Friday 15
June
Our
student, garden sharecropper, and friend Allison gallantly defended her Ph.D. today,
so as a celebration, she and her husband Joe gathered their family and friends
for a potluck celebration on the lawn in front of their house.
For our contribution, Barbara
harvested a double basket of the rainbow chard that's been sprouting all over the garden, and cooked it up with Indian spices
according to the Madhur Jaffrey recipe we've done before.
Other
items on the big hospitable table included savory barbeque, gluten-free
enchiladas, fried chicken, guacamole, blue corn and regular yellow corn chips,
hummus, bean salad, zucchini and potato stew with feta, leaf salad, potato
salad, and pasta salad. Oh, and
various wines, soft drinks, and beer.
Desserts
were Graeter's ice creams (mint chip, raspberry chip, and vanilla), plus
delicious homemade plum tart and chocolate-coated macaroons.
We had
some great conversations as we ate the good food, enjoyed watching the various little
boys interact with the various large cats, and generally celebrated until the
cows came home. Once they did, we
crawled home to sleep, but we remained glad that it all went so well. Loud and long congratulations to
Allison, and much joy to her and her family!
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