It can be noted that French tarragon is the best for culinary use. Mine flourishes most of the year and I have even managed to share the abundance with Greg from The Restaurant at Waterkloof. Last weekend I picked some to make a tarragon mayonnaise.

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Have you heard of the Meal Sharing website? It is a concept where you can register to share meals. You can be the host, or the guest in any country in the world. I registered on the site when it first launched and looked into eating in someone’s home in Italy. There was no-one close to where we were staying and I kind of forgot all about the site until 2 years ago when someone messaged me. That did not result in us hosting a meal, and we had no further contact for another year. And that too did not amount to a meal in our home. Once again the concept has been out of sight out of mind (no pun intended) until I was contacted a month ago. Laurie sent me a message asking if they could come and eat at us.
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She was travelling to Cape Town with a friend, Aurelia. They both work in the Congo and are from France. I explained I would be more than happy to host them, but that Gordons Bay is a fair drive out of Cape Town. They were more than willing to make the drive. It was a first for both of us. I had never hosted and so felt I could not charge for the meal. And Laurie and Aurelia had never meal shared before. Aurelia told me she had done a lot of couch surfing though. I invited Dorothy and John to join us as Dorothy’s French is better than mine. I served crayfish with a tarragon mayonnaise to start, dorado as the mains with lots of salads, and strawberries and cream for dessert. Laurie introduced us to adding lemon juice to the strawberries, and I taught them about topping them with black pepper.
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Tarragon Mayonnaise
Ingredients
- 10 g tarragon leaves finely chopped
- 1 egg
- 10 mls Dijon mustard
- 5 mls Sherry vinegar
- 250 mls canola oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
Method
- Place all of the ingredients into a stick blender jar
- Place the blade of the stick blender over the egg yolk
- Use your stick blender on high to thicken, lifting it slowly as the mayonnaise forms
Dave and I are on leave. We will be back at work on the 9th of January. I will start replying to comments then. I wish you all the best over the festive season.
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This is a lovely concept, I have to check it out. I used to couch surf a lot, but it was before airbnb and me becoming a mom. Pepper on strawberries is new for me 😀
I am not sure I would try the couch surfing!
Would you do it again? Share a meal…that is! I find the concept interesting and fun. ..as long as there weren’t too many dietary restrictions.
I would do it again, and yes, if there are not too many dietary restrictions 🙂
What a lovely meal you served Tandy!! I have never heard of this before but it sounds interesting!
It is such a great concept!
taragon is undersued and a beautiful herb, sounds like a great mayonnaise!
I love using it with seafood and chicken 🙂
Best wishes for a joyful and peaceful festive season, Tandy xx
Thank you Liz and the same to you!
I am a HUGE tarragon fan… it grows well in my region. It is a shame that not too many people know of it, or use it in cooking! I will have to make this recipe! <3 – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
Hope you enjoy it Gingi 🙂
Truly – tarragon is not my favorite but I like the possibilities using other herbs!
You can use any herb for sure 🙂
I love the flavor of tarragon with seafood and made a crab salad with a fresh tarragon mayonnaise that will be served as an appetizer for our Christmas Eve dinner.
I am sure that your crab salad was amazing Karen 🙂