My sister, Clarisse, invited a bunch of her friends over ce soir for dinner and asked me to join. It was fun and interesting at the same time as it was awkward and difficult. For one, EVERYONE TALKS AT THE SAME TIME. At least two people, if not more. It’s all well and good if you speak French, but I had absolutely no idea what was going on pretty much the whole time unless someone was directly speaking to me. Usually I was like “ok, someone just said the word for underwear” and that was as far as I could get. At least there’s always non-verbal communication. Thank goodness for that. Anyways, it was a good night. Oh and I was surprised that all of Clarisse's friends did the bisous (kisses on the cheek). In my opinion, bisous are way better than handshakes, much more personal.
We had kind of an interesting meal consisting of: A super fresh tomato soup. It was delicious, but not too filling, and I was hungry. Instead of using a spoon, everyone just drank theirs. Bizarre! We also had a salad of grapefruit (pamplemousse! my favorite word.) and smoked salmon and some other thing that I have no idea what it was. I know it sounds weird but it tasted excellent. There was also a salad with avocado, chicken, pineapple, corn, and something weirdly spicy. It wasn’t bad, but I don’t know if I’d make it for myself. My favorite part of the meal, though, was our chocolate cake (duh). It had about 5 ingredients and you made the whole thing in the microwave. The microwave! It was sooo good and easy. Super moist and almost brownie like only better. So good.
One of my favorite things to do is to help my family cook. It’s so interesting and different and more delicious than what I’m used to. Also it helps me learn all sorts of vocabulary. Like the word for egg shell, where else would I get that?
The rest of the day was eventful, but not too interesting. I was sad to say goodbye to Niki who's been living with me for the past few days. Her family is finally back from vacation, so she had to leave. Boo.
And I think that's all I have for now.
Bon soir!
bisous may be cool with some people but I think for others it may be really weird. you know like the people you don't even what to shake hands with. I don't want them near my face like that. That food sounds good. I think you are going to have to make us some food when you get back.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Nana or American cuisine in general should be offended to your more delicious than what you're used to comment. lol Haha, J/k! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds SO yummy! You should send the ingredients to the microwave chocolate cake so we can test it out here too~
This is really awesome to read your comments and see your pictures. One day Jen and I need to set up our camera and skype account to try and talk.
Mike