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<\/a>La Salle Towers<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
On Leonard\u2019s birthday, July 4th, I arranged for a little party, the first time in my life alone and in my own home. Leonard, who always told me he won\u2019t have anything to do in the kitchen, has been a very big help since we moved here. <\/p>\n
Although the apartment is cleaned by the building \u2013 maid service is included in the rent \u2013 he uses the carpet sweeper frequently and most of the time washes the dishes. He also went shopping for his party, going out 3 times and coming home with help since he could not carry everything, including a stepstool, carpet sweeper, can opener, etc. Besides enough food for a regiment instead of just a buffet dinner, well, we had enough to eat for a week. He is really very neat and clean except for his cigar ashes.
<\/a>Trudel’s First Party<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Doddo\u2019s recipes and cookbook arrived just in time since I am preparing a big dinner every night and as you know I never cooked at all. Last week I had 10 people for dinner which consisted of the following:
\nAppetizer: tomatoes stuffed with egg salad, topped with anchovy and a little parsley, followed by real homemade chicken soup, then wiener schnitzel with white asparagus, Cucumber salad made with sour cream which is very hard to get here.
<\/a>Best Tasting Frankfurters<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
<\/a>Flora, Madge and the Welches at 73rd St. Beach<\/p><\/div>\n
For dessert I tried to make my favorite chocolate cake. Since I did not do my shopping in advance, I used a cigar box instead of a cake pan, lined with plenty of wax paper. Also I forgot to get plain wafers and had to use salt crackers, besides without a kitchen scale I had no idea of the difference between a German or an American pound. Well, by that time I was so tired and angry at myself that I just made a Jello, too. And the cake did come out so well that Madge asked for the recipe. I made It again when the Weils had dinner with us. I never thought I would enjoy cooking so much.
<\/a>73rd Street Beach<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Madge gave me the recipe for Leonard\u2019s favorite while driving, but I remembered enough to look it up in my new (old) cookbook. I made it that evening and Leonard emptied the whole platter of bread Krimselchen without leaving even a little crumb for me. I never taste my food while cooking. <\/p>\n
The next evening we were at the Welches on their beach. Enclosed sending you 18 photos, most of them on the beach at Welch\u2019s building. One day we went to the South Shore Country Club, one of the biggest, most elegant country clubs in the U.S. We had lunch there as guests of Aunt Flora.