Welcome to Sundays with the Lechlers. This blog shares recipes and events in our lives. It's written for family and friends and people who like to cook and read about good food. We all live busy lives, so we set aside Sundays to rekindle.
Today it is 50 degrees and that calls for the first fire place event of the season. I got it started today while I was setting a table for the Otterbein ladies who will come on Wednesday. I have jerked these table arrangements around until I am sick of them. It is suppose to be nice Wednesday, so I am actually planning an al fresco Tuscan-like setting out in the open as a last tribute to fall. But I like to be prepared, so I am setting up the dining room too. The guys are joining us this year, so I have their spot picked out as well.
I have abandoned the fall décor for the center piece and am going to get sunflowers for the center of the indoor table and an arrangement for the hall and kitchen. Flowers always win out with me. I am ordered not to fuss, but I always do and since I am not doing the food, I have time to fool around with this and that.
The Otterbein sisters always bring the best salads. I will try to have my wits about me this year and picture them before they are devoured.
I am going to surprise them with dessert. An apple tart and a pear tart. NOTE: Well, Booooo. How the mighty Whole Foods has fallen in the bakery area. I was very disappointed with the tiny ,so-called, pear tarts and the medium- sized apple tart that I ordered from Whole Foods. They once had fabulous desserts and I did not mind their prices. Now, not so much. I should have made them myself, but now, time is up. The staff was great, however, but then there were very few customers. I thought it had a dowdy feel, but Beth didn't see it the same way. So maybe I was looking for trouble. My advice, bake it yourself.
And, corn bread.
This week end we are going to Cincinnati. Andy is picking up Joe, his brother, to bring him to Columbus for the OSU/Cincinnati game. I will stay with Glenda who is still coming around after three major operations to one leg. We will go Friday after Andy's class and arrive around 3:00 to play cards and spend the night. Then Joe and Andy will drive to Columbus, attend the band show and game and spend the night at our house. Sunday they will come back to Cincy to drop off Joe and to pick me up. Convoluted, but good. I will get to spend some quality time with my sister-in-law. AND, I will get to North College Hill Bakery and Stehlin's Meat Market. I am running low on supplies, so this is a good time to get going.
We are a family owned and operated butcher shop located in Colerain Township, Ohio. Stehlin's offers a wide selection of the freshest meats around. Our butchers are known for their personal approach to business. They know a lot of our customers on a first name basis. Stehlin's is committed to keeping the traditional butcher shop alive in Cincinnati.
