Mint Julep

MINT JULEP

3/4 c. sugar
Juice of 3 lemons, strained or 9 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 c. water
4 sprigs of mint, bruised
1 pt. ginger ale

Boil sugar and water 10 minutes, cool. Add lemon juice, mint leaves and ginger ale. Fill glasses half full with crushed ice and julep. Garnish with a sprig of mint.


Mint Juleps usually have bourbon whiskey in them, but this way all can enjoy!

Soup Swap 2012

At 6:00 the guests arrived laden with quarts of soup. All talk with introductions and "how do I know you?" or "how do you know Cheryl?". After gabbing about life we began with Mint Juleps. One guest brought homemade french bread, so we were drooling over that. The Gumbo smelled amazing! I was so looking forward to enjoying this meal after its aroma filled my house all day.Soon we were serving up; spoon of white rice in the bowl and cover it with Gumbo. Shortly after I was hearing the comments. They loved it! Although I have a New Orleans heritage with my Mom growing up there, I hadn't made Gumbo in over 15 years. I soon found out what a mistake that was! The flavors had melded together to create an indescribable burst of flavor in my mouth that I call "A circus in my mouth." The french bread was baked to perfection!

After the meal we did our soup talk, then swap.....then more talk....and more talk.....

Soup Swap Tonight!

I'm looking forward to getting together for eating and swapping soup tonight! One friend made homemade french bread for our meal.I'm so looking forward to homemade bread, as I'm not much of a baker. Tonight I will be serving New Orleans Style Gumbo.

Here's comment about Gumbo:
Gumbo isn't about recipes. Gumbo is cooked with instinct and heart. Gumbo is a dish you are taught, not something you can make by reading a recipe. My gumbo won't taste like yours and yours won't taste like mine, altough mine tastes pretty similar to my Mom's, but that is probably because she taught me how to make it. If you have the ability to cook with pinches, dabs and shakes, if you can season, then taste, then season a little more until it tastes right to you, then you can make gumbo using this "recipe".

I will be posting the recipe later.