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4 months ago
Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
Last time I blogged about Domino, I said that he was a master of emotional blackmail. He is also a bit of a psychocat. I don't say this to be mean, but this is the stare he has when, in the morning, he asks my wife for a second breakfast, after I gave him his first. Although there is never any second breakfast, he's not shy of pawing us and has these eyes. These devilish eyes. We love him to bits anyway and even as a psychocat he is so cute.
Non, sans blagues, je crois avoir eu une épiphanie à propos de St-Hubert. Le repas classique, avec le poulet, les frites, la sauce, c'est en fait une version québécoise et ouvrière du Sunday roast anglais.Le poulet n'est pas rôti, mais il est quand même la pièce de viande qui est le plat principal. Ensuite il y a les frites pour remplacer les patates rôties. Il y a la sauce qui va avec, au lieu du gravy. La coleslaw parce que bon, faut bien un tantinet de légumes. Mais enfin bref, c'est un Sunday roast. Je me rappelle qu'on allait souvent manger chez St-Hubert le dimanche soir ou en après-midi, d'ailleurs. Ca nous faisait oublier qu'il y avait de l'école le lendemain. Enfin, oublier un peu. Le dernier repas St-Hubert que j'ai mangé, ce n'était pas un dimanche mais un vendredi: c'était celui avant de prendre l'avion, que j'ai pris en photo ici, parce que je suis un peu quétaine parfois et que je prends en photo mes repas pour ce blogue. Mais bon, c'est quand même la chose qui m'a frappé en regardant cette photo: le quart de poulet poitrine de St-Hubert, c'est un Sunday roast.
I know I blogged about Domino not very long ago (well, sort of, I was blogging about tuxedo cats anyway) but I thought I'd share this picture with you tonight.A few weeks ago, he was not very easy, being very demanding, especially in the middle of the night, and a bit of a bully. Then he calmed down and became adorable again. He is still demanding though. I took this picture yesterday, when I was holding a fish stick for him. And you can see how much he wanted it. The eyes of pure greed. Sometimes when he asks for food, he has the eyes of a psychocat (I'll show you another picture one day). On this one, it is merely emotional blackmail. Domino is a master of emotional blackmail. But I love him all the same.
First and foremost, for those who do not know, the first of March is of course Saint David's Day, the national day of Wales, because Saint David is their patron saint. Google commemorated it with an absolutely magnificent Doodle, with the Welsh red dragon hanging on the L and daffodils. I had to share it. I owe a lot to Welsh culture, being specialized in medieval Arthurian literature. The most vivid memory I have of Saint David's Day comes from when I was at uni, doing an amateur production of Le malade imaginaire. Many of the cast were Welsh. At the end of the performance, each threw daffodils at the crowd, wearing a Welsh flag. I remember it to this day and at that moment I wished I had been Welsh. I loved their flag so much that I bought one, which is now somewhere at my parents' home. I wish I could have it here today.