French Food Night

With even more people and thankfully lots more space, French Food Night at Erin's was another smashing success.  Despite Greg breaking a chair and a poisoning attempt on poor Bobby, everyone had a good time.

Once again, it's been some time since we actually met, so my memory is once again a bit fuzzy, so if I screw anything up this time I'm going to blame it on finals using up all of my brain power.

Starting with the host, Erin made Seafood Cakes with Lemon Creme Fraiche.  Because of how popular these cakes were, I'll be posting the recipe soon.

Moving through the rest of the food in the order I took pictures of them, Jeremy made French Onion Soup.  While a little tricky to serve, the soup was very cheesey.

 
Christine made a Tartiflette, which in addition to being a specialty in the Alps region is sometimes used by Erin to punish Bobby.

Look at all that bacony goodness!

The next two dishes I can't remember very well, but I remember everything tasting great (and yes, I tried everything minus the vegetarian quiche).  In the blue dish I know is some type of Chicken made by ???  (someone take credit!) and then some type of Green beans also made by someone who needs to take credit.

Another main dish was made by Jamie.  This was the Coq au Vin. 

Note, I'm a crappy photographer.  My first attempt at photographing this dish made it look like curry.  It's almost impressive, given how unlike curry this dish actually is.  So if I haven't done any body's dish justice, I promise it wasn't personal.  Well, unless you happen to be a half Filipno trying to move in on my turf.

I'm not quite sure what the title of the next dish is, but I think it was made by Megan, who tomorrow (May 4th!) will be hosting our third meeting.

I made a Chocolate Mousse, and despite "accidentally" adding way too much Jack, it still tasted great.

My big mistake was in not making enough -- Jamie had to resort to licking the lid.  I'm sure Dave would have made a sexual joke about the whole thing, but luckily?  unluckily?  he didn't have a voice.

Then there was Greg's Needs More Goat Cheese Fingerling Potatoes.  Greg's name for the potatoes, not mine.

Here in the table set up, you can also see one of Dani's quiches.  As I explained before, I love meat, so I made the executive decision to conserve precious stomach space and was only able to try one.

Also, at the end in the pot is Angie's salad.  Once again, remember what I said about my photography skills.  The salad was very good, though *someone* started eating all of the cucumbers and tomatoes out of it.