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Thanks to 4 hurricanes last winter many of the 450 boats in the yard and doing work instead of sailing. If you get stuck in a project just come down to the "clubhouse" and ask around, some one is bound to know how to help. If not someone else's problem is always a good excuse to stop and brainstorm. Bathroom breaks can often take an hour once you've discussed a blister job, or the rigging issues or whatever is the topic of the moment.
One day the notice goes up on the fridge - Pot Luck on Saturday. Now this
is normal in a boat yard. Put a group of boaters together and a potluck
is inevitable. Pot lucks happen just because. Because there's a group
of boaters. Because it's time to eat. Because we're social animals and
put lucks are fun. Sometimes pot lucks have a reason. So it was with this
one - it was Ukranian Christmas. So what if we're in southwestern Florida?
We have a Christmas tree that no one has thrown out yet and someone has
some Ukranian in their heritage. Gerri (our token Ukranian) posts a list
of Ukranian foods and we all sign up. There's a couple of items on the
list that are left blank - wheat soup? Pot luck Saturday arrives and the
tables are set. Gerri has a vat of perogies boiling. Bob's mushroom gravy
is to die for (he must have been Ukranian in a past life). I've done a
huge beet salad as my part. Dave is grilling salmon in absence of the
traditional whitefish and all 40 of us are getting into a festive Ukranian
mood.
The door to the clubhouse swings open as another contribution is brought
in. Now some of the items on the food list had a few of us puzzled, how
do you make wheat soup? And while having a list of unknown dishes is a
fun challenge for those who like to cook - it leaves the cruiser who can't
cook with a dilemma. Of course cruisers are known for creative solutions.
So 2 items on the list - jellied salads and vodka were ingeniously combined
for …. Jello shooters!
The perogies are finished and the cruisers are fed. The conversation gets
louder and the tray of jello shooters is making the rounds. The buffet
table is cleared and the karaoke machine is fired up. The shooters make
another round. Boxes of wine are passed (way more space efficient than
bottles) and another case of beer appears. The twang of some hurtin' music
sounds from the karaoke machine and Zack the yard hound joins in. Another
pass of the shooters and we're singing away. Yet another pass of the jello
and we think we're pretty darn good.
Hours pass, the tales get taller and the tray gets lighter. By midnight
we swear we're all Ukranian.
How to Make Jello Shooters:
- Open a small package of any flavor Jell-O into a bowl.
- Pour in 3/4 Cup boiling water.
- Stir to dissolve.
- Let cool to almost room temperature.
- Add 3/4 Cup of vodka or preferred spirit.
- Pour into individual cups or molds.
- Freeze or chill until firm.
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