Beef Bourgninion Night

As per one of my goals for this year, today I made beef bourgninion. I enjoy cooking. I enjoy learning about cooking. Well, recently I watched the movie Julie & Julia. In this movie an average joe, Julie Powell, decides that she wants to go through Julia Child's cookbook and cook all the recipes in a year. Quite a feat! During the course of the movie, as I watched it, I felt there was an emphasis on Julia's recipe for Beef Bourgninion. Well I am not an ourwardly competitive person but I thought to myself, "what's the big deal with this recipe?" I did some research and still didn't understand what all the hub-bub was about. So I chatted with Brian and I decided to make it. Many days of mental preparation brought us to today.

The prep station.
I had everything out and
ready for action at a moments notice!

The recipe called for an "herb bouquet."
Here is my first one.

The platter of finished product.
The house smelt divine all day long!

My plate.
I made a side of mashed potatoes and rolls.

Our first dinner guest of the year,
Auntie Suzie!
She really was happy to be there.
:-)

The recipe was not hard. It was just time consuming. I am guessing that was what the hub bub was all about. Start to finish total time was 5 hours. Total time standing over a stove babysitting a dutch over and/or a skillet 2 hours. Aidan was a wonderful boy today. He didn't come into the kitchen at all today. He kept coming into the hallway and making a face and running back to his bedroom. I wonder if my stressed face and constant moving about made him nervous?