27 June, As the weather heats up you may be asking yourself WHY is he thinking about HOT SOUP instead of a Vichyssoise or a Gazpacho. Well my friends the answer is easy. The heat is supposed to break after Friday night and the highs should be in the 70's. Harris Teeter and Farm Fresh are having a seafood sale. Shrimp, clams, mussels and scallops are available at a reasonable price. I feel I can substitute Mahi-Mahi for Haddock. I realize that the fillets won't hold together or have the same mouth feel but Mahi-Mahi has not been over fished. Tuna is also available in fresh Yellowtail or frozen sashimi grade steaks. Since I can't find any suggestions for substitute of red snapper I may try the tuna or just breakdown and buy the snapper. I'll let you know how it turned out if I make it.
The Pennel family reunion went off nicely. There were about forty adults and 15 children of various ages. We had Poor Richard's pulled pork bbq, Smoked Chicken, baked beans, tater salad, slaw , ice box salad (if your from the south you know what it is, mini-marshmallows, pecans, pineapple, fruit cocktail, cream cheese ect... ),Chocolate dream pies, lemon chess pie, a blueberry and lemon pound cake trifle. Boston cream pie, an orange chocolate brownie torte from a recipe I saved from Ladies Home Journal. We were going to have a version of s'mores made with brownies but the marshmallows got a wee bit over cooked (burned). The social hall at the Oak Grove Baptist Church was opened before the feed bag was put on in an effort to get people to talk to each other rather than eat and leave. From what I saw it worked. It seems that more people were there longer than usual and enjoyed the conversations. I was asked to make some desserts next year with Splenda instead of sugar, so I'll try a fresh fruit tray and see how lemon meringue pie tastes.
The Pennel family reunion went off nicely. There were about forty adults and 15 children of various ages. We had Poor Richard's pulled pork bbq, Smoked Chicken, baked beans, tater salad, slaw , ice box salad (if your from the south you know what it is, mini-marshmallows, pecans, pineapple, fruit cocktail, cream cheese ect... ),Chocolate dream pies, lemon chess pie, a blueberry and lemon pound cake trifle. Boston cream pie, an orange chocolate brownie torte from a recipe I saved from Ladies Home Journal. We were going to have a version of s'mores made with brownies but the marshmallows got a wee bit over cooked (burned). The social hall at the Oak Grove Baptist Church was opened before the feed bag was put on in an effort to get people to talk to each other rather than eat and leave. From what I saw it worked. It seems that more people were there longer than usual and enjoyed the conversations. I was asked to make some desserts next year with Splenda instead of sugar, so I'll try a fresh fruit tray and see how lemon meringue pie tastes.
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