Ahhh...the morning after a LIME is always interesting! Vague recollections of Pyrat Rum, Santa Carolina Reserva, Bloody Peppah, Ruth's Dark & Stormy, Zentini, Prosecco...just to name a few! Limers won Fruit Carvings hand crafted by Chancel Nuque; A Giclee Painting by Eve Herbick; Training sessions with Personal Trainer Stephen Clipp of Body Architects...also just to name a few! Scott Carpenter serenaded us with the entire gang joining in for a few songs!
But the highlight was the vegetarian menu prepared by Chef Renata Dos Santos. Funny enough, the favorite dish was the ONLY non-vegetarian dish (see photo): Triggerfish (supplied by Mark Marhefka of Abundant Seafood), Buttered Cauliflower and Pattipans with Sesame Haricort Verts. There were many converts over the cauliflower. Brown butter was lovingly basted over the entire head of cauliflower, allowing the residual heat to cook the crowns. The Triggerfish, caught in SC waters, was simply seasoned with salt & pepper, then sauteed in butter. Comments included "It just melted in my mouth!" and the ever favorite "OMG".
Our other featured farmer was Maria Baldwin of Our Local Foods. Maria supplied us with Escarole. The Escarole White Bean Soup was a close second favorite amongst our limers.
All of this was to benefit Louie's Kids. Ashley Gunnin and Kevin Adcock of Louie's Kids, brought us up to speed on the mission, goals and upcoming events of their organization.
Our special thanks to our hosts, Eve and Tom Herbick, for sharing their home with us. We could not have had a more beautiful setting. They welcomed us and made us all feel like we were part of their family. And in a way, we are all now a part of a very unique family...LIME!