tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post896737721363278127..comments2024-03-23T09:28:00.454+00:00Comments on Random Distractions: May birthdaysmonixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-51817859250857342482008-05-04T12:17:00.000+01:002008-05-04T12:17:00.000+01:00Did you know, J, that whatever you feed your Boy b...Did you know, J, that whatever you feed your Boy between the ages of 10 and 12, will be his favourite food for life? They are permanently starving - as you know! - and you could feed them absolutely anything and it would be imprinted in their 'great food memory.' It doesn't happen in the same way for girls, apparently.<BR/><BR/>This explains why my husband thinks I'm an excellent cook and tells all his friends how lucky he is but, the minute I go away, he rushes to Tesco and stocks up on tinned Irish stew, fish fingers, tinned peaches, condensed milk and mass-produced cake. His mother couldn't cook at all and once she had left her expat life for the realities of England, this is what she fed him. At least you know your future daughter-in-law will have to compete with some REAL food memories!monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22922478.post-67510626646411171622008-05-04T10:11:00.000+01:002008-05-04T10:11:00.000+01:00Ha ha - at least you got to put the icing and cand...Ha ha - at least you got to put the icing and candles on your birthday cake! I made mine, trimmed it into rugby ball shape (naturally), popped on some marzipan and suddenly a flock of gannets descended as if from nowhere, squawking 'ooooh, that smells nice, why don't we eat it right now - pleeease?' So I whipped up some plain white icing, poured it over and half the result was scoffed in minutes, all wet and runny and still slightly warm. And there was me planning an elaborate session with the icing tube to prove that I am, in fact a 'real mother' - oh well, saved me a job, I suppose. And gannets are not renowned for their aesthetic awareness.<BR/><BR/>Have a lovely family celebration and I hope your lot show considerably more decorum and good manners over today's cake than my gang did. Mind you . . . it looks so delicious that I'm a bit worried someone might break into it early.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.com