I made a Shepherd's Pie for dinner.
Jul. 5th, 2012 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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With lentils to stretch the beef. Because, you know, lentils make it healthy. (The fact that it's half veggies makes it healthy.)
The nieces love this meal, especially when I refrain from making the topping with sweet potato. (Parsnips all the way, baby!)
While we ate dinner, we played categories, specifically, "things you do during summer". I went first!
A - we do aquatics, that is, swimming
B (Eva) - go to the beach!
C (Ana) - go camping?
D (me again!) - daydream
E (from Eva) - RIDE ELEPHANTS!
Wait, what? No, we don't ride elephants.
E - SEE ELEPHANTS AT THE ZOO!
No, the zoos around us don't HAVE elephants, Evangeline. And that's not a specifically summer thing anyway. "Yes it is!" No, it's not. "What if we go on safari?" No! "We can go on safari!" NO! Fine, let's just move on.
F (Eva, whispering) gotothezooandseefrogs!
F (Ana) - we visit friends. Okay, so far so good..
G - get tanned
H - My friend Sharlet rides horses! Can you leave so I can tell Ana a secret?
No, I can't leave. Your secret is only going to be that Sharlet rides horses all year round. "HOW DID YOU KNOW???" Because it was obvious?
I (back to Ana) - Wait, it's your turn, Connie!
No, it's not. I did G.
I - we DON'T see igloos!
WHAT THE HEY??? We don't see igloos all year round! How about "eat ice cream"? "No. We don't see igloos." Okay, what about hear the ice cream truck. "Don't see igloos!" Irritate Connie a lot? "That too, but really, we don't see igloos in the summer."
Whatever.
J - jump rope
K - ride kangaroos!
Clearly, they have some wild expectations of their summer. You can't ride kangaroos here. "We can if we go on safari!" NO YOU C- let's just move on.
L - want to ride a lemon!
A what? A lemon? That doesn't make any sense!
"No, a limo!"
You can't do that! "I always want to ride a limo in summer! I definitely don't want to ride a lemon! But fine. In the summer, I sit on a lemon."
...
How about "make lemonade"?
"No! In the summer I capture lemons and crush them to a pulpy death! MWA HA HA HA!"
At this moment, Jenn walked in, asking what was for dinner.
Evangeline: Sri Lankan food!
Me: Fried chicken!
Jenn: Okay. *walks out*
Evangeline: Um... does she really think it's fried chicken?
We never did finish this game.
The nieces love this meal, especially when I refrain from making the topping with sweet potato. (Parsnips all the way, baby!)
While we ate dinner, we played categories, specifically, "things you do during summer". I went first!
A - we do aquatics, that is, swimming
B (Eva) - go to the beach!
C (Ana) - go camping?
D (me again!) - daydream
E (from Eva) - RIDE ELEPHANTS!
Wait, what? No, we don't ride elephants.
E - SEE ELEPHANTS AT THE ZOO!
No, the zoos around us don't HAVE elephants, Evangeline. And that's not a specifically summer thing anyway. "Yes it is!" No, it's not. "What if we go on safari?" No! "We can go on safari!" NO! Fine, let's just move on.
F (Eva, whispering) gotothezooandseefrogs!
F (Ana) - we visit friends. Okay, so far so good..
G - get tanned
H - My friend Sharlet rides horses! Can you leave so I can tell Ana a secret?
No, I can't leave. Your secret is only going to be that Sharlet rides horses all year round. "HOW DID YOU KNOW???" Because it was obvious?
I (back to Ana) - Wait, it's your turn, Connie!
No, it's not. I did G.
I - we DON'T see igloos!
WHAT THE HEY??? We don't see igloos all year round! How about "eat ice cream"? "No. We don't see igloos." Okay, what about hear the ice cream truck. "Don't see igloos!" Irritate Connie a lot? "That too, but really, we don't see igloos in the summer."
Whatever.
J - jump rope
K - ride kangaroos!
Clearly, they have some wild expectations of their summer. You can't ride kangaroos here. "We can if we go on safari!" NO YOU C- let's just move on.
L - want to ride a lemon!
A what? A lemon? That doesn't make any sense!
"No, a limo!"
You can't do that! "I always want to ride a limo in summer! I definitely don't want to ride a lemon! But fine. In the summer, I sit on a lemon."
...
How about "make lemonade"?
"No! In the summer I capture lemons and crush them to a pulpy death! MWA HA HA HA!"
At this moment, Jenn walked in, asking what was for dinner.
Evangeline: Sri Lankan food!
Me: Fried chicken!
Jenn: Okay. *walks out*
Evangeline: Um... does she really think it's fried chicken?
We never did finish this game.
