Last week-end I saw one of the guys living in the house I live in harvesting wasp nests located in the house. If you have never been to Reunion Island you don’t know that people actually eat wasps’ larvae here. The guy had a very long stick with a smoking piece of cloth at the end. The wasp don’t like the smoke, once they are gone it is easy to get the nest. Then it is time to fry, sauté or stew the larvae, bon appétit.
The day before yesterday I stumble on this as I got home.
Looks nice doesn’t it? I had no idea lizard liked bear with tequila in it. As soon as I saw them I went to get my camera to take a few pictures. I had left the bottle outside after emptying it so 3 lizards decided to move in. I expected them to scramble as soon as I came close to the bottle but they were completely out of it. I took my shots and left the bottle there expecting them to be gone in the morning but it seems they were stuck in it. I put the bottle on the side so that they could escape and went to work, when I came back 2 were gone and one was dead. R.I.P.
Each time I get somewhere, going for groceries is the first thing I do once I am settled.
When I just get somewhere and go grocery shopping, I almost always buy the same things. For breakfast, I will get some milk, some chocolate to mix with the milk, some biscuits, some Weetabix, some Rice Crispies and some Cranberry juice. For meals, I will get some Farfalle from Barilla, some smoked salmon, some bacon cubes, some sour cream, some bread for toasts, some slices of ham, grated cheese and some juice. I will also get some tea with special biscuits to eat with, some fruits and a few vegetables.
Except for the Cranberry juice and the brand of the chocolate, what I get for breakfast is exactly what I was having for breakfast when I was a kid; Cranberry juice wasn’t available in France at the time. I make croque-monsieur with the bread, the ham and the grated cheese, they would be exactly the way my mother used to make them if I would add some béchamel sauce. I make Farfalle au saumon and Farfalle aux lardons with the Farfalle, the sour cream, the salmon and the bacon cubes. I used to eat that a lot when I was at the university. It is quite fun to be regularly eating those things I liked when I was a kid but I will have to grow up at one point.
When I got to Nantes and opened the fridge to put my groceries I found to bottles of vodka, it is as good way as any to start. Cheers!
