The 'baeckeoffe' works in the 'cocotte-mijoteuse!'...and I'm canyon-committed

So, the recipe I posted last week--my wife wondered if it would work in a slow cooker/crock-pot...
...and it does!


Same ingredients--just layer them in a crock pot and follow your machine's instructions as if you're making a pot roast. You'll end up with more liquid--more of a stew...you could use less than the whole bottle of Riesling, if you want less liquid...


We served it to some visiting 'snowbirds'--two couples from Québec spending the winter RVing around California and Arizona--they could definitely say that they'd never had Alsatian-Korean fusion food before, but they said it was 'délicieux'...


And thus, we learned how to say 'slow cooker' in French--I'd never thought about it before; when I lived in France I didn't have a crock-pot, so it had just never occurred to me how to say 'crock-pot'...So. the technical term is 'cocotte-mijoteuse.' ('Mijoter' is the French verb 'to simmer,' by the way.)


Eating such hearty meat-and-potato fare--good fuel for running.
So, speaking of running...this afternoon I went for my usual run in Sabino Canyon, (saw a bobcat, incidentally!), loved it as usual...so when I got home, I went ahead and signed up--I'm committed now to this year's Sabino Canyon Sunset Run.

Here's the course profile:

I love it! The equivalent of climbing a 50-story building...but it's spread out over a couple of miles, and with glorious desert riparian canyon all around you--it's a balm for the soul...

So, nuestros amigos, nos amis, 

come on down, escape your grey winters,

run this race,

and eat Korean-French meat-and-potatoes with us,

eh?