But a week ago Saturday we went to Cameron, Missouri again with a different club. We ate in the same place, but I had a lunch instead of a breakfast... But after the meal we went to a Victorian home there in town that was built in 1896... The owner is Dixie, who owns a Dairy there in town, and she invited us in for stories and desert... She told the stories and made the desert cake as well...
As an octogenarian, her stories we from times long ago... As she told tales of building the house and living there as a little girl... Her father and mother bought the property sometime in the 20s...
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| The two Red Hot Cakes were waiting on the table for us. |
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| Some of the men ended up sitting in the far sitting room... |
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| She referred to her kitchen as modern.... And yes it had an electric stove and refrigerator. |
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| Note the old wooden door Ice Box in the other corner... |
We spent about an hour in her home and had pieces of the cake and a fruit punch with coconut extract in it... And then we went outside, where Dixie climbed onto one of the motorcycle trikes... And got her first official motorcycle ride... It was a hoot...! Of course they didn't go to far away and went really slow...
From there they went on to the Dairy where they gave out samples of ice cream and the like.... I was late and had to depart before that happened.... Still a fun day and something most people will never do....
Retired Rod
What a fun lady. I bet she had more fun than you guys did and I know you made her day.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful home and a wonderful experience. What are "red hot cakes?"
ReplyDeleteIt sounds to me like a wonderful day! I love old people who never grow old.
ReplyDeleteDixie and her husband were Kentucky Derby fans and one of the upstairs bedrooms was totally devoted to memorabilia from the race... Much of it was 40 plus years old... The punch she served was in derby glasses and the cake was a yellow bundt style cake that had cinnamon infused and the red hot candies sprinkled on top. There were so many of us that I couldn't get into the room where she was explaining all of this, and sadly my hearing wasn't adequate to understand everything she was saying....
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