The Frank Funny Farm

i liked to tease to boy by asking "why do you hate our blog?" since he never posted even though he said he was going to. you may have noticed he actually did post the last post there, which was a while ago. he then, of course, asked me why i hated the blog - with a hint of smugness, i might add. well, i don't hate the blog, the blog is fine and really, if one of us is a blog-hater, it's the one who went and started his own blog for his newfound love of taking pictures of his food. but i digress. i am a blog neglector mostly because i don't think any more posts are needed about me freaking out regarding a lack of job. i feel that's pretty well covered and sadly, that's mostly what my brain focuses itself on. i mean, things happen, good times are had,  we've been cooking lots and lots of delicious things due to the CSA stuff and i have been seriously squirrel-like with the stuffing of the freezers. plus i was forced to organize them, which those who know me know i greatly enjoyed. because i'm a weirdo. but i dunno, blog, i just haven't really been in the frame of mind to write things or do things i deem unproductive or frivolous or useful to the household. i've more or less mentally grounded myself it seems. and it sucks, but what can i do? i'm grounded.

Editor's note: Megan is gonna die of shock from my posting, but, whatever. she wanted me to post more, so i hope you guys don't mind seeing more food.

We had some friends over last night for a little 4th of July shindig; it turned out rather awesome. As with most of our friendly gatherings it was pot-luck style. I made Ground Venison Burgers with a Coffee Spice rub that were amazing. I also used a purple cabbage and some fresh cord we got from our CSA along with some hot peppers (including some cayenne from our garden!), carrots, lime, red wine vineagar and cilantro to make a spicy southwestern slaw. Keith and Laurie brought along an amazing whole grain mustard warm potato salad. Carey & Jared brought some hot dogs and brats. It was fantastic!

For dessert Megan made the most amazing trifle! Using some peaches from the CSA along with strawberries and blueberries she layyered the fruit with poud cake and an out of this world lemon curd. it was unbelievable.

Jared put on an amazing fireworks display in our back yard that was much more enjoyable than going downtown and standing in the rain amidst all the crazies – a great night indeed.

And as an added bonus, the leftovers for both breakfast this morning (trifle) and lunch today (potato salad) were awesome!

Tags: 4th of july, fireworks, food, friends, grilling, party