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Its summer. That means it is hot and humid. It also means it is festival time.
The Fireworks festival is on now but we have not been yet. Last night we went to Joseph and Claudia’s studio in old Montreal for a “junk night”. Essentially we all brought stuff that we did not want anymore and swapped it with the junk other people brought. We brought a piano book and some kitchen stuff we didn’t want anymore and got a few fiction books, a french grammar book, a french vegetarian cookbook and some clothes. Not bad! The fireworks were just ending when we left and Dan got some ash on his forehead!
At the junk night we also wanted a movie “The Gelaners and I” which was a documentary about gleaning, the practice of (traditionally) going throug the fields after harvesting to collect the bits of wheat that were missed. The movie explored modern equivalents of gleaning in France, including people who gleaned potatoes, grapes, and fruit from various farms and vinyards there. They also showed street people who “gleaned” from the fruit and vegetables left from markets in Paris as well as grocery store leftovers and garbage left on the street for the garbage collector. It was very interesting movie and provokes one to think about ways to reduce garbage in your life.
I am revising my cookbook and adding some recipes that my parents made that I want to have copies of. I have a recipe from my mom for fruitcake that is very good but looks a bit daunting. I have to start now if I want it to be ready by Christmas.