Spaghetti (and Bubbles)
A clown taught my mom how to make bubbles. Who could possibly be a better authority on the subject? She can’t remember who he was, or at what event she had occasion to chat with him. But she can remember his instructions: 1 part Dawn liquid to 8 parts water, and a small spoonful of oil – canola or olive – to stabilize/elasticize the bubbles and incite a shimmery, swirling, gasoline sheen. About a tablespoon of oil when you’re using a cup of Dawn, he said. The use of Dawn is vital; other dish soaps aren’t nearly as bubble-inducing.
Far superior to dollar store bubble liquid (and cheaper, when you do the math); a small salsa jar produced hours’ worth of stretchy bubbles, the kind that are made by holding a large wand out beside you while running or twirling. (You can still get the wands at the dollar store.)
And still no SoBo. I’ve been paying particularly close attention to a high-maintenance, defiant three year old with gastrointestinal issues that has increased time spent in the tub (him) and doing laundry (me) and made me nervous about venturing too far out at the beach. He asked for spaghetti for dinner and so I complied; it was a good way to start chipping away at the surplus of veg we loaded up on in Nanaimo and don’t want to have to haul back in the car. So we ate spaghetti with onions, peppers, zucchini and crumbled up leftover hamburgers. Spaghetti! By the ocean! My Mom and I headed over to SoBo to pick up wedges of Key lime pie for dessert, but found it closed – it’s only open for lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays so we went to the Sugar Shack for ice cream cones instead. Strawberry (with sprinkles) for W, dark chocolate for Ma, mango sorbet for Pa, and Moose Tracks – vanilla with chunks of chocolate and peanut butter cups – for me.
One Year Ago: Spaghetti with Spinach
April 27 2009 09:15 pm | leftovers
Monique on 28 Apr 2009 at 3:44 am #
Seems I have been making quite a few of your recipes since I found your blog:) This one will definitely be added my grandsons adore blowing bubbles! Thanks..and I have Dawn.
thepinkpeppercorn on 28 Apr 2009 at 4:21 am #
Hope the little guy will feel better soon! It sure looks like he’s having fun!
Cheryl on 28 Apr 2009 at 4:55 am #
Poor you, no vacation on vacation. Is it ever with kids?
Did you notice that you had spaghetti last year?
Dana mccauley on 28 Apr 2009 at 4:58 am #
Now you tell me when I have a 12 year old – I needed this info a decade ago!
Have fun making family memories!
Jen C on 28 Apr 2009 at 5:45 am #
Thanks for the bubble recipe – this will be a nice addition to my “What to do to keep the 5 year old occupied throughout the summer program”. Plus the bubbles always seem to get spilled somehow…
I’m trying to get my head around cooking for 2 now since my husband is on the road a lot of the time and our hockey billet has gone home for the season but am not feeling very inspired…. Enjoy your vacation – we were just out there for a couple weeks as that is ‘home’ to me – such a beautiful place!
Barb on 28 Apr 2009 at 6:01 am #
I knew the basic bubble recipe but did not know about the oil. Of coarse! How silly of me to miss that.
Erica B. on 28 Apr 2009 at 7:24 am #
I wonder if Costco sells Dawn, my kids loooove bubbles
Hope W is feeling better soon (just finished all the laundry from the issues we had 2 weekends ago)
robyn on 28 Apr 2009 at 8:13 am #
Aw, poor monkey! How did the spaghetti and ice cream go over with the gastro issues?
JulieVR on 28 Apr 2009 at 8:33 am #
Oh fine. Spaghetti is relatively benign.. I was a little worried about the ice cream, but by that time most of it had passed (it was mostly the night before and yesterday morning, and seemed to bother me-who had to clean it up- more than him) and he so had his heart set on a strawberry ice cream cone with sprinkles! It made him so happy. He was fine overnight.
Becky and the Beanstock on 28 Apr 2009 at 8:38 am #
I love a good clown story! For a minute I thought you were going to write about spaghetti and bubbly – and I thought “what an interesting pairing”. But I would have given it a go! : )
Manon from Ontario on 28 Apr 2009 at 10:47 am #
Tell me about it, gees, I’ve been under the weather now since yesterday, it seems that what I eat wants out!!!
We are having spaghetti tonight actually.
Thanks for the bubble recipe, always wondered how they did that.
Have a great day.
MFO
robyn on 28 Apr 2009 at 12:36 pm #
I was more thinking of the tomato sauce…..pretty acidic coming out the other end!
I’m glad he’s feeling better, and happy with his bubbles! xo
Avery on 28 Apr 2009 at 1:10 pm #
I love Moose Tracks!