That I was sufficiently prepared for our feminist mothers’ discussion as to be inclusive of everyone who could possibly show up. But I think I probably wasn’t inclusive enough of our first non-custodial mother. (Eep).
That I knew everything there was to know about vaginas.
That I knew everything there was to know about being vegetarian (NSFW). (Thanks Feministe and if anyone joins that vego porn site can they please get the recipe for tofu pie for me from the members only section? That is not sexual innuendo, I really do want to make tofu pie).
That my mother would be a rational enough person not to buy into an argument with my 3 year old daughter about the ethics of eating meat. Get a grip, and try not to criticise my parenting values so much.
That all other parents in the world had become as square (and time poor) as we have. However, the talk this month among my mother friends is of a preschool somewhere (wouldn’t you like to know) where all the parents are not only completing their PhDs but having E weekends together.
My mother friends are doing PhDs, but they haven’t mentioned any E. Maybe they just don’t want to share?
Hahaha. Kate, you are the wit tonight!
E weekends… as in… *e* ‘e’?
How are they financing such lifestyles, anyway? Did they share that little secret with you?
Um, I really, really hate to ask, because it will “out” me as, well, old and square, but what’s an “E” weekend?
nice links, bluemilk!
pardon me while I go out the back and have a cigarette
I know hendo I know! How? So many hows. How did they get the energy, how did they meet each other, how do they get their children to be so low maintenance? How will it all end? You can see why my friends and I have had such fun chatting about them.
jayell1727 – you can be square here, I live deep in the heart of suburbia now, no cool going on round here for miles around. E as in ecstacy, ‘the where’s your head at’ ravers drug of choice.
Zoe – hahaha. Feminism teaches me everything I ever wanted to know about p0rn but was too afraid to ask.
I had always presumed that PhD completion post-kids was difficult because of the time, energy and emotional space factors. It seems I was wrong – it’s the drugs!
I take it these parent don’t pick up their kids from kindy in their tracky dacks?
Hey, I make a spinach and cheese pie which would probably translate very well to tofu, because the cheese part of it is a mashup of feta and ricotta; so you could doubtless put the fresh white type of tofu in instead.
I wilt a bunch of spinach in its own juice and a bit of olive oil and a couple of chopped garlic cloves, then leave it to cool in a sieve or colander to get rid of the excess juice.
For the cheese part, I mix roughly 200g of feta and ricotta together with whatever herbs and seasonings I feel like on that particular occasion. I use an egg to bind it but if you don’t eat egg, just make sure the mixture is not too crumbly once you get to the assembly part.
Then I take squares of pastry (I cheat and use frozen, but if you are a wonder woman and make your own, we’ll assume you’ve already done so) at cold but just-bendable temperature, put a layer of cheese mixture on each and then a layer of spinach, fold over, prick with fork etc etc. I brush with egg for nice shiny look but again YMVV.
If instead of the feta/ricotta you mashed up some soft tofu, again with whatever seasonings you feel like, I’m sure it could work quite well. Maybe you could put some crushed tomato with it if it was too dry and bland.
Yum, Helen! I would have to read this on a night when we’re having baked beans for dinner.