Berry Burst Salad Luncheon
July 16, 2008
Menu: turkey salad, potato salad, cranberry jello, salad vegetables, home-made roll, choice of blueberry or strawberry shortcake, and juice.
Price $8.00.
As expected, frozen berries in the shortcake and small scoops of the salads....too bad it wasn't as good as the previous luncheon. Still, I enjoyed mine!
Here is KT's take on the luncheon:
Being an adult with a discerning palette I decided to start with the Strawberry Shortcake. Big mistake – I should have listened to Baroing as he clearly stated his displeasure last year with the soggy cakes. Quite a disappointment to be eating frozen strawberries – especially this time of year!
Thankfully the main part of the lunch made up for what was clearly lacking in my shortcake. The lunch consisted of a turkey salad, two generous helpings of potato salad, a bun, a slice of cheese and a scrumptious offering of cranberry sauce. I for one am a big fan of the cranberry sauce as it offers a nice contrast to the turkey. I immediately began to construct an open sandwich consisting of a large dollop of turkey salad, a nice smearing of cranberry sauce, a piece of very fresh and crisp leaf lettuce and my small offering of cheese. Delightful!
I was a little disappointed that the lunch did not offer up one more bun as I had a lot of turkey salad left over and it just wasn’t the same without my well constructed sandwich. The potato salad was also quite nice. I found that there was just the right amount of crunch and not too much mayonnaise, a nice balance. Perhaps next year they will consider fresh berries and maybe a macaroni salad as opposed to two generous scoops of potato salad.
Next year I’m going with the blueberry shortcake and I’m gonna steal someone else’s buttered bun!
