re: Cassoulet

Well to claim you have eaten it that much and have never had tomatos in it I find that you must be the exception rather than the rule. The cassoulet outlier if you will. I've eaten it let's say in my lifetime twenty times in restaurants in the United States, France, even Spain as well as friends homes. I've eaten it at families homes another dozen and I've cooked it say thirty, forty times in my adult life. As I said 8 of 10 of those times it had tomato. It could be duck confit, goose, pork, lamb etc...but majority had tomato.

I've eaten at two Thomas Keller restaurants Ad Hoc a month ago and The French Laundry a year or so ago. Both had tomato in the cassoulet.

I find it hard to believe if you have eaten it as many times and places you say and Nitwit has had it and cooked it across France like hes General Patton tomatos have never been introduced. If true than I would say you both haven't eaten truly French as you think perhaps you have and I would question your ability to decipher actual food and dining. In other words your credibility is suspect.

I would prefer you just say "I don't care for tomatos in my cassoulet" or "I've only had it a couple times and I don't recall tomatos being in that dish."

To not do that is an affront and an insult to the intelligence of the fine posters of this board and a discount of your posts.

Having said that, I have six dinner guests ladling large bowls of my hot lamb, chicken leg, pork sausage, tomato and yes even a couple of carrots cassoulet and serving with big hunks of fresh crispy country bread smeared with softened butter. Being poured is my other 08 Cade Cab with a nice magnum of Beau Vigne being decanted as I type.

Hope all are safe from the storm and enjoying a tomato less dinner.

Not a problem. If you would have linked and explained but I know better than to put tomatos in a jambalaya therefore I didn't read sixteen pages. You tell jokes like my father. He gets about two thirds of it pisses everyone off and forgets the punch line.

The Nit has cooked for two Princesses, one First Lady, the Dupont family(the ones that own Dupont Chemical), the ArchBishop of Canterbury. Who the F have you cooked for diptstick?

Well as I said perhaps you are the exception. Or you are the Outlier of Cassoulet. See Malcolm Gladwell. It's a compliment.

But, back in July, I was in the city for the fourth, we ate at Gallaghers after Jersey Boys, which is a great production, if you haven't hit the half price ticket window, I suggest it. Gallaghers, ok, prime dry aged meat, old school Manhattan Theater joint.

However the night after, we went to LaSirene. A recommendation from friends, a great French restaurant with tomato cassoulet. I suggest you try this and broaden your horizons.

As you can read above we obviously are no match for the Nitwit who has apparently cooked for Princess Diana and a dead Gay DuPont murderer among others.

I haven't cooked for gay wrestlers ( although it's apparent that's his preference-I'm sure corn dogs and of course cassoulet are tops on his menu-not that he's a top, because I wouldn't bet on it) but I have cooked for my dear old mother who would tell me not to brag as well as letting me know she really doesn't care for the pretend French (see-Clitwit) and beans with tomatos are like bourbon and water. A natural fit.

Sorry you have missed out on some wonderful food.

I just poured the first glass of the second bottle. It's been breathing for three hours. Wind is starting to blow.

Man, I am thoroughly enjoying this thread. And there's no doubt that I will be preparing my first cassoulet this weekend. Still undecided if tomatoes will be included though.

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But, back in July, I was in the city for the fourth, we ate at Gallaghers after Jersey Boys, which is a great production, if you haven't hit the half price ticket window, I suggest it.

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Good god... and you were speaking down to me? Hilarious. Did Gallagher's check your backpack? I should have resisted this urge but as I re-read your posts, the empty condescension and your baseless arrogance got the better of me.

My neighbor from Jordon just gave me a beautiful cookbook on Mediterranean cuisine. It holds my only cassoulet recipe which contains both tomato paste and tomatoes...go figure.

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The Nit has cooked for two Princesses, one First Lady, the Dupont family(the ones that own Dupont Chemical), the ArchBishop of Canterbury. Who the F have you cooked for diptstick?

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cit, i know that this wasn't directed at me, but i find that this is a good time to interject that i have cooked for a well known and respected family from the F and D Board,,, the Otis family..