Lauren Reagan

Contribution by German Flowers

This New Year’s eve, just like the last three New Year’s Eve, I will be in Ft Meyers, Florida. On Dec 30th, I will be picked up at my home by a limousine service. Then I will meet Robert, my boyfriend of ten years, inside Jet Blue Airlines, at the ticket window in Logan Airport, Boston. We will board the 6:00 PM flight and land 3 hours later in sunny Ft. Myers Florida. We will be greeted at the airport by my sister and her husband. They will then drive us to my condo, after a short drink they will leave, and we will retire for the night.

The next evening, before I leave my house, I will set my home security alarm from Security choice before going out for our New Year’s Eve dinner. There’s a special place that we go each year called “Siesta Resort.” We go there to have dinner and attend the New Year’s Eve Party. It’s a lot of fun. All our old Florida friends and my family bring in the New Year together. It’s a real special way to bring in the New Year.

I love a good milk shake and have found a great one at the local Sheetz gas station here in town. They are only $2.29 and they have a good variety of flavors to offer. I usually end up with a plain vanilla one but once in a while I’ll get a strawberry one, but I stay away from the chocolate ones. If I want chocolate I’ll buy a chocolate candy bar to enjoy. Chick Fillet also has good milk shakes but they are a bit more costly, so Sheetz is the place to go for me right now.

How cool – I remember listening to this song at this bar that I used to hang out at once in a while back in the day and I just found it on YouTube.com. The floor was covered with saw dust and discarded peanut shells. This song would come on and all hell would break loose, people would be banging on the tables like all get out to the beat of the song. Good times were had by all!

I usually don’t get to eat a nice big breakfast each morning. It is usually on the weekends that I get to take the time to cook up some bacon or sausage and some eggs. Making pancakes or french toast is a nice treat, so I’ve decided to make pancakes and sausage for dinner tonight. A nice change of pace, it’s all good.

My sister finally sent me the recipe for the corn fritters that we grew up eating and enjoying. I haven’t had them in so long and had a craving but didn’t have the recipe handy. Thanks Sis, you are the best!

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3 large eggs — separated

1/4 cup milk

2 teaspoons salad oil or butter

1 can corn — drained

 Mix flour, baking powder and salt, set aside. In separate medium sized mixing metal or glass bowl (NOT PLASTIC), whip egg whites until stiff. In large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and stir in the milk, corn. Add flour mixture. Fold in whipped egg whites gently.

 Melt butter in frying pan, or heat up oil. Drop fritter mixture by tablespoons into hot butter/oil and fry approximately 5 minutes, turning once.

 Serve with butter.