In the last month or so I learned about banana pancakes. Just mash up a ripe banana and beat in two eggs. It’s perfectly fine as is or you can fancy it up with whatever you want after that, some cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, or hell, garam masala. Fry small pancakes of it in some butter, throw in whatever toppings you want, crushed walnuts, blueberries, kale for the aggressive lot, whatever, before you flip it. It’s totally revolutionized my weekend breakfasts. Maybe everyone knew this but me, but I’m totally bananas over it.
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I bet the roll of tape alone cost more than $6. Of course they could have already had that from their less successful Grape Duct-Taped to a Wall.
You know of course that kale is the same thing as bananas.
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Anything that turns flatware green is inherently suspect.
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Channeling El Arroyo – I prefer my kale with a silent “K”.
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I have never heard of this, and am definitely trying it tomorrow.
On the theme of this thread, if anybody reading this has never been to the Menil Collection in Houston, they have a ton of Magritte’s paintings and sculptures on display at all time, and they also have a Catellan (not sure if it’s currently on display or not: Maurizio Cattelan, Italian, born 1960 - Untitled - The Menil Collection - The Menil Collection).
The Menil is seriously one of my favorite museums in the world, and it’s here in my backyard and is FREE. The building itself, designed by Rienzo Piano is amazing, and their newest building, the Menil Drawing Institute is beautiful as well. The drawing institute has revolving exhibitions.
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I’m a big art museum attendee, and have been to a lot of museums, some of them multiple times. This year I went to the Detroit Institute of Art, which I’d never really paid attention to, and which was largely funded when Detroit was Houston because of car manufacturing instead of oil and gas and chemicals. It is amazing, close to par with the Chicago Art Institute and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the two or three hours we spent there didn’t begin to do it justice. I liked Detroit a lot anyway, but the museum is a gem.
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This is not a pipe.
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I too, love art museums. I haven’t been to Detroit’s. St Louis has a real nice Art Museum as well. I really enjoyed the Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida. Speaking of Saint Petersburg back in 2021 I was planning a trip to the Russian, Saint Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum. Then the war escalated and travel was restricted. Still want to go someday and included it with my other euro museums. I’ve been to The National Gallery in London, the Rijksmuseum, Museo del Prado and The Louvre. Also the Sistine Chapel.
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I have taken to going fishing in museums. I take pictures of art that includes pictures of fish. I also go guitar playing in museums. We went to the Cancun Maya museum a few weeks ago–a museum that’s seen better days but with a good collection. I got three pictures of Mayan fish plates.
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My paternal grandfather moved to Texas after WWII in search of work. He did a bit of everything an inevitably found his way to the refineries where he worked for the next 40 years.
His schooling stopped after the 8th grade to help on the family farm. It was just as well because he was probably dyslexic and he was definitely left handed which they tried to fix by forcing him to use his right hand.
So he worked his whole life, raised a family, grew his own vegetables, kept chickens and grew plants in his greenhouse.
On the wall next to his easy chair was a framed print of some old workboots. I stared at those boots for a large chunk of my childhood. For all I knew they could have been his.
So here I was at the age of 21 studying abroad for the summer in Holland. One weekend I went to the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. At one point I climbed a staircase and turned a corner and to my amazement I was looking at my grandaddy’s boots.
I had no idea. When we cleared out the house I got the print and still have it today.
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I would have never expected that. If I ever get to Detroit proper I’ll have to make that happen (and finally check out Comerica Park).
Guess I’ve really only been to a handful of the more notable art museums in the US - the Metropolitan in NYC, the National Gallery in DC, and the Art Institute in Chicago. I’ve always wanted to go to the Getty in Malibu as well.
In SoCal, the Norton Simon in Pasadena is excellent.
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I have a tshirt with the Death Star on it that says “ceci n’est pas une lune”
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These were…ok I guess? I added pie spice and pomegranate seeds. Was hard to flip them because the “batter” was so wet.
Speaking of St. Petersburg, a few days wandering the halls of the Hermitage is well worth the time spent. Wandering the canals and riverbanks with Dostoevsky on your mind is also very worthwhile. Of course, that was pre-Putin; or at least pre-invasion-Putin.
ETA – The Alte Pinakotek in Munich is an under appreciated museum and worth the trip, too.
Random oddball fact 2: I am a rock hound and have been since I was a kid. I will pick up any shiny, interesting, or weird rock and put it in my pocket. Recently I got into rock tumbling as well, and I’m hooked. Here are some of my first batches which I picked up on a summer trip to Michigan. Also a huge piece of petrified wood I got at the Houston gem and mineral show a couple weeks ago.
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How much was that banana?
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Is that a banana for scale?
Yep. Wish I’d put duct tape on it.
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