaping

Share our Christmas menus ....

For the different cooks here are many courses : 

Main course
goose foie gras (nb : liver or Med: hepar adiposum)
smoked salmon saumon fumé
scallop coquilles st Jack, coquilles St Jacques gratinées
seashells  fruits de mer
roasted chicken or beef poulet ou boeuf roti
fishes poissons
goose oie
white sausage boudin blanc

Vegetables (you'll see what you you find ! )
mushrooms champignons
zucchini squash courgette

Dessert
chestnut cake roll gateau roulé aux marrons
ice cream log buche glacée
nougat cake

Phonétique

"about the difficulties of pronunciation", thanks Ruth for the recording !

http://cinco.ly/!AMwCBsi7POpL
(poussez le son à fond SVP)

BRUSH UP YOUR ENGLISH

(Hints on pronunciation)

I take it you already know

Of tough and bough and cough and dough.

Others may stumble, though not you,

On hiccough, thorough, trough and through...

Well done!  And now you wish, perhaps,

To learn of  less familiar traps?

Beware of heard, a dreadful word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead  : it's said like bed, not bead --

For goodness' sake, don't call it "deed"!

Watch out for meat and great and threat --

(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).

A moth is not a moth in mother,

Nor both in bother, broth in brother,

And here is not a match for there,

Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.

And then there's dose and rose and lose,

(Just look them up) and goose and choose,

And cork and work, and card and ward,

And font and front, and word and sword,

And do and go, and thwart and cart...

Come, come, I've hardly made a start!

A dreadful language ?  Man alive,

I'd mastered it when I was five!

Tea Time   Cheers !

Awesome ginger bread with champagne !  Thanks Michel and Francine

Singing Christmas Carols

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night

All is calm, all is bright

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child

Holy Infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace

Sleep in heavenly peace

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Hark! The herald angels sing,

"Glory to the newborn King!

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled"

Joyful, all ye nations rise

Join the triumph of the skies

With the angelic host proclaim:

"Christ is born in Bethlehem"

Hark! The herald angels sing,

"Glory to the newborn King!"

O Come All Ye Faithful

O Come All Ye Faithful

Joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him,

Born the King of Angels;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

Joy to the World

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!

Let earth receive her King;

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And Heaven and nature sing,

And Heaven and nature sing,

And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Deck the Halls

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, 

Fa la la la la, la la la la. 

Tis the season to be jolly, 

Fa la la la la, la la la la. 

Don we now our gay apparel, 

Fa la la, la la la, la la la. 

Troll the ancient Yule tide carol, 

Fa la la la la, la la la la. 

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Best wishes everyone

At the restaurant

THANKSGIVING DINNER MENU

At Roseline, décembre the 14th

About the restaurant ...

First Course (select one)‎

Roasted Sierra Beauty Apple Butternut Squash

Maple Creme Fraiche, Spiced Pecans

Buttermilk Fried Quail Salad

Poached Quail Egg, Wild Mushrooms, Bacon-Creole Mustard Vinaigrette

Entree Course (select one)‎

Oven Roasted Willie Bird Turkey with Giblet Gravy,
Mashed Potatoes, Sage Cornbread Stuffing, Port-Cranberry Relish

Maple Syrup Slow Braised Beef Short Rib

with Chive Mashed Potatoes, Buttermilk Fried Onions

Crispy Skin Coho Salmon with

Lobster-Salted Fingerling Potato Hash, Tarragon Oil, Lemon Confit

Sides- $7 additional‎

White Truffle Macaroni and Cheese

Smoked Gouda, White Cheddar, Bleu Cheese

Pan Roasted Brussels Sprouts 

Caramelized Onions

Dessert (select one)‎

Apple Cobbler

Vanilla‎ Bean Ice Cream

Thanksgiving Sampler Platter

Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake

Cranberry-Pomegranate Sauce

RIVER COTTAGE

STARTERS

Tomato Soup

(A delicate creamy soup)

Smoked Cod

(Slices of cod served with brown bread and butter)

Calamari

(Pan Fried or Grilled Calamari)

MAIN DISHES

Scallopine Di Vittelo La Caverna

(Veal with fresh mushrooms and roasted peppers with a touch of cream)

Roasted Atlantic Salmon

(Pan roasted salmon with artichoke hearts, asparagus and plum tomatoes in a wine sauce)

Chicken Grana

(Dipped in parmigiano, sautéed in lemon and wine sauce)

DESSERTS

Chocolate Mousse Cake, Carrot Cake

Ricotta Cheese Cake

Tiramisu

DRINKS

Wide selection of teas and ground coffees,
Freshly-squeezed orange juice,
Variety of beers

WINE LIST

Variety of red and white wines

Booking a Table

• I'd like to reserve / book a table for a party of six at 8pm, please.
• Could we have a table by the window, please?
• Could we have a non-smoking table, please?
• Could we have a table away from the kitchen/toilets, please?
• Could we have a booth, please?
• Could you make sure it's a quiet table, please?

Arriving at the Restaurant

• Good evening, the name is Hand. I have a table booked for six.
• Do you have the menu in English/German/French ..., please?
• Do you have a high chair for young children, please?
• Could we have a table over there, please?
• I'm sorry but I asked for a table by the window.
• Could we have an extra chair, please?

Placing Your Order

• I'd like the .............., please.
• For starters I'll have the soup and for the main course I'd like the roast beef.
• Could I have chips instead of new potatoes, please?
• What is the house special today?
• Is there anything you would recommend?
• Could I see the wine menu, please?
• I'll have a bottle of the South African Cabernet Sauvignon.
• I'll have a glass of house red/white, please.
• Which wine would you recommend?

Complaining

• Excuse me, but my meal is cold.
• Excuse me, we've been waiting for over half an hour for our drinks.
• I'm sorry but I ordered the side salad not the vegetables.
• Excuse me this steak is over-done, I ordered rare.
• I'm afraid this wine tastes corked.
• Excuse me this wine isn't chilled properly.

Congratulations to our waitress of this evening, Ruth

According to the degree of cooking of the beef :

very rare  saignant (only for french people)

rare   bleu

well done bien cuit

over done (only for english people)

a few words :

chilled     rafraichi   but ... chilled to the bone  transi de froid

booth       table avec canapé

overbooked trop d'invitations

extra chair supplémentaire

side dish  accompagnement

Tea time 

 fruit juice and thin waffle made with a waffle iron ( but to waffle : parler pour ne rien dire) !for example : my wife often tells me I waffle ...

to finish with that, down the hatch and we're gone ( cul sec ....)