Well seasoned Hodgepodge

 

Making time from my volunteer duties  to join in with Joyce and the gang for the Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond. Joyce writes the questions, bloggers provide the answers! Here we go ...

1. What's a lesson you've learned from a mistake? 

Oh, many,  many lessons learned from many mistakes!  Probably one of the biggest is not to delegate important tasks unless I'm 100% sure the person is ready for that responsibility.  Having to redo things, apologize for the way things were done,  or to undo damage done by others handling a task irresponsibly has taught me that.

2. Do you salt food while you're cooking or let diners add their own?  What's a food you think must be salted? Do you like pepper?

 I usually use the amount of salt that a recipe calls for -- and I've found that some recipes omit salt when really, a little bit should be added.  Sometimes brownie recipes or other chocolate recipes don't call for salt, but I think 1/4 teaspoon or so is usually necessary.

We don't ordinarily keep salt and pepper on our table, but I try to remember to put it out when we have guests.  

A food I think must be salted -- fries, chips for sure.  Some veggies.  Eggs need both salt and pepper, in my book.  

Yes, I love pepper.

3. What was the last gathering you attended and what did you do there? 

Does church count as a gathering?  If so, then last Sunday and I spent time worshiping God in community with others and learning from His Word.  If it doesn't count, then I guess the last gathering might have been our March Ladies of Grace meeting.  We chatted, visited, enjoyed coffee, tea, and some amazing maple blueberry scones, had a devotional discussion, shared prayer requests and prayed together.

4. Your favorite shade of purple? What's your favorite purple flower? 

My favorite shade of purple is probably tending toward a dark lavender.  My favorite purple flower is the humble spring violet.  One of the sweetest things about the violet, to me, is that it will bloom beautifully even in the most surprising, inhospitable places like the edge of a gravel road.  A perfect illustration of blooming where one is planted.

5. Share a favorite spring travel memory. 

A visit to south central Idaho one April.  It was different, so different from New England or even from other parts of Idaho.  Springs gushing out of hillsides, brown pelicans floating down a river, flowering trees in spring bloom.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

We had a wonderful time with friends yesterday on our way here to our volunteer jobs.  We met up with them and did some thrift shopping, then visited a vintage home goods store/antique mall.  They then treated us to lunch before we headed out for our time here.  What a blessing it is to have good friends who encourage us in the Lord every time we are together!