As Damon's current visit winds down we took time to get together with Jodie and Rob one more time. The food was good as usual. No not good - it was pretty dram great! They arrived around 3pm and we played our first of two games of Catan. Dare I share that I won not one, but both games last night? Indeed true. It even shocked me.
Prior to their arrival I assembled the main course. Boneless pork chops wrapped in bacon using BBQ sauce as the glue to hold the bacon together per the recipe. Now mind you, the recipe calls for two strips of bacon per chop. If two is good, why not three! Oh my! Well, the end result kind of went sideways a bit. The first time I made these, I did them to recipe and cooked them in the oven. No problem. On the grill was an entirely different experience from Damon shared and some bacon got a tad crunchy.
Mind you, it got crunchy, but did not go to waste! With a tad bit of blue cheese dressing it was simply delicious. The main course had two salads. I made a lettuce salad and added raspberries (Yes Janet - GASP!) and offered Feta cheese on the side and ground walnuts as well. A raspberry - walnut vinaigrette was the dressing of choice.
Jodie brought some delightful appetizers including little Brie tartlettes with sauteed onions and some wonderful crab dip. But below is the salad course which were grape tomatoes stuffed with mozzarella and basil. Like a miniature Caprese salad. Quite refreshing. Dessert was some of the wonderful Nanaimo bars that Moonsong had made for Damon. Oh what a way to top off the meal and evening. A series of different white wines were enjoyed throughout the evening. Good times and wonderful memories.
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