CATALAN FOOD

john · Post by **john** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 18:01

Dave,was this chilled or frozen? You do see game in the freezer cabinet all year round,and indeed saw some a few times in Le Boulou Netto, would you believe. Conspicuous there were also some pheasants from Suffolk.

Maybe Santiago knows more about this,but we spent quite some time in NZ just over a year ago,and never saw Wild boar on the menu once. Perhaps it's all exported to Super U and Netto !!

polremy · Post by **polremy** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 18:13

rbg wrote:Ramona, you are making me hungry ( and I just had dinner , which was sanglier stew actually ; the neighbour drops a saucepanful into us from time to time when they catch a biggie. It was yum! Is that a catalan dish? Dunno? We have it with mashed spuds, the sauce is rich and tomatoey and the sanglier is very tender, yummm)
Thanks for the tasty ideas. Incidentally , are you going to the book club on Sun if it is on , maybe we could swap recipe books?!!!! I used to be a veggie until my OH reconverted me!

That just has to be my favourite meat!!
I love a good stew - prefer it to a slab of steak.
The first time I had sanglier it was cooked for us by a neighbour in Claira (not puddles). Such an eyeopener.
(I remember that the aperitif was served accompanied by a delicious "punch" of cointreau, vin mousseaux, sugar and lemon juice.
Tried to make it myself later but it never was quite as good)
The second time I had dealings with sanglier it was alive!!
We were walking the col de Banyuls at the time.
It was ENORMOUS and really frightening.

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 18:14

Just chilled, John, and there was a lot of it. The NZ gigots d'agneaux are in the freezer.

Santiago · Post by **Santiago** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 19:50

Is that Super U in Prades? If so I'm off to get some. What's the price?

There are plenty of wild boar in NZ, but just like here you won't see them unless you go looking. I didn't know they were farmed commercially though.

One meat I had last year was Mouflon. That is very gamey and needs to be cooked for a long time. Pretty special though.

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 21:42

Santiago,
Super U Prades yes, the only U store in the 66 I believe 'cos they are mostly in the North, Brittany, etc. Aren't we lucky here? It's a great shop.

I would not guarantee your finding any Sanglier there at the moment, though, that was a while back and their gamme changes week by week.

Well worth a visit, though, and if you are up this way you could drop in to us for a coffee or whatever.

polremy · Post by **polremy** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 21:54

DaveM wrote:Santiago,
Super U Prades yes, the only U store in the 66 I believe 'cos they are mostly in the North, Brittany, etc. Aren't we lucky here? It's a great shop.

I would not guarantee your finding any Sanglier there at the moment, though, that was a while back and their gamme changes week by week.

Well worth a visit, though, and if you are up this way you could drop in to us for a coffee or whatever.

their game changes week by week?
that must confuse the opposition

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:00

Et qu'est-ce que c'est Mouflon?

Puddles · Post by **Puddles** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:06

Also a super U at Bompas & will look for others & let U know.

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:07

DaveM wrote:Et qu'est-ce que c'est Mouflon?

aren't they like a wild sheepy type of thing? a mountain sheep?

Puddles · Post by **Puddles** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:12

This sounds like one Roger posted a while back.
Mountain Goats , No I kept sliping off!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry , but just could not resist.

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:21

lol

you feeling a bit better today, Puddles?

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:28

Mouflon, yeah just Googled it. Wild sheep originally from Sardinia. Helluva set of horns on it!

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Thu 12 Mar 2009 22:30

quite !

Roger O · Post by **Roger O** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 00:38

DaveM wrote:Santiago,
Super U Prades yes, the only U store in the 66 I believe 'cos they are mostly in the North, Brittany, etc. Aren't we lucky here? It's a great shop..

There are 8 in the PO!
http://www.magasins-u.com/portailu/nati ... pe_sig_nat
search Pyrenees Orientales and you'll see where.

polremy · Post by **polremy** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 00:42

Roger O wrote:
DaveM wrote:Santiago,
Super U Prades yes, the only U store in the 66 I believe 'cos they are mostly in the North, Brittany, etc. Aren't we lucky here? It's a great shop..
There are 8 in the PO!
http://www.magasins-u.com/portailu/nati ... pe_sig_nat
search Pyrenees Orientales and you'll see where.

the bompas one is not worth visiting in my opinion.
you tend to queue for ages at the desk.

Roger O · Post by **Roger O** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 00:44

The one is Port Vendres is useful for people on the Côte Vermeille - especially in the high season when tourists have a hard time to get through the traffic .

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 07:19

Isnt it a devil to get to though? I seem to remember tumbling across it when lost one day - down a dark alley near a railway station or something?

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 07:22

What is so good about Super U stores? Do they have food that is a bit difficult to source like Booths in the UK?

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 07:29

I think its because Dave managed to buy sanglier there, and sanglier is not easy to find.

The one in Prades is pretty good, mind.

I've never heard of Booths - is that a local chain up north, Kathy?

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 07:45

Yes it is. You can buy continental foods and food made by small specialist producers. They promote people who make organic goods and some of the food is lovely. You do of course pay for it but it gives an outlet for the cottage industries. I have just purchased some vinegars made by a family from down south. They experiment with natural ingredients most of which is grown on their farm.

thumbelina · Post by **thumbelina** » Fri 13 Mar 2009 07:49

How lovely! I think I'd be a big fan - perhaps as well I don't have one in my neck of the woods lol

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