Pouff!!! It's GOURMET!

16 years ago

I bought some vacuum sealed bags of real bacon bits....I HATE Bacos.

Well about a month ago, my son, also a foody, was here and making himself a salad for lunch with baby lettuce and green onions and Maytag blue and who knows what else....and I handed him a bag of that real bacon bits....and he said..."Well now it's gourmet for sure! Ever notice how you add some crumbled bacon and it becomes gourmet?"

And we giggled about how a bit of crumbled bacon makes a scrambled egg into something special, how added to a cheese burger it takes it up a notch, add a sprinkle to green beans and it's fit for a king to a baked potato, on a simple grilled cheese sandwich etc...

Etc etc....that sprinkle of magic twinkling bacon makes all things "gourmet" just like a sprinkle of Fairy Dust makes any little girl into a princess! LOL!

So tonight I am making myself a salad....and I got out a package of real crumbled bacon.....and then I opened a bottle of "Tangerine Balsamic Vinegar" from the Olive Tap....and my salad started to sparkle and twinkle and suddenly became more than greens cheese bacon bits and a little oil....ti was GOURMET!!!!

Then I got to thinking....add some toasted hazlenuts to almost anything...cake pie, cookies, frosting, cheese spread, salad, breading for fish, chicken and other things as well....and that becomes "GOURMET!!!"

And then there's wild rice....serve a grilled pork chop with a side of wild rice or stuff a roast chicken, instant gourmet!

So what else can you think of to add to a meal that immediately takes it to that out of the everyday, to the "gourmet" category?

Linda C

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loves2cook4six
16 years ago
Yumm!!

We live about 2 miles from the olive tap. DH just cannot understand how I can spend so much on oil and vinegar.

For me a quick switch to Gourmet is a sprinkle of portuguese sea salt.
jojoco
16 years ago
goat cheese.
On a salad, spread on chicken breasts and then rolled and baked, on pizza...
jo
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teresa_nc7
16 years ago
Balsamic vinegar -----> presto change-o, it's gourmet!
hawk307
16 years ago
Sometimes I make a Salad with Iceberg Lettuce, in a large bowl and keep adding.
Fresh Tomato's cubed, Onions, Pimento Olives, Shrimp,
pcs. of Imported Sharp Provolone, pcs. of Pepperoni,simmered Sausage,
cooked Scallops rolled in Bacon, Feta Cheese, pcs. of Ham, Cooked Salami, some Anchovies,
Phew !!!!!

mushrooms , sprinkle of Tomato Juice, EVOO, Balsomic Vinegar, Garlic powder ,
Parmesan Cheese, Salt and black pepper.

Plus Some Garlic bread foe dippin.
Did I mention this is a meal.

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noinwi
16 years ago
Hot peppers...home grown, dried and ground to powder, or chopped fresh(or out of the freezer in winter)to sprinkle on salads, chili, eggs, bagels w/cream cheese, etc. I even mix the powder into hot chocolate.
mustangs81
16 years ago
Fresh herb garnishes and the serving pieces. That's the best I can do.
lindac
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16 years ago
Plate painting....just a drizzle of raspberry coulis, or a dusting of dried ground chilis, or anything served in a divided puddle of sauce...it could be boxed cake and half a plate of Hershey's syrup and the other half cool whip....but if properly done....wow! LOL!
carol_in_california
16 years ago
My friend, who doesn't like to cook, thinks sprinkling paprika on top of stuff makes it gourmet.
It does look pretty.
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16 years ago
Glitter sugar or Magic Shell. Impresses my friends every time.
wannadanc
16 years ago
It is adding pine nuts and pomegranate seeds to a fresh salad - along with the bagged bacon. Pom seeds freeze easily and so are as handy as can be. This last year I finally learned how to get those seeds out without making a huge mess - work under or in water - yep - slick as can be!
claire_de_luna
16 years ago
wannadanc posted the same answer I was thinking, which is toasted pine nuts. These days I'd also add blue cheese, parmesan, anything with a minimum of five spice ingredients, or grating ingredients into any dish to quality as gourmet at my house.
dgkritch
16 years ago
Pecans! Anything with Pecans!

Add some dried cranberries and pecans to plain ol' greens and it's a danged $10 salad!!

I wonder if it's regional?!?!?
Pecans don't grow here. Hazelnuts do. They're not as "gourmet" here because everyone can get them reasonably.

I'm just 45 minutes from the Pacific, most seafood is no big deal. You can buy it fresh all the time.
I'll bet truly fresh shrimp, salmon, crab is hard to come by in the Midwest, huh?

It's so true though that just adding that 'little something' extra can sure change a meal.

Deanna

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