Angus is up early talking to men in dark suits. Iran and China dominate the conversation - as they have since early April. Pompeo's meeting with the EU foreign ministers in Brussels was borderline amicable. Lots of 'indications' but no proof. Hungary's Prime Minister is fearful of auto tariffs. His host seemed unaware that the Hungarian economy is based on assembling Audi's. The PONs very sensibly doze under my desk.
Finally, it's time to get out. Sophie waits impatiently for her brother who has come out of the house and been distracted by the carrier pigeons . The look on her face says it all.
As the sun rises there are molehills to be excavated. Bob gives his nose a good lick but can't quite manage to get rid of the mud on the top .
Mud of a different variety faces us near the car park. They've started to dig up the roads in the little market town. This makes the simple task of getting the PONs from the car to the cafe rather difficult. There is machinery to be sniffed and in Bobs case ' christened '.
In the supermarket the annual restocking of the 'Foods of the World ' aisle has taken place. Fluff, Bagel Chips, Peanut Butter and Jelly Beans fill the American section. Angus wonders if these are the same jars of Fluff that have been on the shelves since last year. Or, are there secret French Fluff eaters who avidly devour this exotic delicacy as soon as it becomes available?
While looking for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9xHLo4w1-s&t=46s I stumbled on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDyDIEbc8Q . Not often you hear a singer without the aid of a backing band. He looks nervous.
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That is indeed quite a look on Sophie's face this morning! I'm glad to see they've put the peanut butter and the Fluff together this year, but I think they still need to add some WonderBread so the people of France can learn to make proper Fluffernutters. Although I must admit that until I just looked, I would never have imagined the Fluffernutter has its own, surprisingly extensive, Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffernutter
Somehow, despite living in the USA for 2 years, I never came across Fluff. What exactly are the ingredients??
It is a byproduct of the petrochemical industry with added sugar.
You should check out James Blunt's twitter feed! some good laughs - love how he turns things around.
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We had a friend at our table just yesterday who had never heard of Fluff until he moved to Massachusetts. He was raised in Louisiana and Texas. Fluff: he was raving about his Gran's fudge and I asked if it was the recipe with the Fluff as an ingredient. If looks could kill I would not be typing. Rant followed asking "What IS that stuff?"
"Trump doesn't know what he's doing," the title of Eugene Robinson's op-ed in today's WaPo pretty much sums it up. Wonder what (accurate) reports we'll get out of Sochi. Meanwhile we can rest easy in the knowledge that the President is involved in all the details of planning the capital's July 4th celebrations.
I've lived in several areas of the US but had never heard of Fluff until reading about it in your blog. I wouldn't even know where to look for it in the market.
Sophie does the very best side-eye.
The Hungarian PM's host is "unaware" of many things, including how not to trash an economy and a constitution. I was just reading about how the real estate brand is now pretty much worthless because he damages and destroys everything he touches.
If you only knew the lengths to which I went to replicate Fluff (pronounced by francophone husband as Flooof), a key ingredient in FLUFFY cupcake icing. Once our child grew up and learnt of the hazards of sugar, Fluff/Floooooof became as desirable as the plague.
That photo of the PONs at sunrise looks like a painting by Jules Breton.
Let's hope the market town's streets are being laid with fibre-optic cable. Vive la France, where even the sticks get fast Internet (though, living in a rural suburb of the sticks, I still have very, very slow Internet).
I do have to say, that if I were doing a display of "American Junk Food" marshmallow fluff wouldn't be what I'd have on display. I (also) don't know anyone who buys it. Our crew would love the peanut butter though.
Most bizarre. Our grand metropolis of 67 souls has a 100 mbps fibre. The local market town chugs along at 12-14 mbps.
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