Re: Another good thing to come out of Australia...
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@hotpop.com)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:47:11 +1100
> And Camille, you were right. It is a truly excellent book. And if this
was
> a Nabokov listserv, I'd probably start a thread on it right now, but I'll
> abstain. So, book recommendations, Jim's coat, and... pumpkin soup.
> (Tried it for the first time when I was in Sydney last year. And here I
> was, thinking that all you could do with pumpkins was make pie.)
You are absolutely *kidding* me!? They don't have pumpkin soup in the US? Oh
boy! One of the greatest creations known to man - pumpkin soup is to entrees
what `Smith' is to the phonebook! You know, in some ways America is far
ahead, but in others, it is *way* behind ... (: (I'll send along my mother's
best pumpkin soup recipie post haste. It's the red lentils that put it over
the top, believe it or not). And we are still eagerly awaiting the time
where the humble Tim Tam takes off in America and becomes the greatest thing
since sliced bread (which of course, it is.) A Tim Tam, for those who don't
know, is two rectangles of Oreo-consistency chocolate biscuit with a sort of
chocolate ganache in the middle, all covered with chocolate. 10 out of 10
for coffee dipping!!!
Glad you liked Lolita, too. It really is an amazing book, though my
favourite by Nabokov is the one that came next, `Pale Fire'. Dead genius
poets! Admirers considering poet's last work! Sound familiar? (:
Camille