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July 01, 2005
Happy this. Happy that.
Happy Canada Day. Guess what, Canadians! Next year I'll be celebrating with you. Frog and I are moving! We've been waiting a long time for this and come September, I'll be living in the land of Koigu and Celestial Merino. Everybody sing "O Canada" with me!
Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans as well. Eat a hot dog for me.
And for those of you who are neither Canadian, nor American, have a great weekend anyway!
I was tagged for the "Questionnaire de cuisine" meme in French, so I'm going to make it a bilingual thing in honor of my future home in Montréal.
Quel est votre premier souvenir de cuisine toute seule comme une grande ?
What's your first memory of cooking something all by yourself like an adult?
Franchement, je ne me souviens pas. Ma mère a toujours cuisiné beaucoup (et bien) et on a des photos où je "l'aide", je dois avoir un peu près 3 ans.
Honestly, I don't remember. My mom has always cooked a lot (and well) and there's photographic evidence of me "helping" when I was maybe 3.
Qui a le plus influencé votre façon de cuisiner ?
Who influenced your way of cooking the most:
Ma mère. Elle est douée pour prendre quelques ingrédients qu'elle a et les mettre ensemble pour faire quelque-chose de bien. J'ai appris comme ça et tout comme en tricot, je préfère ne pas suivre des recettes de trop près. Aussi, Julia Child est mon héroïne.
My mom. She's good at throwing together what she's got to make something good and just like in knitting, I prefer to not follow recipes too closely. And Julia Child is my cooking hero.
Avez-vous une vieille photo comme "preuve" d'une exposition précoce au monde culinaire, et voudriez-vous la partager ?
Do you have old photos that prove your early exposure to the world of cooking and would you share it?
Comme j'ai dit, oui, j'en ai, mais elles sont toutes chez mes parents.
Like I said, yes, I do, but they are all at my parents' house
Avez-vous des phobies culinaires, ou un plat qui vous donne des sueurs froides rien que d'y penser ?
Do you have any cooking phobias or a dish that sends chills up your spine just to think of it?
Je déteste les melons ! Je ne supporte pas l'odeur, ni le goût. Beurk ! Je ne suis pas fan de tout ce qui est fait avec des bananes et je n'aime pas les petits pois et tous les trucs gélatineux. Et le thon. Et les abats. Et la menthe n'est pas mon truc.
I hate melons! I can't stand the smell or the taste. Yuck! I can't stand anything made with bananas and I don't like peas or anything gelatine-y. And tuna. And organ meats. And mint isn't my thing.
Parmi les ustensiles de cuisine que vous possédez, lequel utilisez-vous le plus et lequel est le plus souvent delaissé ?
Among your cooking tools, which do you use the most often and which do you use the least?
Récemment, j'utilise beaucoup mon robot pour faire des "smoothies". Avant la chaleur, c'était plutôt ma grande poêle et mon grand bol. Et je ne les utilise pas beaucoup, mais j'ai un faible pour les fouets.
Recently, I've been using my food processor a lot for making smoothies (I don't have a blender). Before the heat, I used my big pan and my big bowl the most. I don't use them a lot, but I have a soft spot for wisks.
Citez des combinaisons d'aliments amusantes ou bizarres que vous aimez vraiment - vous, et probablement personne d'autre !
What's a weird combination of food that you like and probably nobody else does?
C'est probablement un truc de femme enceinte qui ne va plus se reproduire, mais un soir, je voulais des crackers et je voulais de la guimauve. Je ne pouvais pas décider, donc je les a mangé ensemble.
This is probably just a pregnancy thing that will never happen again, but one night, I wanted goldfish crackers and I wanted marshmallows and couldn't make up my mind, so I ate them together.
Quels sont les trois aliments ou plats sans lesquels vous ne pouvez pas vivre ?
Name three foods you couldn't live without.
Le chocolat, la glace et les pommes de terre.
Chocolate, ice cream and potatoes
Trois questions rapides:
Three quick questions:
Votre parfum de crème glacée / sorbet préféré :
Your favorite ice cream flavor:
Le caramel beurre salé ou Dulce de Leche de chez Hagen Daaz et l'amaretto de Amarino et Abbot's custard's vanilla turtles (une glace à la vanille très riche avec du "fudge" et des cacahouètes, le tout recouvert de chocolat sur un bâtonnet - une spécialité du coin d'où je viens) !
caramel or Hagen Daaz's Dulce de Leche and Amaretto from Amarino and Abbot's custard's vanilla turtles!
