Surviving hot weather

Categories: france, marvellous-cuisine, my-beloved

Date: 29 June 2010 09:28:43

After torrential rain and the impression the monsoon had found France a nice place to emigrate to, we've had heat for a week, growing heat, cooking heat, both gorgeous and horrible at the same time.

My body's just about used to it by now and in the afternoon if I don't move too much I don't get soggy :P but I'm certainly not going out this lunch time and the shutters are lowered to keep the flat cool. The season has begun when being right above the basement is a blessing. What causes my toes to shrink back in horror if I forget to put them into my slippers throughout the winter is a beautiful lovely cooling surface underfoot now the heat pervades almost everything.

25C already and rising. Hip hip hooray for the nice cool floor.

Thank you all for the lovely messages. I did intend to write again sooner but last week was beyond hectic and I chose to fry bigger fish. I have so many ideas and things I want to write which I don't get round to putting down. One thing makes me forget the next and it all gets vague or forgotten. Anyhow, I enjoy finding my ring where it is and feeling the empty place where it was. I'll probably write the story of how it came about another day. It's worth the telling. Never mind the other things about which I would have liked to write.

Fabrice made marvellous cherry and mint jam for the second time last week. The pity being we didn't have time to prepare all the cherries so some wasted. Our mates have a tree and though some places got spoilt by rain this year, their tree has been more prolific than ever and with 5 adults at work there seems no end to the fruit on there.

This talk about jam reminds me that I never did say how the banofee pie turned out... It was a hit and by far the tastiest and most satisfying recipe I've ever tasted. I kid you not. The praline in the base has a fair part to play in it being so yummy.

Fabrice's cousin (whom I've never known cook or prepare anything) asked for the recipe, he liked it so much.

Right, time to get on with my nephew's bed. It's not going to make itself!

We've gained 2 degrees while I was writing.