Raclette !

Well we've been saving our Smiles from Géant (a bit like Green Shield Stamps in a way), and then last week I noticed that we had enough to order this raclette gizmo, so I did it quietly on the internet. The voucher came yesterday so I scuttled off to get the thing. The family were very pleased.

We also had a voucher for 27 euros, thanks to a 'buy one, get one free by means of a voucher' scheme that Géant ran the other day, when we had bought two of everything we normally buy one of.

Thus it was that I emerged from the supermarket with the gizmo itself, a big pack of cheese (smells a bit), some bacon, some belly pork, some courgettes, some cauliflower, etc. etc. and paid 9 euros - about 6 quid in total.

Coincidentally we had invited the students round for the evening, it being half term for us and them. Thus it was that we did the first go at raclette with 8 little pans and twelve people. Three of them don't like cheese so they ate other stuff while we happily smothered our spuds with the hot gooey gloop.

The best thing about it is that it is very easy. Boil the spuds. Open the packets. Bung it in / on. The pans are non-stick, so at the moment they're OK. The worst thing is the stone that goes on top because they warn you that if you put it in water when you wash it then next time you use it it will explode. Oh well.

Today some street evangelism just before lunch, then the prayer meeting this evening.

(For all the fun of collecting the points and getting your money-off token, and the "6 bottles, of which one free", and "50% extra" that the supermarkets do, I'd gladly swap it for straightforward, understandable and realistic prices...)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Your Raclette sounds interesting. Is it messy? Not that it would make much difference around my table!
Street evangelism also interesting. How does it work these days? Tracts, questionnaires, tea trolley with texts? I know some students who have a tea trolley outside night clubs in the early hours. They certainly get asked why are they doing it when it's pouring with rain! That reminds me of the Street Pastors in Wrexham - another thing I don't know much about, or how effective it is. There again any outreach is difficult to quantify.I shall remember you as I'm stuck in the office all day today.
Alan said…
People do all those things (except tea trolleys - can't see that going down a bundle here).
Alan said…
Hi there. Raclette surprisingly unmessy, I think mainly because of the gloopiness of the cheese.

We generally do questionnaires, though a combination of inclement weather and holiday time for students has caused postponement of today's session. The surveys and questionnaires build up a good picture of the beliefs of students in Bordeaux, and those who are interested are invited to find out more.
Alan said…
I am told that the exploding stone on top of a raclette gizmo is very good for making picau bach ar y maen° so watch out !

° welshcakes
Anonymous said…
So how many people managed to scald the skin on their soft palate with the ultra-hot cheese? Perhaps it's just that I'm the only pig around who won't give them time to cool. However, I still think they're too fiddly. Ever the kill-joy, that's me.

By the way, I bet it won't make such nice welshcakes as my Nain had used to.

(Nain = Welsh word for grandmother, - probably the only Welsh word that's shorter than the English equivalent!) This is called living life on the edge, a very sharp edge!!!
Alan said…
Mamgu, Ken. Mamgu.
Anonymous said…
Ah, a South Walian ex-pat, - you can tell them a mile off, they don't even know the correct Welsh word for milk!

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