Using seasonal baby fennel I made poached fennel to go with my chicken Kiev. This was an easy vegetable side dish to make.
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Getting to Paris was not as easy as it should have been. We booked our flights 10 months in advance, securing extra comfort seats at a cost. On the Tuesday before we were due to fly, Air France sent me a message to say the flight had been cancelled. The last time this happened from South Africa it was a disaster! Wanting to prevent the issue, I checked what our possibilities were with regards to flights. Once I had the alternative flights written down, I called Air France to sort out the bookings. I use the plural as we were travelling with friends who had their own booking reference. Air France insisted we fly to Johannesburg with Safiar, which was not my choice at all. From there we would fly to Paris on Air France, but we could not be seated in our paid for seats.
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As getting to Paris was the priority, I settled for seats where we could get them. We checked in online with Safair 24 hours before our flight using our booking reference. But could not check in online with Air France and Air France could not assist us over the phone. At the airport we were told we could not check our luggage all the way through to Paris as they are a domestic airline. I found this odd, but as Bev had forgotten to ask if she could check their luggage all the way through it meant all 4 of us would have to wait for our luggage on the other side. We had a good flight to Johannesburg and headed straight for the carousel after landing. This is a long story so I will continue it on Friday 🙂
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Poached Fennel
Ingredients
- 500 mls olive oil
- 8 baby fennel, stalks removed
- 1 dry chilli, split in half
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
Method
- Place the oil into a large frying pan
- Heat over a medium temperature and add the fennel and chilli
- Gently simmer for 15 minutes
- Remove the fennel, drain and season before serving
Notes
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Oh, I am looking forward to the next installment of your travel story – I am hoping it didn’t involve anymore cancelled flights or anything as such 🙂
I love poaching fennel 🙂
Thnakfully, no more cancelled flights!
I’m looking forward to the end of your story Tandy on Friday! I guess travel is never that easy. Tom and I were talking about how it takes us 24 hours to drive to South Florida where we live. But honestly, flying sometimes takes the same amount once you factor in wait times and such. And I didn’t know baby fennel existed but I do so love fennel. Yum!
I don’t think I could spend 24 hours in a car though 🙂
Such suspense, I can’t wait to hear how it turns out. I love fennel, we alas we never see baby fennel in our market.
It is indigenous to where we live so we get a lot of baby ones here 🙂
We have had our share of baggage woes, Tandy. That is why I fly with a huge hand luggage bag of all our medications and my cosmetics.
I always fly with my meds, make-up and electronic stuff in my hand luggage 🙂
PS A nice recipe, I got so distracted by the luggage woes which wind me up that I forgot to mentioned it.
🙂
I loved the food in Armenia.. You got loads of fresh herbs on a plate in the middle including fennel every meal and the locals add it to everything
That’s my kind of food.