Day 91: Ants on a Log (At Least Maxime Thinks It's Hot)

Ants on a Log

Status: Homemade

Satisfaction: 7.

Associated with: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)

I don't know if anyone else remembers this, but every time I watch the scene featuring Hagrid and Madame Maxime, I secretly cringe. Okay--not-so-secretly. The part I'm thinking about is where Hagrid tells Maxime about his mum; after staring contemplatively at him for several silent moments, she reaches down, puts her fingers in his hair, plucks something out...and puts it in her mouth. To this day, I still don't know (or want to know) what it is--flea, tick, ant--but it's certainly a liberty the directors took with the book, and sure as heck isn't my idea of a budding giant romance.

Day 18: Assorted Salads (or Vernon Dursley's Definition of "Rabbit Food")

Assorted Green Salad

Status: Restaurant (Sweet Tomatoes)

Satisfaction: 10! You can never go wrong with a salad bar.

Associated with: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 

The diet sheet that had been sent by the Smeltings school nurse had been taped to the fridge, which had been emptied of all Dudley's favorite things - fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate bars and burgers and filled instead with fruit and vegetables and the sorts of things that Uncle Vernon called "rabbit food."

Now, now, Vernon--don't be such a hard bloke on rabbit food. It really is quite pleasant if you're not persnickety about these things. And really, rabbits aren't half bad creatures. Some of them are even more pleasant to deal with than humans.