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Friday
Feb272009
Three: Mostly about food except for the toothbrush
February 27, 2009
Grace in Small Things:
1. People in the village have this thing about brushing their teeth outside, so that in the morning you can look any which way and see someone brushing his or her teeth. Today I was out on the scooter on the way to the veggie stall and I saw a man on his scooter with a toothbrush sticking out of his mouth, which was taking it to a whole other level. It made me smile.
2. Speaking of the veggie stall, I was buying veggies there today, since it was my day for cooking lunch. (We eat lunch together every day and alternate with the cooking. People often join us, so there is always a different crowd around the circle.)
As I was about to leave, with my potatoes and tomatoes and spinach and onions and chillies, one of the guys who works there said, "Wait. Oranges?" Because I hadn't got my daily dose of mandarins to supply my children with for their orange habit. And I love to buy food from people who remember my children's orange habit.
3. One of my guests brought me some strudel last night, and we didn't end up eating it together, so I had some for breakfast. Strudel for breakfast is really yummy.
Except that the ants had got to it, and there were dozens of them, so I had ant strudel. I put it in the fridge to stun them first, and then got as many as I could off, then just closed my eyes to eat the rest.
And now I am explaining how I stun ants by refrigerating them and then eat them. Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger here.
The point is strudel for breakfast. Yum.
4. My neighbor told me that I can use the curry leaves from her plant anytime that I need them. Fresh curry leaves from just over the wall.
5. Hummous for dinner that wasn't quite creamy enough, but still delicious.
1. People in the village have this thing about brushing their teeth outside, so that in the morning you can look any which way and see someone brushing his or her teeth. Today I was out on the scooter on the way to the veggie stall and I saw a man on his scooter with a toothbrush sticking out of his mouth, which was taking it to a whole other level. It made me smile.
2. Speaking of the veggie stall, I was buying veggies there today, since it was my day for cooking lunch. (We eat lunch together every day and alternate with the cooking. People often join us, so there is always a different crowd around the circle.)
As I was about to leave, with my potatoes and tomatoes and spinach and onions and chillies, one of the guys who works there said, "Wait. Oranges?" Because I hadn't got my daily dose of mandarins to supply my children with for their orange habit. And I love to buy food from people who remember my children's orange habit.
3. One of my guests brought me some strudel last night, and we didn't end up eating it together, so I had some for breakfast. Strudel for breakfast is really yummy.
Except that the ants had got to it, and there were dozens of them, so I had ant strudel. I put it in the fridge to stun them first, and then got as many as I could off, then just closed my eyes to eat the rest.
And now I am explaining how I stun ants by refrigerating them and then eat them. Just when you thought it couldn't get any stranger here.
The point is strudel for breakfast. Yum.
4. My neighbor told me that I can use the curry leaves from her plant anytime that I need them. Fresh curry leaves from just over the wall.
5. Hummous for dinner that wasn't quite creamy enough, but still delicious.
Reader Comments (6)
You take grace to a whole different level with ants on the strudel. Yuck! But then again, you're eaten cockroaches (garlic flavor) haven't you. Different taste buds for sure! It must have been the gum on the sidewalk that prepared you for this!
We do what we have to do when we have to do it. No judgement here.
I love your blog but I don't comment very often. I wanted to thank you for reminding me how important it is to take a moment to enjoy the small things in life, which I feel you've done quite often in your blog even before starting the GIST lists. Happy weekend!
You got me with the strudel. All the ants I have eaten have a little bite to them.
Ants? Um, no way. Hummous, yes...what did you have with it?
When I was living in Honduras we managed to get some brownie mix somehow. It took about a week for it to become a place where ants lived. Sometimes the food is more important than the ants it contains.