Thursday Lunch

It wasn't a day (one of those days only ducks could love) for many projects, but, there was time enough for Pete and Tom G to climb into the big white truck and do some 'goof'n around' and investigation:

• checking out the potential for kitchen equipment from the Braeburn (dumpster diving) 
• picking up the chipper (once donated to the Good Cheer Garden when Pete was an active volunteer) which has been with Ron the mechanic who put in a new carburetor so he could use it and Pete would use (a share the equipment deal) ... Pete's not been driving his old turquoise truck (Bernadette) since we moved onto the Prairie Front. Since Tom G has the fine big white and the skill to fix the chipper there is a promise verging on fulfillment to get it running so Tom Vincent (compost master guy) can use it to chip up all growing pile of plant trimmings in the Pea Patches.

I thought it might not be a day for cooking Thursday Work Party Lunch, but I was wrong. As it turned out I asked Tom, "So are you up for some lunch when you guys get back?"

He said something like, "Sure, if you're gonna make soup for yourselves."

I said, "Okay then. I'll eat my oatmeal and prep the squash for soup."

I ate my breakfast. Pete climbed into the passenger seat of the big diesel truck. I prepped the large Butternut Squash for Squash, Mushroom and Coconut-Ginger Soup. Slices of C&C (Crust & Crumbs the Skagit Valley Co-op bakery) Artisan Wheat Bread topped with lots of grated cheese accompanied the soup. I left a large hand-written note for the guys to find, along with a chunk of fresh ginger root for them to grate into the soup to satisfy their tastes. The slices of sour dough wheat and cheese? They grilled them when they returned from their investigation, while I hung out in the vardo doing my thang (writing).

The feedback from Pete regarding the soup and sandwich lunch "Warm comforting food. Home made quality." Feeding people always makes all the difference.