food and parties

So yesterday was the fourth (fifth? third? sixth?) annual "graduation" party out here at the farm. I have lost count, and I am not at all certain that any of the graduate students who were here yesterday were actually graduates. I suspect not; but it has at any rate turned into a tradition (although I'm not sure how long it will last, as I am seriously TIRED!).

Evidently the food got a "10", or close to it, at any rate, although the weather did NOT. It was windy and cold, COLD. Not sure it got up to 60 degrees yesterday. And we couldn't put tablecloths on the serving tables, because of the wind. It was COLD.

Menu included but was not limited to:

Mint juleps

Pop

beer

wine

Smoked salmon rolls (rolled around goat cheese, EVOO, fresh ground pepper, chives) more or less invented by yours truly

Charred bell peppers (not green!), with VG mozzarella, red onion, served on romaine lettuce, with a vinaigrette containing anchovies as well as garlic.

Bruschetta topped with tomatoes briefly cooked in a great deal of EVOO that had a great deal of chopped garlic not cooked in it for very long, smeared or spread on the bread, topped with shaved Parmesan cheese

Country ham and sausage meatballs baked in brown sugar, vinegar, and Dijon mustard in it.

Roast chicken salad (?) actually supposed to be made from bar-b-qued turkey legs purchased (very good, I might add..) at the WIndmill Quick stop or whatever it is in Raisin, Tex, between Victoria and Goliad.

Roast pork (spiced with Chinese stuff, served with Wasabi Mayo), was not a huge hit, at least in the a limited group with no prejudices about either mayo or Wasabi. So there..

That's not all, but hey, it's late...