Would you believe that it is the wee hours of a new day and here I am, wide awake, proving false my mental image of me sleeping through the night after a fantastic weekend? I had very good intentions of finalizing my thoughts, then completing this after I arrived home past 8:30 and had a few minutes in my easy chair. I got as far as picking out a few recipes, then my well made plans disappeared.
Saturday started out with my usual early appointment, followed by a monthly luncheon engagement with some classmates and friends. A great grandson graduated from the sixth grade of our parochial school in the evening. Following the graduation we were guests of him and his parents for a reception in his honor. Congratulations, Tyler, on a milestone of accomplishment in your young life.
Sunday was even busier. With her grandparents, I attended the baptism of a great granddaughter in Ft. Wayne. Following a reception at her home we continued on to Decatur for a high school graduation of my youngest grandchild. That finishes 32 graduations and that many sets of luggage. I am not going to start that tradition with the “greats”! Congratulations to Whitney and Aubrie on important achievements in their lives. Hope this explains why this little old lady ran out of steam. I knew I would sleep through the night and start out refreshed. My old habits are hard to break and after an initial few hours of sleep, here I am again trying to accomplish something constructive instead of churning in my bed.
Family gatherings are very important to me and it was a special time renewing acquaintances of the past, meeting friends of my kids, and grandkids from Cleveland, Maryland and North Carolina. It is unreal, but all of my kids are approximately within one hour of me, but these grandkids forgot to take their parent’s example and are scattering country wide. It was a great weekend and so glad that I got to be a part of it. Both days were filled with more food than we really needed, but we could not disappoint the hostesses and not participate, could we? I have good intentions of eating salads for at least two days.
Once again, I resorted to a 10 year old cookbook. I found several recipes that interested me. As usual the most interesting were desserts, but I finally decided on one that is very seasonal right now. Since life does not came in just desserts, I will include one from down on the farm of sausage and cabbage.
June has always been the month of homegrown strawberries. So this would be the time to try this one that is a bit different from any I have ever tried. It can be prepared the day before you want to serve it.
CREAMY STRAWBERRY DESSERT
1 ½ cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 40 wafers)
½ cup, each, white and brown sugar
½ cup butter, melted
2 packages, (3 oz. each) strawberry Jello
1 cup boiling water
1 package (16 oz.) frozen, sweetened strawberries
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
1 carton (12 oz) whipped topping
Combine wafer crumbs, both sugars and melted butter. Press into a 9 x 13 inch dish. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Dissolve Jello in boiling water. Add strawberries and milk. Refrigerate until partially set. Fold whipped topping into strawberry mixture. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. To use fresh strawberries, I would dice and sweeten them according to family preferences and then add to the cooled Jello.
SAUSAGE CABBAGE SKILLET
I pound kielbasa or summer sausage, cut into ¼ inch slices
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
I medium onion, chopped
2 potatoes, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 garlic clove, minced, optional
Salt and pepper to taste
Brown sausage, add remaining ingredients. Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
In case you drove by my house before ten o’clock on Monday morning, I hope you did so quietly, because I am certain that I was still sleeping.
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