Vous ne mangerez probablement jamais... :
You will probably never eat...:
Du cheval et des abats.
horse and organ meats
Votre plat fétiche, celui que vous ne ratez jamais :
Your favorite thing to make that you never mess up:
Je suis assez douée pour les cookies et je fais un bon risotto aux champignons et Frog me dit que mon "fried chicken" et mes "eggplant rollatinis" sont tops.
I'm pretty good at making cookies and I make a good mushroom risotto and Frog says that my fried chicken and eggplant rollatinis are great.
I'm tagging the ladies over at From Rooster to Donkey since they sit around writing in French (but only if they want it) and anybody who'd like to bring this over into the anglophone side of blogland, it's yours. Take it.
Posted by kate at July 1, 2005 08:40 AM
Comments
I love melons but am, unfortunately, violently allergic to all melons. But the banana and pea thing I am totally down with. Both are revolting. On the other hand, I'll be happy to eat your sweetbreads which I know most people think are revolting but are fabulous if prepared correctly.
Posted by: Liz at July 7, 2005 10:32 PM
Kate, just received my Interweave Knits in the mail and WOW!!! You're on the cover. Congratulations, that's very cool. Love the design.
Welcome to Canada! We're glad you're coming.
Posted by: Holli at July 6, 2005 11:32 PM
Yay! I'm glad the job came through!!!
Posted by: jackie at July 5, 2005 10:37 PM
How perfect that your Franco-American alliance will be producing a little Canadienne. I just discovered a Montreal knitting blog; here's the URL if you don't know about it: http://montrealknits.blog-city.com/
There seem to be a few of us in the Great White who read your blog, so give a shout if you need any information.
Posted by: Mama Lu at July 5, 2005 03:05 PM
Congrat' on your moving ! Welcome in Canada.
et felicitation aussi pour ta petite fille de novembre.
Posted by: karen in Toronto at July 4, 2005 12:49 PM
Hah! Will get to it tomorrow (or try to, anyway)... we'll see who else is inspired (I'm betting Katia will jump on it, food goddess that she is).
I totally feel you on the melon thing, but oh my god, it is the texture that kills me. It's all SLIMEY! No slimey foods for me!
Posted by: kim at July 3, 2005 07:43 PM
Happy Canada Day! What a great idea to do this meme in both languages -- I was surprised to find that I was able to read most of the French too :)
Posted by: Kelly at July 3, 2005 05:34 PM
How exciting for both of your and your family(ies)! I guess you might as well be in France as Canada because I probably won't see you. ha But I'm sure it's an exciting happy change for you! Hooray! And yes, it's better to move before babygirl arrives. You won't have to lift anything heavy! Best wishes for finding a new home with lots of room for your yarn supply!! :)
Posted by: Laura Lee at July 3, 2005 05:42 AM
More happy news for you and your family! Happy Canada Day, indeed!
Posted by: Vicki at July 3, 2005 04:45 AM
Montreal is only about five or six hours from my house. Bienvenu!
Posted by: julia fc at July 2, 2005 09:10 PM
You're moving across the pond and you're going to handle this and babygirl how?!
Posted by: Nancy J at July 2, 2005 06:51 PM
Yay! I am going to listen to your knitcast and clean the mold out of my air conditioner to celebrate!
Posted by: molly at July 2, 2005 04:17 AM
Welcome to Canada! How exciting for us and our knitting scene!
Posted by: Cheryl at July 2, 2005 03:38 AM
Oh man, I am so super jealous you can answer that in two languages! Glad to hear you are moving! I love new experiences :)
Posted by: Dani at July 2, 2005 03:07 AM
welcome home!
Posted by: amy/squib at July 1, 2005 09:52 PM
Canada is a nice place. In fact, my parents just left to go Kayaking there (though on the West Coast and I believe you'll be on the other coast). Such fun!
Your food meme just made me think of all the things I like about my new job at a cooking company :)
Posted by: rebecca at July 1, 2005 04:54 PM
So happy to hear that you're moving to Canada! We welcome you with happy widespread arms!
Posted by: Tara at July 1, 2005 04:32 PM
