Nostalgia

Sunday, Alison and I did a quiz from the book “The seven principles for making marriage work” (It’s written by John Gottman, who is also featured in Malcom Gladwell’s book “Blink”.)

It was a simple questionnaire about what you know about your partner’s preferences/likes/dislikes et cetera. One of the questions was “What is your partner’s favourite dessert?”. I answered “CrËme brulée” (that was easy), but Alison couldn’t name my favourite dessert. I couldn’t name it either, because I like a lot of desserts, but decided finally on the Dutch “Griesmeelpudding met bessensap”. Of course that’s just a bout of nostalgia, because my mother never made it and I only got it when I stayed at an aunt. But I remember I fondly liked it there.

But nevertheless, today Alison surprised me by making “Griesmeelpudding met bessensap” the North-American way: Semolina Pudding with Currant Sauce. It tasted pretty yummy, only the “bessensap” was a bit too sweet to my taste.