We recently enjoyed a community-wide fish fry our church hosted. As a member of the activities committee, I pitched in to help with rolling flatware, setting up tables/chairs, serving drinks, and clean up. We all agreed it was a really good turn out for a Saturday evening.
I had originally thought I'd whip up some potato salad since salad, sides and desserts are the standard "covered dish" options for this sort of gathering. But then I figured potato salad would be a popular side, so I made a big batch of pasta salad instead. Unfortunately, that seemed to be the mindset of several other ladies who also brought pasta salad. And thus there was an alarming lack of potato salad options to accompany our fish, which was a bummer. So that resulted in me and the husband eating leftover pasta salad for several days afterwards. Note to self: make potato salad for the annual fish fry going forward.
Unlike my pasta salad, the cake I made was quickly devoured. It's called better than sex cake. However, since this was a church gathering here in the evangelical belt of Texas, I dubbed it chocolate candy bar cake since it included crushed up toffee bars.
In other cooking news, the husband has been experimenting with his pellet smoker and meat thermometer since he retired. After twelve long hours in the smoker, this brisket pictured above was both tender and tasty. He'll be firing up the smoker again for the July 4 holiday weekend, when we'll be feeding a dozen folks for a couple days. I don't know about you, but I'm a firm believer that meat always tastes better when it has been cooked outside on a smoker or grill.
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