This and That

I forgot to mention that Rocky's sister bought us all tickets to Peru Negro. It was good, but would have been better if I knew Spanish. They dance and sang telling the story of the Peruvian Negros who were enslaved just like American Negros. The performers looked like they really loved what they were doing. The music was very interesting with the odd instruments, like jawbones, they used.

Now here we are at the end of March and we've been getting snow. Thursday and Saturday we had snow on the ground when we woke up in the morning. It all melted before noon, but then we had rain, rain mixed with snow, and hail. This is not normal for us this late in the year.

Here is a recipe that I often take to potlucks and get lots of compliments on. I got it off a package of asparagus from the grocery store.

Marinated Asparagus

12 fresh asparagus spears
2 T olive oil
2 T cider vinegar
1/4 t salt
1 t honey
1 bay leaf

Steam asparagus until crisp tender, drain. Whisk together oil, vinegar, salt, and honey. Pour over asparagus and bay leaf in a shallow dish. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight.

I usually make a large batch and use less oil than vinegar. I add cooked shrimp, zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, onion, baby corn, or anything else that seems like would be good in it.