Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We hope you are enjoying a good week.
Residents in the Blue Cane community are happy to see work being done on West Blue Cane Road, just off Highway 32 West. County road workers are doing a good job surfacing a portion of the way with white gravel. The driving is much smoother and less dusty. Perhaps the road is yet as susceptible to potholes and ruts as any road.
Drivers may need to adjust their speed and driving habits to get used to the new roadway.
We don’t want drivers to feel overly confident driving on the new road. We want to keep our roads in good condition and safe.
Although we hope the entire community will be surfaced, there is an abundance of gratitude for the progress already made. Thanks to supervisor Echols.
More Ice Cream Trivia:
1. What food is often used as a substitute for ice cream in advertising photo shoots?
2. What is the most popular ice cream flavor?
3. What is the most popular ice cream topping?
4. What is the main ingredient that gives ice cream texture?
Here are the answers to ice cream trivia:
1. Mashed potato is the substitute for ice cream in a photo shoot.
2. Vanilla is the most popular ice cream flavor.
3. Chocolate syrup is the most popular ice cream topping.
4. Butter fat or fat from the milk gives ice cream its creamy texture.
We appreciate friendly neighbors and friends. We enjoyed fresh-from-the-garden tomatoes and cucumbers, making for the best pasta salad and another BLT, of course.
I like pasta salad and make it fairly often for myself, but this time someone else enjoyed it, too. I’ll share a point or three with you.
For a good pasta salad, there are a few mistakes to avoid: Overcooking the pasta, not salting the water, dressing the salad too early and maybe using the wrong pasta shape.
My favorite pasta for salad is plain spaghetti. The short and rigid pasta shapes are good choices. Rotina, bow tie, shell and the like have the ability to hold onto the dressing and other ingredients. The nooks and surface give places for the sauce and other ingredients to cling.
Add to the pasta salad what vegetables you have or like, such as celery, carrot, bell pepper and onion. Every bite is delicious!
Cucumber is my favorite vegetable for the juicer, adding other fruits and vegetables such as pineapple, ginger, apples, peaches and beets.
Every sip is delicious!
One other note to mention: The annual meeting for First District of Tallahatchie County Association and its auxiliaries will convene at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Valley Road, Charleston, from Monday through Thursday, July 21-24. Sessions start at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Members especially are encouraged to attend and show unity, standing together for the future of the organization.
Attendees will be inspired with the different speakers and topics offered. The Youth Oratorical Contest will be held during the Thursday night session.
Pastor Carl Ray, of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Tillatoba and Union Grove Baptist Church, Holcomb, is moderator. Pastor Preston Coleman, of New Town Missionary Baptist Church, Charleston, is vice moderator.
Every day is a blessing when we enjoy life.
