While there, we celebrated some birthday's, including mine. I was blown away when our wonderful hostess presented us with this beautiful cake. The top layer was dark chocolate cake with milk chocolate and raspberry filling. The bottom layer was almond cake with pineapple filling. And of course, we had to have champagne with it!
My friend, and hostess Claudia, shared so many cooking tips with us. Each time she made a meal, I took notes, because this lady can cook!
Believe it or not, but, I have never made fried chicken, ever! But after watching her make this, and then tasting it, along with those fluffy biscuits, you can be sure it will be on the menu in (S)Marty Pants kitchen real soon!
As a special birthday treat, just for me, Claudia made this killer omelet for me Sunday morning. Soft and fluffy like a pancake and filled with Creole Hot Sausage and cheese. I'll tell you what, this almost made me cry - it was that good! Unfortunately, I will have to travel to New Orleans (or back to Atlanta) to ever taste this awesome sausage again!
Isn't that beautiful? I didn't need anything else with it!
A short four-hour drive from Atlanta to Savannah and there we were at Uncle Bubba's restaurant, waiting in line to meet Ms. Paula Deen at her book signing in Savannah, GA. It was so much fun to see her again, and, doesn't she look awesome!
After our book signing, we had lunch at Bubba's. I thought about ordering 6 raw oysters as an appetizer, and then decided to go for the full dozen, charbroiled and served with Parmesan cheese. These were so plump and delicious! Chased with an ice cold margarita, they made for a perfect lunch!
While in Atlanta, we also cooked, like crazy! I made Fast Eddie's Famous Slow Grilled Pork Butt and turned it into Pork Butt Sliders. I used Hawaiian rolls, topped with shredded pork, crunchy coleslaw and topped with Teaspoon Willie's Spicy BBQ sauce. They were fantastic!
The next day, Claudia whipped up some pork butt salad sandwiches on brioche. OMG! I thought the sliders were good! You should have tasted these!
The saddest part of the entire trip, other than saying goodbye to some great friends, was that I never got a chance to eat the cheesecake! Our hostess made two small cheesecakes, one for me and one for Isabel, who was also celebrating her birthday. Her's was Almond flavored. Mine was Chocolate. I dipped my finger into the 'ring' when the almond cheesecake was taken out, and it was awesome! But I never had the chance to taste the chocolate one. We just had too much food on this trip, and there wasn't enough room in my tummy! I am happy to report, however, that it was sent to a good home....in California...to our friend who was unable to join us on this trip. So Fausta, I sure hope you are enjoying my "mini" birthday cheese cake!
Now I just have to practice everything I learned so that I can make all of these luscious things for myself!
What a great way to spend my birthday! With great friends and great food!
Gotta Lovett!
