Last Saturday saw the return of the great Kelly Clark to the Roediger House. A true chum when we were fellow undergraduates and Journalism majors at the University of North Carolina, Kelly makes regularly trips to the area to look in on his folks and, when possible, he generously builds in a visit over here to Winston-Salem. We had to make it a morning meet-up so it had to be breakfast: sous vide bacon, Swiss, and chive egg bites; creamy Southern stone-ground grits; blueberry muffins; and plenty of fresh fruit. We were too full for the dessert I also put together so that will be blogged about later. It's always a pleasure to get time with Kelly.
I made sure departed with the two specimens I'd snagged for him to go with an exhibit he's preparing back home in Maine: the cicada killer wasp and also this healthy praying mantis that almost fell into my lap. Kelly had mentioned both of these from his wish list for display but hadn't gotten ahold of any yet, so I'd been on the look-out.
Based on "How to Sous Vide Egg Bites at Home," from Jenna Passaro of SipBiteGo.com. [Published 08 July 2021 / Modified 31 August 2021]
"Perfect Blueberry Muffins," from Sue Moran of The View from Great Island. [Published 13 July 2021]
Guidance for making the creamy grits: Luquire Family Stone Ground Grits, milled in Greenwood, SC.
The mantis and the wasp were both excellent specimens. Breakfast wasn't bad either!
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