 Poster: A snowHead
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I think my most common go-to dish on holiday is ratatouille, it can be eaten hot or cold with so many things.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad. |
Never had a döner kebab?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Hurtle,
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I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad.
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It's a lovely contrast to something like Carbonara
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Raclette, Fondue, Tartiflette - repeat
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| gixxerniknik wrote: |
@Hurtle,
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I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad.
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It's a lovely contrast to something like Carbonara |
Absolutely, and I'd eat them together but, for no particularly good reason, side by side and not one on top of the other. Sorry, just musing...
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@euanovsky, I take you are fond of cheese
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@johnE, did someone mention cheese? 
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| gixxerniknik wrote: |
@Hurtle,
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I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad.
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It's a lovely contrast to something like Carbonara |
Absolutely, and I'd eat them together but, for no particularly good reason, side by side and not one on top of the other. Sorry, just musing... |
Totally agree..hot soggy lettuce. Yuk
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MMmmm, cheese. Yes, some nice French ones, the local one around here is Abondance which comes in a couple of varieties, with more or less tanginess. BUT there is not a single French cheese that has the texture and flavour of British hard cheeses, exemplified by but by no means restricted to Cheddar.
It used to be quite a rarity to find in French or Swiss supermarkets, but nowadays it's pretty much everywhere, with some like Intermarché doing their own brand stuff, really quite acceptable, and others stocking brands like Cathedral City. Sadly there's also some quite poor orange cheddar often to be found in E.leClerc and others, which is much more plasticky and reminiscent of the awful pre-sliced stuff often found on cheeseburgers.
The best that we can regularly get is actually from Lidl, usually on the Swiss side. They have an everyday branded Mature and Farmhouse cheddar and a few times per year their 'Delux' brand, proper Vintage mature included, which is even better.
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Hell no-carbonara on top of salad is not an option.
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@Chaletbeauroc, I'm probably the child of Satan...I like plasticky burger cheese 
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@holidayloverxx, The only place for plasticky burger cheese is in a sausage and egg McMuffin. It is the food of the devil, but I can't resist it. I only admit to this while hiding behind an anonymous profile name though!
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| gixxerniknik wrote: |
@Hurtle,
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I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad.
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It's a lovely contrast to something like Carbonara |
So I initially took this to mean a contrast in the sense of carbonara one night and hot food on salad another. But now it seems you might actually have meant carbonara on top of a bed of presumably by now warm, limp, soggy lettuce. For which I have no words. I’m here for hot food on salad leaves. But with carbonara? For the love of all that is holy, please serve the salad alongside or (preferably) afterwards (ideally with a meat course between them)!
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You know it makes sense.
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Weird. Why would anyone put salad leaves around a plate of carbonara? Why not just put the salad in a bowl where it belongs and dress properly? It is not additional work, and avoids any mixture of salad and warm cheesy egg covered pasta.
We always self-cater. Never put any thought into planning what to have for dinner other than to book restaurants for some nights out. If eating in we play it by ear based on what we see locally, and enjoy the time spent together preparing and eating dinner. All the places we have stayed have dishwashers so no need to really limit the implements used. And no need for special "effort saving" meal plans.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yes, but a little planning helps and some things can be very expensive in resort.
Agree on the salad being in a separate bowl though!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why would anyone put salad leaves around a plate of carbonara? Why not just put the salad in a bowl where it belongs and dress properly? It is not additional work, and avoids any mixture of salad and warm cheesy egg covered pasta.
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One less plate/bowl to wash up?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@zikomo, we do similar now, but when we flew with younger kids we tended to have more of a plan, particularly if we didn't know the resort well, and thought supermarket options and catering facilties might be limited. We might only have had 2 rings, but we've always had a dishwasher. My main eating plans on ski trips tend to be if we are on an End of Season bash, as we tend to eat in with the other apartment occupiers, friends from other apartments and family if they have come with us. It's not a competition, but we all eat well. I once couldn't find any mint for mojitos.  .
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| jmr59 wrote: |
| Hurtle wrote: |
| I've never before heard of hot food being served on a bed of dressed salad. |
Never had a döner kebab? |
Chinese stir fry?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@hobbiteater, which is all hot.
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| euanovsky wrote: |
| Raclette, Fondue, Tartiflette - repeat |
Sounds a painful strain when dropping the kids off at the pool
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Fun topic. I’d agree about a sharp smallish knife as most times the self catering ones are trashed.
As to meal I take a jar of pataks paste, carefully wrapped in several bags of course, along with a some ground spices and do Ainslie fast fragrant curry (will have to search a bit for the recipe) but very easy and can be oven or stove top. Forget trying to find anything hot in a French supermarket. Curry and beer after a good day on the slopes is close to perfection in my book.
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Some friends who drive usually take a slow cooker with them, which means they can do a chilli or similar and it is all ready and waiting for them on their return!
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@eps, We have a slow cooker in our apartment. They are fantastic for preparing meals. In the morning put in some onions, mushrooms, cubed beef and a bottle of red wine. Come back in the evening, add some seasoning, cook some potatoes, and greens and it's all done. And the apartment smells lovely
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Or chicken breasts or lamb
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the last couple of times i have driven out, i have taken a slow cooker with me, along with some frozen stews etc. i then just whack the food in the slow cooker in the morning on a low temperature for later in the evening.
will be doing the same this easter
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Pizza has gone down well this trip. We buy the base in cold dough rolled out in a square, buy the pizza sauce, cheese ans toppings.
Works best when you have a decent oven but can cut to smaller size for mini oven.
Also Rosti (read made type) with fried eggs and baked beans or raclette cheese for the grown ups
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We are driving and taking a mini toastie maker. Local meat and cheeses, optional onions, perfect.
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You know it makes sense.
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@No Style, Take a slow cooker. Prep the evening before. Switch on in the morning. Return home with fresh Baguettes.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| johnE wrote: |
| Or chicken thighs or lamb |
FTFY
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Poster: A snowHead
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We always take a Tupperware box with various spices, seasoning and herbs etc from home.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@jmr59, Indeed. For some reason Pork doesn't work as well. That needs cider, not wine.
Reading this thread I'm already planning the meals for the trip at the end of the month. And really loooking forward to it. For a lot more effort and shopping we have also got a pierrade in our apartment. They can be rented in most resorts.
I'm also looking forward to my mouth watering experience at the fish counter in the Super U in Bourg st Maurice
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Ok, I give up! Sorry, a bit of clarification...I did say on top of I think, but what I really do is put the lettuce around the outside of the plate with the carbonara, or whatever in the middle. Hot soggy Lettuce! Oh dear! 
