[Boomer]

Part II:

My daughter, Boomette, called me while I was frying the baguette like I told you about in the previous post. Boomette and Mr. Boomette are really good cooks. Me? Not even close.

Anyway, although Boomette was quite impressed that I was trying a recipe from the movie, she informed me that the recipe is not Julia's but Julie's. It is in the part of the movie before Julie starts in on the long project, working her way through the cookbook.

Boomette said, "Mom, that was not Julia Child's recipe." (Maybe some of you know how only a daughter can say that word, Mah-ah-ahm, giving it at least three syllables.) She went on to inform me that Julia Child would not have been cooking Italian food, just French food. And she also told me that when she arrives home, she expects Julia Child's cookbook to be waiting for her, shipped from Amazon.

Wellllll, excuuuuuuuse me! (sigh) But I guess we all want our kids to do things better than we we do. Right? ....(Ohhhhh, Skillet, Skillet, on the stove, swear to me, I'm the best, by Jove.)

But actually, I did kind of wonder about why the recipe was Italian. Oh well.

Anyway, it worked out great. But it is a good thing I went to water aerobics today. Of course, now I smell like chlorine and garlic.

Boomer

PS: Actually, Boomette is much nicer than than I made her sound here. I am prone to hyperbole. And a little insecure about my cooking. And Starflyte, I just saw your post. I like that theory of yours about the pearls.