Quiche
In the early 60s my aunt, who was a fabulous and creative cook, served us a dish we had never seen before. She called it a quiche and we loved it. Even more specifically it was a Quiche Lorraine. Quiche (/ˈkiːʃ/ KEESH) is a French tart consisting of a pastry crust filled with savory custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. A well-known variant is Quiche Lorraine, which includes lardons or bacon. Quiche may be served hot, warm or cold.
Since then quiche has been a frequent meal for us. We have used my Aunt Florrie’s recipe from a 3 x 5 card until it became unreadable. Now we use Joy of Cooking’s standard recipe to get the proportions correct.
Y’all might remember my recent diary where I bought a Green Onion Pie at an Asian store. When we opened the package it turned out to be more like soft tortillas. We fried some, and Mrs. side pocket had an idea for the rest: we could use them as the crust of a quiche.
This worked so well. The crust was easy and it came out fluffy and delicious, with the embedded onions.
This will be our dinner tonight.
Patchwork crust.
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