Stories Collected While Living in France

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A Morning Delight Sort of…

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The orange peel was grated,

The raisins had soaked overnight plump like baby cheeks full of spices and cognac,

Before diving into making Panettone

I made myself a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast

while stirring the oatmeal I popped a plump raisin in my mouth

wow, that was delish(!) I couldn't taste the cognac-

So I added a few heaping spoonfuls into my oatmeal.

 I rarely drink which probably explains why

I felt a little tipsy at 8 in the morning, okay, maybe more than tipsy-

And the Panettone paid the price.

Spice-cognac plump raisins should not be a part of breakfast.

 

Comments

10 responses to “A Morning Delight Sort of…”

  1. Lil

    Ha! Or plump spice-cognac might become a regular part of breakfast!

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  2. Susan in Zurich

    I made oatmeal this morning, too, but with blueberries; yours sounds much more interesting! 😊

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  3. Jeanne

    Panettone I love it……that gorgeous Italian sweet bread cake

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  4. Gina

    Hey Corey Love, What recipe do you use for your Panettone? I want to make some but first have some oatmeal with cognac raisins. Yum! I miss you! xo

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  5. Franki

    Oh! I am sure your panettone was absolutely delicious. I remember wonderful panettone from the market in Cassis….It only took me 3 days to eat the whole loaf on my own.

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  6. jackie

    Pannetone? That is notoriously difficult to make. I’m impressped (and the raisins sound delightful 🙂

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  7. Doreen

    Oh I remember Mom’s Mason jar with raisens. In her way late 70’s I saw the jar in its special spot and inquired as to their use and I don’t recall an answer, so it must’ve been something that made sense. I never mentioned the secret. My Dad was doing the shopping at that time and wondered why he was always buying Cognac and raisens as she told him for cooking… but there was never anything with Cognac nor raisens. It was probably about that time she had upped her consumption and appeared loopy several times to him. Dad asked me and since I knew better than fib, I told him to check the jar.

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  8. Stubblejumpers Cafe

    You are such a bad girl, Corey! In all the good ways.
    Love,
    Kate

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  9. Jan

    I laughed out loud.

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  10. Marilyn

    This just made me smile.

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