It’s May 1st today. Thank goodness. It’s really and truly spring.
Or so we thought.
Yesterday, we had a much-anticipated picnic with our friends Ashley, Gabe, and their two darling sons. Our daughter loves these two, plus we chose a picnic spot at the beach, with swing sets and slides nearby. What could go wrong?
Well, it rained. A cold, hard rain. (This has been the strangest spring in Seattle.)
Thank goodness for covered picnic areas, for good friends who know how to laugh off the unexpected unpleasantness, for jackets always in the trunk of the car, and for Ashley’s quinoa salad with avocadoes.
It went really well with the Black Forest ham we had brought, along with the cheese. In the cold rain, a slice of salty, slightly sweet cured ham made everything feel better.
(Pork is actually a great accompaniment to quinoa. The nutty grain goes well with the full-bodied taste of bacon or sausage or ham. We’ve been enjoying the combination lately.
Plus, Ashley brought handmade macarons.
Really, it was a lovely picnic. Being with good friends and good food — the weather doesn’t really matter.
But man, it has to grow warm around here someday!
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Just wanted to tell you that, for the first time in my life, I bought some smoked pork loin the other day. All your stories of pork convinced me to branch out!
I like ham.