GOOD FOOD

I’m excited. I finished another J. A. Jance book. I’m convinced I like the books because of the setting. I’m only vaguely familiar with Seattle, but for some reason I trying to figure out where they are. The main thing that confuses me is that they seem to get from downtown to Mercer Island in 15-20 minutes. Maybe that’s possible, in my days of traveling the area I could rarely get from south to north in that about of time. Not to complain. The book is fiction and the travel time is definitely fiction.

Every Thursday we start the BBQ and people bring whatever they want to grill. They also bring something to share. Tonight was great. The whole meal was perfect. I did fish sandwiches in some Pita Bread that for some reason refused to separate in the middle so I could fill it. I hade never seen this kind before. It was square and perforated to split in two. But it refused to open and be stuffed. Must have been trained by a cat.

From the best I could tell, the split was off to the side. It would not pop open no matter how much the directions said it was easy. They were wrong. Two of us tried to cut it open. But because the apparent cut line was near the edge, one side had so many cuts and tears in it that I had to use the two thicker halves from two different slices to make one sandwich. At least the bread tasted good.

The watermelon was great. Soooo sweet. The lemon pie was just the right amount of sour. We had a choice of three different baked beans. Combining them was a great idea. There was a pile more dishes. Our next one is set for July 4. We will get a big attendance at that one and it may even be the first time we can actually eat outside. It's predicted to be 74. That will be a shock.