Spring Flings

  • The Floor of Heaven by Howard Blum
  • An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
  • The Devil She Knows by Bill Loehfelm
  • Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
  • The Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (book club read)
  • Death of a Pinehurst Princess by Steve Bouser
  • Still Life by Louise Penny
  • Looking at Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gilmore
  • Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (book club read)
  • Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen
  • Killer Stuff and Tons of Money by Maureen Stanton

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Meet Your Neighbor Party

It was a beautiful day for a party, sunny, breezy and warm.  Nine guests enjoyed our backyard patio decorated with orange lights and pumpkins.  The ladies carved pumpkins while the men hovered over the grill.  We ate hamburgers,hot dogs, baked beans, corn salad, lettuce salad and potato salad.  Only a few people were brave enough to try a Snappy.  But those that did, raved about them.  After the pumpkin mousse and oatmeal cookies, no one had room for the toasted marshmallows.

For the best baked beans ever:

8 cans white beans rinsed and drained
2 cups catsup
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup diced bacon
3/4 cup chopped onions

Mix and bake 4 hours at 325.  Uncover the last 45 minutes.  Recipe can be doubled or halved.


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