My most recent trip took me to Waterford, Connecticut. I visited the Clam Shell Quilt Guild www.clamshellquiltguild.org/index.html This was kind of a whirl wind trip. I flew in on Wednesday and flew home Thursday night after the workshop. My guild contact person was Tara Thornton who picked me up at the airport in Providence, RI. As Tara drove me to the hotel the views were breathtaking. It’s that time of year when the leaves are just starting to change in New England. Here is just a little of what I saw.
This week I am going back to the New England area. I’ll be driving to New York and plan to leave home a little early so I can stop and take some more photos. I love this time of year in the Northeast when the leaves are changing, the sky is blue and there is a bite in the air. It might be time to put my sandals away and get out my boots!
Tara took me to a Greek restaurant before the guild meeting. I really loved this stained glass window in the restaurant. The shapes and the colors were very appealing and the little perfect circles around the design of course caught my attention.
My trip to the Clam Shell Quilters was very enjoyable, albeit short. I made some new friends and saw some familiar faces. Thank you ladies for allowing me to lecture and teach for your guild. It was really a pleasure.
In a previous blog I told you that some of the ladies from the Fort Wayne potluck dinner were going to share their recipes. The first one is from Janet Ditton. Janet said the recipe came from the Purdue University student union kitchen. This salad dressing was fantastic. Janet used this salad dressing on a bed of mixed greens. I think it would also be good on a pasta and veggie salad. I bet you’ll find many uses for this dressing.
Purdue Dressing
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground mustard
2 tablespoons grated onion
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vinegar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon celery seed
Place sugar, mustard and salt in blender. Add grated onion (including juice) and a little vinegar. Blend. Then alternate adding vinegar and oil mixing after each. Add celery seed and blend a little more.
Enjoy. Thanks Janet for sharing your recipe.