One of my favorite movie lines is found in Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) where Violet Beauregarde eats the three-course dinner gum and becomes an actual blueberry. Sam Beauregarde, her father, quotes, “Violet, you’re turning violet, Violet!” Hehe :)
Mi hermana y yo went blueberry picking this past weekend! Oh how delicious they are and fresh. Next year during the summer season go check out Blueberry Hill Farms in Edom,TX (www.blueberryhillfarms.com). It’s a lovely little road trip from any major city, and it’s a very enjoyable experience that I’ve been a part of twice thus far.
Because I’m getting into this whole Betty Crocker mindset at the moment, I attempted to make some food out of the blueberries we picked. Well, since I’m not currently consuming sugar at the moment, our baking experience was quite unique. How is baking possible without sugar?! So we busted out with some sweet Whole Grain Blueberry Walnut Pancakes with Blueberry syrup (aka- squished up blueberries)! While they wouldn’t win a cooking competition, a diabetic would be allll over them goodin’s :)
The sis and I failed miserably when we tried to be legit chefs and flip a pancake in the skillet… And will you still look at me the same when I tell you we still ate it after it fell on the floor?… twice :P Haha, gross!!! And I’m not talking about the 5 second rule when you drop a cracker. No. I’m talking juicy pancake exploding into smithereens on the kitchen floor, 45 seconds worth of rolling on the gound laughing hysterically, and 20 seconds of cleaning up the mess just to place it back in the skillet to try flipping it all over again! Whoever said girls were gentle and polite? We’re just straight up crude… and slightly proud of it, with a hint of conviction :)
I hope to someday make Mrs. Crocker a proud woman :)
And did you know you can “make” your own tortilla chips? Bah, where have I been?! I think one of my life goals now is to make Juanita’s Ridiculously Buena Salsa :D
…and maybe I’ll put blueberries in it :)
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January 6, 2010 at 9:21 pm
JOAN!!!
I laughed HISTERICALLY when I read this. Reliving those memories in my head, especially with the way you wrote it, was priceless! Thanks for the laugh sis!