Thymes Remembered Lady’s Luncheon: Friends Gather

Thymes Remembered Lady’s Luncheon:
When old friends gather,
the talk is more important
than the taste of the food.
But sometimes you’re lucky,
and you get both!

 

Today was such a day.

We used to be a “birthday group” of 5 until one friend moved to another state.

This weekend she came back for a visit, and we had a gathering of old friends for thymes remembered.

And it was good.

Our lives are so different now than before she moved.

We’re grandmothers now, and why does that make us busier than when our children were home?

Busier or whatever it is, our group of 4 finds it very hard to create a day when it suits all of us to be together.

However, with our old friend in town, we MADE time.

 

 

Our Lady’s Luncheon Menu

The Thymes Remembered lady’s luncheon menu was simple:

1. Baked potato bar with chili, cheese sauce, broccoli, sour cream, bacon bits, shredded cheese
2. My little’s favorite green salad: chopped romaine, crunched Doritos, chunked Gouda and hard cooked eggs with a hand mixed dressing mixed over all.
3. Fruit Salad with homemade sauce.
4. Artisan bread and butter, not homemade but as good as.
5. Baked-while-we-ate upside-down fudge cake with ice cream for dessert.

 

So this wasn’t a fancy gourmet meal served in an expensive tea house, or even a brick oven baked pizzeria meal, which we’ve had other times.

Nor was it a planned and coordinated menu with careful décor on a beautifully set table. Or even an Arizona style tea party.

This was a meal we brought together with what we had on hand.

Set on a table without a centerpiece.

And it was the best.

 

 

 

 

Thymes Remembered are the best of times

There was a lot of laughter.

Past episodes retold at length.

There were tears.

And silent prayers for the one who shared a struggle.

There was no silence.

Not one Quaker moment at that table.

And that says a lot about our comfort level with each other, doesn’t it.

We had school children at the same schools, we celebrated at each other’s children’s weddings, we prayed for each other’s children when it looked like they couldn’t find their way, we helped each other move from house to house, we camped together, we went to church together, we played baseball together.

And we celebrated each other’s birthdays, best moments, and spiritual victories.

We spent 5 hours together at this luncheon, and it wasn’t enough.

But it was good. So good.

 

 

Hot Chocolate Fudge Upside Down Cake

And just because it was so good,

I have to share the cake recipe we had for dessert.

 

Let us know if you try this recipe,
and if you think it’s as amazing as we do.

Until next time,

Kim & Dorothy