belatedly, friday's culinary successes

a snack and a wonderful excuse for a meal......

bee found this ear of popcorn that we got at the farm last fall. we got maybe three ears, who knows where the others are. we never popped them last year. we were supposed to let it dry for a few months, so by the time those months had gone by, it was long forgotten. but leave it to an almost four year old to find it and demand to pop it NOW.

i thought i remembered something about popping corn in the microwave, right on the cob. i'm scared of popping corn on the stove (that's D's department), and taking all the kernels off, forget it!

so, we cut a paper bag and popped it in. and pop it did! i got nervous and stopped it before it was done. i didn't want it to burn but there was still about one third of the kernels left on. still and success.

a little melted butter and salt. bee ate almost every bite.

 and friday's dinner....

cheese plate.
brie, mozzarella balls, some weird/delicious round cheese with two kinds in it, pecan crackers, cornichons, kalamata olives and tiny grapes. 

does it get better than that?