Sunday 21 April
It's Barbara's first year as a
faithful union foot soldier, and she and Holt were happy to head out to the
AAUP's annual school's-over potluck barbeque, for some solidarity through good
food and drink. It was held at the home
of colleagues Jenny and Fred, who are both landscape architects; and wandering
through their garden, with its grassy terraces, picturesque patios, beehives,
and vegetable beds, was almost as much of a treat as eating the products.
The main dishes for meat-eaters
were pulled chicken, pork, and beef brisket with a choice of mild and hot sauce;
there were also veggie-burgers for those inclined. On the side-dish buffet were three kinds of
cole slaw, four kinds of potato salad (one with addable bacon), Greek gigantes
and baked beans, cornbread, crudités with guacamole, and the bulgur and quinoa
tabouli we made yesterday.
The dessert table was as
spectacular. There were Jenny's
hexagonal honey cakes made with honey from the beehives just outside (it was also
in her fruit salad); rhubarb poundcake with candied violets; homemade blueberry
pie and peach pie; and Aglamesis ice cream, among other delights.
Topping off the evening was a beer
tasting (and ingredient sniffing) featuring hefeweizen, skullsplitter, and an American
IPA. Under that benign influence, our
president Greg played a funny original song featuring a certain newly-anointed
University president; we hope he posts it on his you-tube channel.
As we left, Jenny urged us to take
some of the meaty leftovers, and even clipped us some green and purple asparagus
from the garden. So thanks, AAUP! We will enjoy our union friends' bounty
another day.
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