My little baby turned one today and it was also Easter. Of course the little darlin' couldn't tell us what she wanted for her birthday dinner so I had to translate all her little garbles and points and zerberts. It was difficult but I finally understood. She wanted Grandma Smith's clam chowder, green salad and honey wheat bread. Coincidentally she picked exactly what I was in the mood for. Amazing.
I need to explain one thing. Grandma Smith's clam chowder is not for the faint of heart. This sucker's base is formed from butter, half & half, and clam juice. We had quite a few people eating so I had to triple the recipe. This meant that an entire pound of butter and three quarts of half &half were used in the making of this gastronomic delight. Insane. Grandma Smith, up in heaven, thank you. Thank you for this legacy.
Dessert: We got to go strawberry picking on Friday. I'm used to Oregon's "pick-your-own-because-it's-cheaper-than-the-store" berries. Apparently that's not how they roll here in Texas. Our berries were more expensive than the grocery store
and we had to get them ourselves. I might be complaining but I still took my kids, roamed the fields and shelled out the money. I then followed America's Test Kitchen's instructions and made strawberry shortcake. They make biscuits out of ...drum roll...butter and half & half! Crazy, no? They were absolutely delicious and if it didn't cost me 1/6th of my weekly grocery budget I might be tempted to go get some more berries and do this again.
Might be.
All in all, my baby loved it and we were all satiated well beyond comfortability.
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