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Cooking with Julia Childs TR JULIA: Toujours, mon ami! Toujours - GK: Good to see you. TR JULIA: "Mon ami" means "my friend" - GK: Yes, of course. You look well - TR JULIA: I feel fabulous. Strong as a horse. That's what mixing all that puff pastry will do for you! GK: You're looking forward to the holidays? TR JULIA: Yes, of course! This Christmas I'm serving A la Recherché de Turqui Perdue. GK: That's a Frank Perdue turkey? TR JULIA: No, no, no - that's Remembrance of Turkey of the Past. It's French - it means leftover turkey. GK: You still have leftover turkey from Thanksgiving? TR JULIA: Oh my, yes. I fixed a 30-pound turkey and it's all leftover. Nobody ate it. GK: You didn't eat any of it? TR JULIA: No, no - I love to cook but when it comes to eating, I prefer take-out. GK: Oh. TR JULIA: I had Moo Goo Gai Pan for Thanksgiving. Lovely. Scrumptious. Ate it right out of the pan. Me and this guy. GK: Anyway, Julia is here to promote her latest cookbook - TR JULIA: Yes. It's called "Julia's Menus for tête-à-têtes" - (SHE LAUGHS SUGGESTIVELY)- GK: Sounds interesting. TR JULIA: Those romantic little dinners for two where you wind up under the table kissing and rolling around on the carpet and making low moaning sounds. GK: Oh, those dinners. TR JULIA: Yes, those dinners. Where you serve finger food. GK: I see. TR JULIA: And sometimes tofu. GK: Right. TR JULIA: That's a joke. A Julia joke. GK: So what dish are you going to make today, Julia? TR JULIA: Today we'll make the roast duck - or, in French, Le Canard (FRENCH GIBBERISH)..... GK: Roast duck - that's pretty complicated, isn't it? TR JULIA: No, it only means that we start two days ahead of time - we partially roast the duck, we take a straw and blow air under the skin and remove the skin, we remove the legs and wings, and we press them for the juice - GK: That sounds awfully involved. TR JULIA: Yes, it does, doesn't it. - The heck with it. Let's just have a nice Pasta Fromage. GK: Pasta Fromage sounds simple. TR JULIA: It is. You boil the pasta and you add this fromage to it. GK: What kind of fromage is it? TR JULIA: I have no idea. It's a powdered fromage and it's in this little bag that comes right inside the box of pasta. GK: It sounds great. TR JULIA: It is. You care for some? Later? Big boy? (MUSICAL PLAYOFF) GK: Julia Child and her new cookbook, "Julia's Menus for tête-à-têtes" - (c) 1998 by Garrison Keillor |
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