A Tasting Tour

In the little town 20 miles east of us

a rite of Spring

is the

Thalias'

Tasting Tour

Started 36 years ago

It is an event 

that has stood the test of time

It's always much looked forward to,

They always sell out

(for they limit the number of tickets)

And the sun always shines on Tour Sunday

Besides touring homes,

it includes a taste of foods at each house

Each house has a theme

Each theme has a menu

The theme and food for today's tour . . . 

Lincoln's President Inaguration

The food for tasting at the Bushwhacker Museum:

Celery Crab Bites

Strawberries and Cream

Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits with Virginia Ham

Missouri Spiced Pecans

Molasses Cookies

Mary Todd Lincoln's Almond Cake

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Centuries Past Tea Time

The food for tasting at the Barlett home:

Model-T Herbal Iced Tea

Babe Ruth's Cheese Straws

Suffragette Sweet Lavender Scones

Mother's Day Cucumber Sandwiches

Cracker Jack Cranberry Chicken Salad

Vaudeville Strawberry Lilies

Picnic on the Veranda

The food for tasting at the Hutsell Home:

Corn Tomato Salad

Cucumber Sandwiches

Pickle Coins

Glittered Grapes

Lemon Pound Cake

Strawberry Lemonade

Not only do you get to taste the wonderful offerings at each house

but you also get the recipes to take home as well.

In their early years, they sold a cookbook each year

A big effort, I'm sure, to compile a cookbook and do a home and food tour

In 2006, they published a 3 ring binder cookbook

And at your last house on the tour

you get the recipes sized to fit the binder!

I think it's a brilliant idea!

Friend Shirley Ann and I had a "Ladies Day"

Touring some wonderful old homes

Tasting some wonderful food

And, over big glasses of iced tea after

Reliving the tour

Talking about our favorites

in homes and in food

And which offerings we would be making soon.

A big thank you to the Thalias organization

for providing not only this year but for 36 years past

a lovely Ladies Day Out

at The Tasting Tour

It's Monday and for the first time I'm joining Little Red House for my first Mosaic Monday!     Thanks to Lavender Cottage for introducing me to PiZap so that I could make a mosaic.     Thank you -- I'm having so much fun with mosaics!!!!

And I'm joining Yvonne at Stone Gable for What's On the Menu Monday