Reggie's Way - Again!

Last year, I posted about a "safari" with our friends into the wilds of Maine on the back logging roads, whereupon we found a most unusual sign over a tub filled with sodas and being kept cool by a constantly, cold, dripping spring. Click here to see the previous post. The sign pointed the way to Reggie's Way, but it being later in the day and a wonderful meal awaiting us, we did not explore further.

This year, however, we ventured forth farther into the woods to seek out this person called Reggie. We just followed the signs...

If you look closely, you'll see that the fisherman is a skeleton!

What a delightful surprise was in store for us. Not only did we find and chat with Reggie, but we were treated to a tour of her and Chip's "camp". Now for everyone not familiar with Maine lingo, "camp" is the word they use for their getaway places on the beautiful shores of the many ponds and lakes in our State. Reggie's camp is on the shore of Getchell Pond, a favorite hangout of moose and other wildlife.

We were about two minutes too late to see the two moose munching on pond lilies, but the tour of Reggie's garden had lots of whimsical delights.

Reggie and Chip have a "take out" place, so to speak, the menu consisting of mainly red Maine hotdogs and hamburgers with chips and other sides that Reggie may have been in the mood to make on any particular day. We had a light pre-lunch of steamed red hot dogs on toasted buns and some wonderful Tomato Soup Muffins with frosting and pecans. Yum!

After a quick trip to Grand Lake Stream to catch a glimpse of tourists all tricked out in their L.L. Bean duds, we headed back to our friend's camp for a delightful luncheon of Legume Nicoise Salad with lots of cucumbers from their garden along with a nice glass of Chardonnay.

Since I seem to be on a gustatorial bent in this post, here's what H and I did today.

H said since we have lots of cukes and jalapenos in the garden, we should try making his favorite pickle - Italian Gardiniera. So, off we went to the local farmer's market to purchase carrots, cauliflower and red pepper to add to our garden's bounty.



We packed everything into sterilized jars


And ended up with a dozen pints of the Gardiniera. We'll let it sit for a few days and give it a try to see if H added too many jalapenos for my taste. (It's never hot enough for him)

After prepping the pickles, we stopped for a bite of lunch. Today's fare was Pasta Primavera with Shrimp and fresh basil, garlic and onions.


It didn't take long to prepare and was really, really good.


Life is, (burp), Good!

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