Sometimes you just have to make your own.

Thanksgiving will be made (minus bonnets and Pilgrim outfits) by Katharine and myself tomorrow evening. My hope is that the turkey actually fits into the oven -- hee hee.

Tonight I made macque choux and tomorrow will attempt corn bread... this should be interesting for several reasons:

we have no black iron skillet
cannot find baking powder
am going on assumption that bicarbonate of soda= baking soda
there is no such thing as buttermilk here
polenta bramata is the closest thing to cornmeal i can find (?)
(and this was at the health food store, not the market)
flour is called by different names here (i.e., there is not all-purpose; there is baking, there is thickening, there are different colors on the bags... i just bought "plain flour")

To answer an Alert Reader's inquiry, "NO -- have NOT shared the horse whinny during my Rotary presentations." They might revoke the scholarship -- don't tell them!

Although I bet no one would call me a "coon-ass" after that :)
Redneck, maybe.

After Phonology class today, went to 12.40 Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire -- lovely not to have crowded theatre, so had perfect seat right at mid-screen eye level, and right in the middle of the theatre! Since haven't had time to be totally goofy and re-read ALL the books, forgot that the World Quidditch Cup was in here. Memorable parts, of course, involved animals -- Malfoy being turned into a white ferret and Mrs. Norris sitting on the table flipping her tail in feline alertness. the Quick Notes Quill personality was pretty clever. Overall, good book --> movie transfer, but it seems too much to require that viewer has read the book, so a bit disappointed in that. However, do understand trial of condensing 700 pages of text into a reasonable length. Would have preferred an intermission and a three-and-a-half hour movie, though. A few cheesy teenage angst parts annoyed me slightly. Amazed that they were able to turn a gorgeous creature as Ralph Fiennes into such a horrifying embodiment of evil; interpretation reminded me of Satan in The Passion. Very Interesting.

Saw preview for Narnia, and that looks REALLY amazing! Maybe it has already opened in the States? But here on December 3.