Our daughter Catherine is President of Lutheran Campus Ministries at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Charleston. A couple of weeks ago, she was part of a group of about 22 that took part in a Servant Weekend in Aiken. They put a whole new roof on a house, and worked in a food pantry, among other things. They left to go back to the Holy City on Sunday morning, and had to pass within a couple of miles of our house, so we invited them over for a lunch. Now these are young adults from The Citadel and the College of Charleston, and when we feed such college kids we generally try not to provide food they'd get in the cafeteria or the local pizza joint. This is the second year we've done this so we kinda-sorta had good idea of what they'd like. This is the menu we offered:
Pork Chops
Rice & Mushroom Gravy
Deviled Eggs
Grilled Squash
Kale Casserole
Brocolli Salad
Weaver D's Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Weaver D's Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans
Lime Jello-Pineapple Salad
Slow Roasted Roma Tomatoes with Feta & Olives
Sour Cream Dinner Rolls
Chocoalte Layer Cake with Ganache Filling and White Chocolate Butter Cream Icing
Appalachain Stack Cake
Do-it-Yourself Trifle with Pound Cake, Boiled Custard and Blueberry-Blackberry Filling
Most of these were tried and true recipes, but the kale casserole originally used spinach. It turned out very well, getting rave reviews, especially from some of the Cadets (along with the Stack Cake and the Lime-Jello Salad!). One really cool part was that pretty much all of the veggies and (the blackberries!) were from South Carolina! W. P Rawl's here in Lexington, Beechwood Farms in Greenville county, Callaham's Orchard in Williamston, and a roadside stand in Marion County.
They got here about 20 minutes earlier than we had planned, but we still got things together pretty much on time. It was great and they were a fantastic group of young adults! We really enjoy groups like this. With these guys and gals as our future leaders, folks, things are gonna be just fine!
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