The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
I was walking Lili this morning when we saw a helicopter hovering over the town center. Turns out it was ferrying loads of building materials from the lakeside to a house under renovation just one road over. Imagine how much a crane costs when it’s cheaper to use a frikkin’ helicopter to deliver your supplies!!!
This is Geraldine. It’s supposed to be a cow footstool with built-in storage. Except it’s now annexed the flight cushion I’d bought at GVA Airport. And now I think Katy is shopping for a cowbell for her… Saints preserve us.
I still racked up 14000 steps…
I’ll be glad when this day is over and I’m back home. At least I’m in the right f’n country now.
And now I’m aaaaaalmost home. Just need to pick up the suitcase and I can put the airport chaos behind me, for today, at least.
1 tbsp olive oil
300ml tomato juice
2 tbsp tomato puree
800g fondue cheese mix
2 tsp Maizena cornflour
100ml red wine (Valais)
1 tbsp grappa
salt and pepper to taste
fresh herbs (thyme, basil, tarragon), chopped
1kg waxy potatoes, cooked in their skins, freshly cooked
200g brown bread, cut into cubes
Heat the oil in a fondue pot. Add the tomato juice and tomato puree, bring to the boil, then remove the pot from the heat. Add the cheese to the hot tomato sauce. Melt over a low heat while stirring, add the herbs.
Combine the cornflour and wine, add while stirring to the fondue, bring to the boil, add the grappa, season, serve immediately.
Serve the fondue with potatoes and bread.
Lily tried churros, poutine, beaver tail with maple butter, charcuterie, foie gras (with and without truffle sauce) and tartiflette. She approves of all of it, but wishes she could get her own foie gras sandwich, instead of only having the odd bit.
This year is the 2nd 50th annual tulip festival in Morges (because, you know, last year sucked!). This is what I see when I run through the park these days.
According to SRF Meteo, weather and wind conditions in regions of northwest Africa, including Mauritania, Mali, and Algeria forced desert sand two to five kilometres up into the sky before it was blown towards Europe via southerly winds, the national weather service said.
The result in various parts of Switzerland on Saturday were misty yellow-orange skies, also seen across much of southern and eastern France.