On the Porch
Onisha Ellis
Last Saturday I attended a wonderful party with friends I have know for fourty years. We met when we were all young and members of a young marrieds Sunday School class. We don’t see each other every Sunday now as many of us have moved on to different churches, but some things one doesn’t forget. For instance, my friend Evelyn is a wonderful cook. So when she gives a cooking tip my ears tend to perk up.
For the party my daughter, Rebekah and I dipped some peppermint filled chocolate cookies in Girahdelli dark chocolate . They were deee-licious. Evelyn and I were chatting about the cookies when she mentioned that she had recently dipped strawberries for her mah-jongg group. This is when my ears began growing bigger and telling my brain to PAY ATTENTION. You see, I have been a strawberry dipping failure. Evelyn casually mentioned that not only do strawberries have to be dry for the chocolate to cling but they can’t be too cold. Who knew? Well most likely everyone except me.
You won’t believe what happened next. I was in Target scavenging on their mark down end caps and there were four bags of Ghiradelli dark chocolate melting wafers on clearance. I snagged all four bags. Later that day I shopped at our wonderful fresh produce market and they had beautiful fresh strawberries grown right here if Florida. I took it as a sign that I was to go home and make chocolate dipped strawberries and try out my new knowledge.
My First Successful Strawberries Dipped in Chocolate
Old Things R New 
I will look for it. Forget milk and bread for snowstorms, people need dunkable chocolate!!
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It’s funny how you can naturally fall back into friendships like it was yesterday. Sounds like you had a lovely time. Now, those strawberries look yummy. I cheated and bought fresh strawberries and dipped them in that new Hersheys Chocolate spread. Not bad:)
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I didn’t know about the new Hershey’s Chocolate spread! How does the spreak work, do you heat it? I will check it out when I run out of the Girahdelli. I do love Girahdelli.
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It’s new and in the peanut butter shelves. It’s a spread and I just dunk the whatever I want in it and munch away. Nothing fancy, just yummy:)
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This was superb. I know our followers like everything about this kind of blog, not to be clichéd, but fun, food, and fellowship. I enjoyed enjoying it all again, too. Love, DiVoran
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I think they would prefer it in a poem. It was fun remembering the party and Evelyn is a treasure trove of “know how”.
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Thanks for sharing, Alta. Knowledge is priceless.
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