Eek
February 21st, 2010 by Missy
I have no idea what I was thinking last night. Dan is still in Minnesota and Anya slept over my parents’ house (leaving me in the room all alone) and I decided to watch.. I Am Legend before bed. I’m terrified of zombies. Yes, I know that zombies aren’t real, but that doesn’t stop me from being terrified of them. By the time the movie was over I was jumping at small noises. I got up to lock the door and Peri jumped up on the desk and knocked a hairbrush on the floor.. I think I was thisclose to hyperventilating.
Aaaanyway.. I watched Like Water for Chocolate afterward to try and take my mind off of zombies and now I’m taken with an obsession to make quail in rose petal sauce. I feel a little bad eating quail (they’re just so cute, aren’t they?) but I’m thinking I’ll make this dish for our anniversary or something. Suppose I’ll have to find a store / someone who sells quail meat first. I came across the Phoenix Permaculture Guild while I was searching and it got me thinking about raising my own quail. Not to eat (I know I could never eat something that I had raised myself), but for the eggs, the fun for the kids, etc, etc.
And, of course, then I started thinking about goats as well. I rather imagine, however, that most HOAs wouldn’t allow the raising of goats. Quail are so quiet / small / unobtrusive / native to Arizona that I’d think it wouldn’t be a problem, but goats may be another matter. Guess we won’t find out until we buy a house and get our hands on the HOA paperwork.