Tag: friendship
My First Loaf of Sourdough
A friend at exercise class gave me sourdough starter and a basic recipe. I learned why she advised don’t use tap water. Filtered or Spring water. The chlorine in the city water can kill the yeast (or at least slow it down.)
I’ve been feeding the starter refrigerating it when I’d leave town, take it back out and feed it again and was planning to bake sourdough bread.
Today was the day. I used a ln enameled cast iron bread baker that Jen S and I bought from Aldi last year.
I took a book out of the library through the Libby App online and renewed it tonight.
A Cat Tea Cozy
Joanne made an adorable hand stitched Tea Cozy in the shape of a cat. We zoomed on our computers while I opened the present she shipped from Florida. There were boxes of tea as well but I don’t have a pic. Her thinking is I can do porch knitting with
friends while we sip tea. I love the cat cozy. Thank you Joanne for the creative handmade cat to keep the teapot warm.
Summer Evening in Aspinwall
AVVA in Aspinwall modern Mediterranean Restaurant
My neighbor Kelly picked me up and we drove across the Allegheny River to meet our former neighbor Nancy who was waiting for us on the front patio of a restaurant I’d never been to before. We had a good visit catching up and enjoyed a delicious meal together. The Katmer dessert was new to us and we shared the lightly fried triangles of phyllo dough with a pistachio filling.
Katmer
Thin layer of phyllo dough filled with a mixture of pistachios and mascarpone
Silent Sunday
Absent Friends
Throwback Thursday. This tiny China box was a gift from a friend in 1981.
Inside I have some old earrings and my HS class ring from 1970.
Don’t open it often but did today.
The Gift of Farm Eggs
Saturday some Fiber friends and I helped out at a farm on Sheep Shearing Day. What a cool experience.
At the end of day, after a hearty meal I was given a dozen farm eggs to take home. They weren’t washed yet so could be left on the counter. What a great offering.
The taste of a farm egg is like no other. Delicious. So flavorful and rich.
dc’s Friday Lunch
You may have read the Simple Sandwich post on April 6th with the Tuna balsamic sweet onion, Parmesan, tomato sandwich and “recipe” photos featured.
Several readers were motivated to try the combination and I received good comments. Not everyone a fan of tuna, of course. But-
dc, friend and blog follower, wrote the funniest comment on the day of the post.
Vincie says:
When I got home this evening, I couldn’t decide what to make for dinner. Then I looked at today’s blog. Fortunately — unlike dc— I had all of the ingredients for this simple sandwich in the house. And . . . It was deeeelicious! Yum! I can’t wait to make it again! (Note to dc: Buy the ingredients and make. You won’t be sorry.)
Then dc sent this photo to me on Thursday the 10th ready for last Friday’s lunch
It was so satisfying to know the Simple Sandwich post inspired readers to create their own simple sandwich at home
So from Pittsburgh to Spain to Massachusetts and Maine and Florida. Those are few of the locations I know the simple sandwich was created and eaten. Thank you blog followers for such a satisfying result
Thank you for all the response to a Simple Sandwich .
Silent Sunday
Our Family Friend Wrote a Book
Our family friend Rob Bard has written an amusing book titled My Dog Ate My Bird . When I told my son Mark about Rob’s book he said, “I remember that!”
You might remember a post featuring Rob when he was judging pie.
Rob wrote then- On Saturday is the Amateur Division and these are the best. These pies are made by people like you and me. They are made with love and they are truly your “homemade” pies. I love judging that day. With over 900 pies entered, judges are divided up and we sample just a certain type of pie. There are 18 categories. I try to always select the cherry pie, my favorite. The most pies I have ever judged was 28 different cherry pies over 2 days.
Sunday is the Professional Division and these are just that. This category are those individuals that have “made a living” selling pies and the professional pastry chefs.
I have met some nice people along the way. Pie has a way of bringing people together.
Rob’s also been featured in the blog’s Gallery of Veterans. We met him when he was stationed at Ft. Knox Kentucky and our eldest sons were classmates in elementary school.
My copy has been ordered.
Congratulations Rob!