Please forgive my lapse in blogging.  Things are going fine but alas the delay came because I was selecting the next thing to talk about and determined it would be my beloved brother Malcolm. I  edited potential photographs and took them to be scanned and thought hey this is a great story I should pitch this to B Metro. I sent Joe O Donald a text and he wrote back and we set a time and day which I eagerly put in my calendar. I decided to wait on the blog post till I knew what was to happen.  Put on my outfit  went to the magazine, something I had really mustered courage to do.  Walked in ten minutes early and cautiously asked if Joe was in.  He was gone so I pitched my idea and showed images to the creative director and she was going to give the story idea to Joe  Nothing back. Their loss because it is a great story which will be told at another time.

So what recipe will you get. A while back a friend who is involved with the Dixie Art Foundation in Wetumpka which my mother was a participant asked me to help with the next meeting. Sure I said but it was lunch for 35 people and I was to do the chicken salad.  Actually it was a pleasure to do it but it did take some planning.  One cannot purchase the chicken too early because it could go bad nor could one purchase it too late because you could run out of time.  Making chicken salad till the wee morning is not my idea of fun.  So I bought two gigantic trays of chicken breasts and two smaller packs of boned and skinned chicken breast.  White meat for this chicken salad. It is the recipe used at the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta which  I enjoyed with Mrs. Virginia Cobb. She got so excited when we got the yummy treat.  Look she said there are sliced grapes in the chicken salad. Now it's a common occurrence but back then, oh I was probably ten, a true novelty. So boil the chicken till the bones almost fall off.  Put celery tops and green onions in the pot with chicken. Boil then turn down to very low and let is simmer for about three hours.  That's the day before.  Day of making the chicken salad give yourself about three hours.  Two stalks of celery and four lemons and lots and lots of Hellman's Mayo. I dust off the food processor for this.  Typically I will only use a knife to prepare things but this would be so labor intensive the food processor with the slicing blade and the grinding blade are the best solution. Chicken is cool so remove all the meat from the bones leaving only skin and gristle for the dog.  Prepare celery by cutting tops and stems off and wash.  Squeeze the lemons. I put the slicing blade on and process the chicken putting it in a very large bowl.  I process the celery using the slicing tool and then the grinding blade. Use quick pulses because you want the celery to provide a nice texture not a liquid mess. Aunt Jennie made chicken salad for the birthday picnic for momma. She sliced the celery with a very sharp knife she kept in the back drawer away from children's fingers.  She put it in cardboard. Remember this is for 35 people so amend as you need to. Wash grapes and pull off the stems.  Start mixing everything using your eye to determine the desired results.  Mix chicken, celery, mayo, and lemon juice. About an hour before serving add the grapes which you slice in half. The luncheon was a big success and everybody enjoyed the goodies.  Lots of fun.