A Wedding and an Asparagus Recipe

Picture time!  This past weekend Zan and I headed to Alexandria for the wedding of one of my best friends from high school, Kristen.  She held her wedding at a gorgeous venue overlooking the Potomac.  The weather cooperated-- a sunny, clear day, and wonderfully cool.  It got a bit warm in the sun during the ceremony, but there was a nice breeze.  Despite not knowing any of the other guests, Zan and I had an excellent time.  Just before the ceremony we met two "wedding friends" who we spent the cocktail hour talking to, and then we found out we were all seated at the same table for dinner!  The food was amazing-- the cake was a lemon-raspberry.  Kristen looked just gorgeous and was obviously incredibly excited.  Zan and I got in two slow dances, and jumped up and down to Ke$ha and Lady Gaga before we had to drive the two and half hours back home.  The best part?  I got two whole (iPhone) pictures from the wedding!!!

Then today at work I cooked Asparagus Forced in Rolls-- or, stuffed in rolls (forced coming from an Old French word meaning "to stuff").  It was a neat little recipe from Hannah Glasse's cookbook.  First, I took some French rolls, grated them until round and white, cut off the tops, then hollowed them.  Next, I put them in a fry pan with some butter until they were nicely fried. While those fried, I cut stalks of asparagus into tiny medallions.  Then I put some cream, beaten egg yolks, nutmeg, and salt over the fire in a saucepan, and once it had begun to thicken I added my asparagus stalks.  Once cooked, I filled the hollow bits of the French rolls with the asparagus sauce, then cut three holes in the lids of each roll.  I blanched six asparagus spears, then put them in the holes, because the recipe calls for each roll to appear as if "the grass" were growing out of tiny mounds of earth.  Best part?  I have a picture!  I made these!

Can't wait to post more pretty food pictures as the summer wears on!