| During the summer months it seems that entertaining | | | | the food and asked for my salad recipes. As I was |
| and meals are mush more casual. People like to | | | | looking up the recipes one of the women suggested |
| organize barbeques for family and neighborhood | | | | that we should have a salad bar as a theme for the |
| gatherings. Summer time is when I pull out my salad | | | | barbeque. We could have grills going for hamburgers |
| recipes and create fresh light dishes. At the beginning | | | | and hotdogs and then have a variety of salads to go |
| of the summer several of us that live on the block | | | | along with the meat. This sounded like a great idea to |
| decided that we would have a neighborhood get | | | | all of us. We would ask each of the neighbors to |
| together at the end of August. We set the date and | | | | make their favorite salad recipes and to bring |
| passed the word. We decided that we would get | | | | hamburgers or hot dogs for their family. Everyone |
| together closer to the date and come up with a menu. | | | | would bring what they wanted to drink. |
| Three weeks prior to the get together those of us | | | | The neighbor that lives in the middle of the block has a |
| that were organizing the event got together. I asked | | | | large yard and a nice beach area for swimming. She |
| the other four women over to our house for a planning | | | | said that the barbeque could be in their yard. We live |
| luncheon. I made three of my favorite salad recipes to | | | | fairly close so we would carry over extra picnic tables |
| serve along with fresh bread and wine. We spent the | | | | and chairs. We set out a goodwill basket to cover the |
| lunch time catching up with each other on what we | | | | cost of plates, napkins and silverware and any money |
| had done thus far in the summer. The women all liked | | | | that is left over is donated to a local charity. |