Cookout

What an exhausting, but fun day! Church, parade and cookout all in less than 12 hours. Good thing we started out with a hearty breakfast this morning to keep us going until we stuffed ourselves with BBQ! Our pipeband, Prairie Thistle Pipes and Drums marched in the Danvers Days parade this afternoon. We invited the band to our house after for a cookout. David manned the grill excellently with the BBQ chicken and brats. I worked in the kitchen to produce the following:

• Campfire potatoes
• "The Best BBQ Baked Beans on the Planet" (sans meat)
• fruit salad
• pesto pasta salad

We are grateful to some of our fellow band members for providing cookies and pies for dessert, even though most of us were too stuffed from supper for any dessert. All in all a wonderful night. Beautiful weather, great friends and good food. I do love cooking for a crowd, even if it's a lot of work. Thanks everyone who made it such a fun night!

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