December 31, 2021 Brunch - Tomato Couscous and Cassoulet. Snack - French Onion Soup. Dinner - 48 oysters

December 31, 2021 Brunch - Tomato Couscous and Cassoulet. Snack - French Onion Soup. Dinner - 48 oysters 

We finally achieved the perfect New Years Eve Meal, 48 oysters on the half shell.  Whole Food features a Buck Shucks on Fridays, which means they sell shucked oysters on the half shell for $1.00 each.

We drove to Whole Food at 4:30 and pick a handful f snow peas and then made our way through the mob shopping for their New Year Eve dinner to the meat counter.  There were four or five customers waiting, but Suzette yelled for Mark, who had taken our order, and he answered and went to pick up our order.  The order turned out to be beautifully set into deep containers filled with ice with 16 oysters nestled into crevices in the ice in each container.  I have never been more impressed with a presentation of oysters in my life.  

We then went to the the cheese counter to see if they had any Leyden.  They did not and when I asked when the next order of Leyden might arrive they said, “Next November”.

I asked about Racellete and I purchased a highly recommended slice produced in Vermont.

We made our way out of the store and we’re amazed that the oysters were $1.00 each.

I had chilled a bottle of 2020 Sancerre we had just bought at Total Wine a few months ago and a bottle of Kirkland (Costco) chablis Premier Cru.

We drank both with the oysters and did not like either.  We poured the last of the Sancerre into the French Onion Soup we had made in the afternoon.

At 11:00 I ate the last of the cassoulet and the tomato couscous.  Suzette returned at 12:30 and we made French onion soup and ate bowls of it with slices of French baguette garnished with slices of Gouda and baked in the oven to melt the cheese at 3:00. 

Starting at 1:30 we watched Alabama crush Cincinnati in the first play off game to determine which two teams will play for the NCAA football championship.  At 3:30 at the half we walked 1/3 mile and then drove to Whole Foods to pick up oysters.

When we returned home we drove to Whole at 5:30 we watched the second match up between Michigan and Georgia.  Georgia crushed Michigan. So the National Title will be between Alabama and Georgia, which already played for the SEC title.  Alabama beat Georgia, and I suspect it will again.

The oysters were fabulous. We will do this again soon.

I made a cocktail sauce for the oysters with catsup, horseradish, and lemon juice.  We ate pita chips instead of crackers.

Willy came by at 7:00 and Suzette baked him a soup bowl of French Onion Soup and then he left for his quiet New Year’s Eve with a friend whose  return flight to Europe was cancelled.

We got tired of watching the Michigan v. Georgia game we watched a movie on Netflix and then went to bed at 10:30.

Bon Appetit

31, 2021 Brunch - Tomato Couscous and Cassoulet. Snack - French Onion Soup. Dinner - 48 oysters 

I made a cocktail sauce for the oysters with catsup, horseradish, and lemon juice.  We ate pita chips instead of crackers.

Willy came by at 7:00 and Suzette baked him a soup bowl of French Onion Soup and then he left for his quiet New Year’s Eve with a friend whose  return flight to Europe was cancelled.

We got tired of watching the Michigan v. Georgia game we watched a movie on Netflix and then went to bed at 10:30.

Bon Appetit