Friday, 8/16/19

Summer dinner! Corn fritters (from Paula Dean; I used 4 ears of corn instead of canned, and added a teaspoon of baking soda because, self-rising cornmeal? Not north of the Mason-Dixon, lady), zucchini gratin (from an Ina Garten recipe---the only change is that I grate the zucchini and just use whatever cheese is on hand), plus tomato-mozzarella salad. I thought everything was great, but Carter said the fritters were too cornmeal-y (he didn't like the sandy texture) and Jason asked "Is it supposed to be this texture?" about the gratin (oh, and Carter simply pronounced it "disgusting". He only had kind words for the salad).  Here is an ugly picture: