for dinner on tuesday i made nourished kitchen's carrot and leek soup with toasted mustard seeds. after toasting the mustard seeds, i wasn't sure how i would like the flavor, but it turned out very good. with it i made a salad of baby spinach leaves and fennel. wednesday night, korrina made a fennel and endive salad to go with the leftover soup, and last night morgana made an endive and sprout salad to go with an asparagus frittata.
I have missed you, we have been busy with our grandaughter!! Mary Grace was born just over a week ago on the 11th.
ReplyDeleteHoping to be home on Monday and there are lots of pictures to share.
Much love to you
San xxx
so happy for all of you!! can't wait to see the pics :)
DeleteWhat a wonderful dinner. I'm getting hungry. Jonathan and Charlotte just got back from tonight's performance. The school ran out of tickets, so in order to see it tomorrow, we will have to be their early.
ReplyDeletei hope all goes well tonight and you get to see the show! break a leg to charlotte and jonathan :)
DeleteI did, it went very well. In German you say, "toi, toi, toi."
Deletei'm glad! and i have to ask . . "toi, toi, toi . . " is there a special meaning? (i suppose "break a leg . . is sarcasm . . or like knocking on wood . . "be awful and then maybe you'll be good." maybe it doesn't make any sense at all . . does it make sense to you? to say "break a leg?")
DeleteI think it comes from the northern part of Germany and means "May all go well." It was used as a spell against evil spirits. I did also find that some people think it is a short form of "Teufel" (devil), but was used the same way. You are supposed to say it over the left shoulder of an actor to bring him good luck.
DeleteWe also have the saying "Hals und Beinbruch" ("Break a leg"). I found that this comes from a Hebrew phrase that means "May all go well." It was used in the Yiddish form in Germany, but people thought it sounded like "Break a leg." Then it got translated into English. The original "good luck" meaning was retained, though.