Sense of Wonder..
At the Biotope building next to a nursery school two kids were exploring the little pond(?) with nets. One kids let me hold and photoshoot his little lobster (crawfish? crayfish?).

I offered my finger wondering how much it would hurt and if one this size would be safe to share with smaller or just more hestitant kids. It didn't pinch. Maybe they wait till you put them in your mouth or something. That strategy might work with Maron. I started to feel bad for it, it seemed weakened, maybe that's whey it didn't pinch, and got to hoping it would be set free before it died. I had to give it back to the kid that lent it to me, hopefully he set the cute little bugger free in time...

All this went on thanks to the the "Cafeteria" 「給食」 timeslot on Tuesday Nights with Mimata's Free Night School, Busy families and Single Moms can get together and chat, play dodgeball, goof with nets in the Biotope, with all the time saved by having dinner taken car of. I get to see a lot of friends here while they eat so I've been encouraging (supporting?) the effort with a cake. Thanks to this urge I got competent with the Okara Carrot cake. It's probably a little healthier than the Jewish Apple Cake: Okara and Carrots! And Nutmeg along with all the cinnamon.. When I make and extra cake and have it in the refrigerator I end up toasting some for breakfast a lot more often than I do with the JA Cake. And using Nutmeg gets you thinking about Amitav Ghosh's _Nutmeg's Curse_ and how to get over the Blood and Soil BS for Stories and Place: We gotta care for the dirt and the mountains where we are... "Love the Place you're with" to misquoe an 60s(?) song...

#Crawfish #Crayfish #RiverLobster ? #MimataFreeNightSchool #三股よる学校 #よる学校 #よる学校給食 #三股よる学校給食

#Crayfish[a] are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through

Quenelle de brochet (pike mousse cake). Traditionally served with sauce Nantua (with crayfish) but the restaurant seemed to use lobster. I'd been looking forward to this dish for over a year and it did not disappoint. #quenelle #brochet #pike #fish #crayfish #lobster #food #restaurant #lyon #france