Hello all! So this is CC, the Vancouver branch of the Pleasant Peasants. As my sister said, we have "Champagne tastes on a beer budget", well, I sometimes seem to tend towards the Champagne taste end of things.
Tonight, after staggering home from work through the snow since Vancouver got an unusually large dumping this winter, I peeked in my fridge to put together a snack. I ended up cutting up some cukes, wrapped in proscuitto with some Red Hawaiian Alea Sea Salt and cracked black pepper and decided to amp it up a notch by drizzling some white truffle olive oil. Now, let me rave about my truffle oil. For the better part of a year, I've been tempted by the itsy bitsy bottles of truffle oil found at your local gourmet foodie boutiques but the prices of over $20 for a 10ml bottle always thwarted me. Before Christmas, a friend and I went to the Circle Craft fair in Vancouver, which is an eclectic collection of independent Canadian and American artisans selling absolutely beautiful jewelry, clothes and foodie items (amongst other things). There, I found my shining truffle oil, standing proudly on the shelf at a whopping $20 for 200ml!!! Canadian dollars to boot! To say the least, I was thrilled and snapped up a bottle. Oh, what a treat. High quality olive oil scented with the mesmerizing aroma of earthy white truffles. Amazing how just one ingredient completely changes a dish.
Tonight, after staggering home from work through the snow since Vancouver got an unusually large dumping this winter, I peeked in my fridge to put together a snack. I ended up cutting up some cukes, wrapped in proscuitto with some Red Hawaiian Alea Sea Salt and cracked black pepper and decided to amp it up a notch by drizzling some white truffle olive oil. Now, let me rave about my truffle oil. For the better part of a year, I've been tempted by the itsy bitsy bottles of truffle oil found at your local gourmet foodie boutiques but the prices of over $20 for a 10ml bottle always thwarted me. Before Christmas, a friend and I went to the Circle Craft fair in Vancouver, which is an eclectic collection of independent Canadian and American artisans selling absolutely beautiful jewelry, clothes and foodie items (amongst other things). There, I found my shining truffle oil, standing proudly on the shelf at a whopping $20 for 200ml!!! Canadian dollars to boot! To say the least, I was thrilled and snapped up a bottle. Oh, what a treat. High quality olive oil scented with the mesmerizing aroma of earthy white truffles. Amazing how just one ingredient completely changes a dish.
Oooooh. Very sexy food porn. I can almost taste that crunchy, salty, TRUFFLY snack noww. Mmmmm...wish I had been there to share
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