This is AW1Ed’s personal recipe for Quiche Julia Childs, which he got from the Late Great Julia Childs, who (in case you were not around during WWII) acted as a spy for the US government during World War II. There’s a video at the end, too.
Making a double batch, one for tonight and one for the freezer. I like the trick of adding the eggs to the measuring cup, and and then
pouring in the dairy to the desired mark- no guessing! I also cheat and get store bought pastry shells and blind bake (375 degrees for 10
minutes) them when thawed.
Quiche Julia Childs
Servings 4-6 Units US
· 3 eggs (or 2 eggs and 2 egg yolks)
· 1 and 1/2 cup whipping cream, half and half or milk
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1 pinch pepper
· 1 pinch nutmeg
· 1/2-1 cup grated swiss cheese
· 1 -2 tablespoons butter, cut into pea-sized dots
· 8 inches pastry shells, partly cooked
(He also adds sliced ham.)
Directions:
1. To partly bake the pastry shell:.
2. Bake in middle of oven at 400 degrees F. for 8-9 minutes.
3. For filling:.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place oven rack in upper third of oven.
5. Beat eggs.
6. Add enough cream (or milk or cream-milk combination) so that
eggs and cream measure 1 1/2 cups total.
7. Add salt, nutmeg and pepper; mix through.
8. Stir in cheese. Check seasoning.
9. Pour into pastry shell and distribute butter pieces on top.
Place on baking sheet.
10. Bake 25-30 minutes or til puffed and browned.
11. Slide quiche onto a hot platter and serve.
The following video is Miss Julia’s demonstration on how to cut up a whole chicken. Save the liver!!!!
Save the liver!
“Save the Liver” for catfish bait.
Too late to save that liver. It’s already pickled. Damn shame that it has been 40+ years since SNL was funny.
Tanks Mateys. Baby girl has made this a time or 12. She uses bacon and a cheese blend. It’s right tasty.
Your right 5th/77th FA. In 1975 it was called The Not Ready For Prime Time Players then 3 years later it went to SNL and was a great show up until a certain time and I then stopped watching it.
I remember the Good Old Days of SNL when they had the likes of Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin and Eddie Murphy!
Nice with a salad, crusty bread and a chilled white vino. Also, any leftovers make for a great breakfast.
AW1Ed,
What?
A pinch of pepper?
No pinch of salt?
I’m devastated!
*grin*
Thank you for sharing, Ex-PH2 (Navy) and AW1Ed (Navy), for sharing.
Once in a while, the ninja Family (Army) will make Sausage and Sharp Cheddar Cheese Quiche to enjoy for Breakfast or even Dinner.
If I remember, a Military Quiche was a CRat called Green Eggs and Ham.
Right, Claw? *smile*
Yum, Yum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KIH3KHip04
Now ninja, I’m usually pretty free form when it comes to seasoning; when asked my answer is normally “enough.”
But I’m not messing with a cooking Goddess like Julia’s recipes!
Nice pan of cat food you have there…
*grin*
My seasonings measures is usually sprinkling them on until the Spirits of my Ancestors whisper “That’s enough child.”
And, btw Bro, no self respecting cat in the world would make a meal out of either the ham n eggs or the ham and “muthers!”
Ed, KoB and Jeff:
I still can’t believe the Dude in the Video actually nibble on some of the items in that C-Rat.
The pears look so appetizing. 😉
Had forgotten until now that majority of those items were made in New Jersey.
Actually, I DID enjoy eating the Green Eggs & Ham during one Training event. I was hungry. And when one is hungry, almost anything tastes good. Almost. 😉😎
Survived on the beanie weenies, p-nut butter oil on crackers, mystery meat w taters, fruit over pound cake, and the cigs. Until I get in tight with Supply Daddy SSG Y, was stuck with choking down whatever was the luck of the draw. And this coming from a kid that grew up eating whatever we had.
War story alert, TINS. There I was, doing a show on Civil War Cooking for/with Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods. He had an original hard tack that a lady’s grandpappy had brought back from the War, documented 1865 vintage. It tasted just like the ones we made the day before. Get a chance do the Google Foo thing, that video is out there, either thru youtube, or the Travel Channel, Bizarre Food Network. We started out with only scheduled 4-6 minutes of air time and ended up with 27 minutes. Had a large time.
KoB:
You were in the Bizarre Food Episode about the Civil War?
WOW!!!
First, rgr769 doing Re-Enactments of the Battle of Gettsyburg (and I think he was in the movie as well!) and now YOU!
I remember that Episode!
Folks, we have among us another Celeb!!
Here is the video. Wonder which one of Bobby Lee’s Boys is our KoB?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AXg9dDlZY8
Prolly served on many a field of Honor that rgr769 was on. Been an Oscar winning Motion Picture Star, International World Famous Magazine Model, AND a local media celebrity on many occasions. We’ll just say that Andrew and I had a nice chat around the fire. We did another segment for an Australian TV Crew a few months after Andrew’s shoot. Never saw that one. Not even sure it was ever broadcast. The production manager gifted me with a church key/bottle opener whose handle was made from a kangaroo “pouch.”
Remember Ham & Lima Beans C Rats? We ate C’s when I was active Navy and while in the National Guard 75-77. We also ate horse meat burgers while at sea when stores were low. When the OKIE 3 was in the Philly Yards, I watched Yard Birds grilling a cumshored can of 1940’s Spam on a piece of an I beam after burning/cleaning off the surface with an oxi acetelene torch. 5 Lb cans off coffee were great for cumshoring parts and bypassing the paperwork process.
Jeff, you are too kind to call that C-RAT “Ham & Lima Beans”.
I could have SWORN it went by another Name…..
😉😎
I always heard it pronounced “com-shaw” meaning acquired by devious means. Must be that Philly accent, ya damn Yankee.
Wasn’t the line,”Quiche me you fool, from an old movie?