So. The October edition of Waiter, There’s Something in My… is done and dusted, round-up posted, and people are beginning to wonder what the next theme is going to be. Well, wonder no more – forthcoming host Johanna has put us all out of our misery and announced the theme for November.
What are your most vivid childhood recollections of Sundays? Boredom? Family activities? Church services? I know what mine revolve around – Sunday lunch! As in many Afrikaans households, Sunday lunch was always a big event and attendance was compulsory, even after my brother and I left home. The table in the dining room was properly laid with silver and my dad would pour everyone a round of drinks before lunch (Cinzano and lemonade when I was at school, gin and tonic when I was older). Once my mom called everyone to the table, newspapers, books and whatever other distractions we had been occupying ourselves with were banned – Sunday lunch was about conversation… and food. More often than not, Winter or Summer, my mom would serve a whole roast chicken, with an occasional roast leg of lamb or pork for variety – and it is these roasts that form the backbone of all my childhood Sunday memories.
So hopefully I can be excused for coming over all nostalgic and misty-eyed when Johanna chose Roasts as the theme for November’s WTSIM! Time to get your thinking caps on – what does a roast (Sunday or otherwise) mean to you and your family? Post a recipe and let Johanna have your entry before 30 November – more details available on her announcement post. So what are you waiting for – get roasting!
And, mindful of my request for meme tags to get me through the self-imposed suffering that is NaBloPoMo, I am also going to borrow the meme I found on Val’s blog as I’m sure she won’t mind 😉 It’s a slight variation on the “seven/six/five random things” meme so sit back, relax and get random with me.
7 Things I Say More Often (than…?):
1. In the grand scheme of things…
2. What do you want to eat?
3. Suit yourself…
4. F***!
5. May I make a suggestion?
6. And your point is…?
7. You may ask me 20 questions, I may say yes or no.
7 Things I Did Before (umm… before what?):
1. Play the piano
2. The Sunday Times cryptic crossword over breakfast
3. Play Tetris compulsively
4. Ran a business selling Zulu beaded jewellery with my mom
5. Went dune-bashing in Dubai
6. Went to the EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh, WI
7. High-impact aerobics classes
7 Things I Do Now:
1. Blog
2. Cook
3. Travel – a lot
4. Translations for a South African charity
5. Yoga (erratically!)
6. Take pictures almost every day with my Canon EOS 20D
7. Ski
7 Things I Want to Do:
1. Live in the same city (or at least country) as my brother & his family
2. Travel more – to South America, India and Australia in particular
3. Become a better photographer
4. Do more freelance writing that actually pays
5. Learn more html
6. See the Aurora Borealis
7. Hear Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia performed live
7 Things That Attract me About the Opposite Sex:
1. Sense of humour
2. Intelligence
3. Sexy eyes
4. A great butt (come on, let’s be honest!)
5. Beautiful hands
6. Kindness to animals and kids
7. Confidence
7 Favorite Foods:
1. Cheese (mature cheddar, truffled brie, aged Pecorino, comte…)
2. Jamon Iberico de Bellota
3. Karoo lamb chops cooked on the braai (BBQ)
4. Joel Robuchon’s impossibly creamy mashed potatoes
5. Steamed char siu pork buns
6. Berthillon salted butter caramel ice cream
7. Pierre Herme’s olive oil and vanilla macarons
I’m not going to tag anyone (after the flak I took for my casual use of the prescriptive phrase “have to” in my previous meme!!) but if you feel the need for a more meme-ingful life, feel free to nick this one and complete it on your own blog 🙂
Follow me every day in November as I complete National Blog Posting Month – a post a day, every day, for 30 days! Here’s what I’ve written so far.