truffle; teenage issues

bought a truffle in the marche. my chef friend told me a good trick for truffles is to get a little one and put it in a tupperware with some eggs and leave it for a few days. the eggs absorb the flavor of the truffle and you make omelettes and put some more eggs in. you can use the truffle over and over for a while. i bought a truffle a few weeks ago and it wasn’t expensive. a little one for around 2 euros. unfortunately, it didn’t have much smell and couldn’t really taste anything in the eggs. i bought it from a vegetable stand and i guess they weren’t reputable truffles! anyway, today i went to the potato/mushroom lady – who had truffles from perigord. this truffle – the same size as the other one, cost 14.50! ok, maybe this is a real truffle. we’ll see. i don’t smell too much smell off of it either.

jj went to a party last night. a sleepover. a friend’s 16th birthday. i’ve noticed that she doesn’t ask me anymore whether she can wear her high heels or makeup. she just does it. she bought a pair of high heels when she was in spain with p. she says they’re not high. her friend who was here preparing for the party, explains, “they’re really not high. they are very stable because the bed of the heel is solid plastic”. she was going to wear them to the party. “going there too? why don’t you wear flat shoes and bring the high heels. walking to the metro over some cobblestones, up and down stairs and then walking some more, you’ll fall over”. “that’s what i said” said her friend. “no, i’ll wear them”. fine whatever. i figured that by the time she got there her feet would have blisters and hurt. i’ll let her discover it herself. in the morning, she came back and was wearing her flats.

the big concern now is alcohol at the parties. at this party, the mom said they could have champagne – with the permission of the parents. a little bit. her rule was, any kid bringing alcohol would be asked to leave. it’s a tricky question. the kids bring their own alcohol. they sneak it in. who wants to be a policeman about it? they pour vodka into water bottles or mix it in their cokes. it’s not a question about drinking alcohol. it’s a question of 15 year olds drinking alcohol.

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