The pumpkins in Germany are quite small, designed for cooking rather than carving. My friend Beate had a small dinner party last night where she cooked one of these luscious pumpkins with coconut milk and chilis.
(This was after our Varieté 1770 preview talk at the theater. I spoke in GERMAN. On stage. Whatever was lacking in my vocabulary or grammatical structure was compensated by my vast face-making ability)
Americans! To your dutch ovens!
The other member of the dinner party was a modern cello player, and not a hour into the dinner a ferocious debate ensued about music "authenticity". I felt bad for poor Jeremy sitting at the table, but he later said it was actually interesting.
Our kitten, Heidi Fluffernutter, is growing and maturing in her ability to alternately annoy and charm us. At night, she loves to swipe-- WITH claws!-- at our feet moving under the covers which leads to me repeatedly removing her from the bed and Jeremy mumbling about needing a squirt bottle. But sometimes she sits on my lap or snuggles up next to me when I am reading. And she really is adorable.
Not-everything-is-perfect-in-Germany Note:
There is already Stollen in the grocery store. These people have no holiday speedbumps before Christmas, so this is what happens. I seem to also remember pine wreaths last year in October. Yuck.
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Dad and I were just talking about the Halloween decorations already and then saw Christmas trees for sale in K Mart!Your music discussion sounds way more interesting than health care.
Ha! The music discussion did get rather heated, but these two have been friends for a long time, so I wasn't worried about any bizarre fallout.
The health care debate boggles the minds of Europeans in general. Jeremy and I are going to get on that sweet, sweet German gov't plan come January, so we'll let you know how it works out.
The pumpkin dish sounds amazing. And the health care debate also boggles the minds of not a few Americans, quite frankly.
Good luck with those claws. It's a regular battle in my house to trim my kitties' claw. I've been to the vet a time or two because of an ingrown claw too! Stubborn kitties.
yum, Stollen. never too early for that. does H.F. only attack your feet? our kitty sees me as vying for the attentions of alpha male and will bite/nip/scratch me and then be all nicey-nice to Patrick
The midnight stealth foot swipe is getting a little more under control, I am happy to report!
I know she is going to love Jeremy more than me at some point, but it hasn't happened yet!
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