This weekend was mostly quiet on the home front. I had NOTHING to do on
Saturday. So rare, and so nice and so rainy. So what did I do? I filled
it with domesticity. I was not alone in my lazy day. These lumps set up
camp right near my quasi-island so they could snatch anything I might
drop.
My family ate. Unfortunately, a bit of what they ate ended
up being more in the fail category than the keeper category. I have the
hankering to enter some more recipes in another contest. An ingredient
specific contest. So I did a lot of experimentation with the specified
ingredients.
Also of note. I recently borrowed some Julia Child's The French Chef
television episodes from the library. She used to visit our house via
the television every once in awhile, some of my friends houses saw her
more often.
Through grown up ears and eyes I enjoyed her very public oops and near
fails this weekend. At one point, while slinging butter and real cream
like she had her own personal herd of Holsteins, she made a reference to
American's fear of failure. Ugh. Well, that still rings true. She put
both her hands on her hips and trilled that we needed to be more French.
The French have the attitude that "I WILL overCOME! I Will LEARN!"
Ha. Ha. So my fails this weekend are now going to be labeled " Edible LEARNing opPORTUNities."
I
will learn Julia's techniques and attitudes and avoid her meat and
dairy ways. Yes. I will oVERcome and will make some lovELY dishes. BON
AppeTITE.
