The Quilt Inn Country Cookbook

Aliske Webb

main room by the fireplace, the stone patio, around the kitchen table. Don’t be

surprised if she follows you to your room at night for some bedside conversation.

Then there’s little Hobbes. A small, sleek, short haired cat with grey stripy

pyjamas. She’s a little skittish, shy and hard to find. Her places are quiet unobtrusive

spots to sit and watch the world, without being seen watching. They’re philosophical,

often elevated and hard to reach places. Least visited, most treasured. The loft in the

barn by the window overlooking the courtyard, top of the bookshelf, behind the lattice

under the porch. Awkward, I agree. You may have to find your own Hobbes-like places

where you can be alert, watchful, and contemplative. Or, Like Edna Mae, you can just

“sit loose” in a wicker or rocking chair on the long porch that runs across the front of the

Inn.

Picnic fare goes well with good sittin’ places. At the Quilt Inn, many guests like

to go off by themselves and enjoyspace, quiet contemplation, and alfresco dining. We

pack picnic lunches. Tuna fish for Nine Patch, Dixie and Hobbes is optional. Grab a

cat and go!

Speaking of cats, commedienne Gracie Allen was once asked by a fellow cat-

lover, “How do you raise your cats?”

Gracie shrugged, “Two hands under the belly, and lift!”

Angela’s Summer Seafood Salad

1/2 lb. shrimp, shelled and deveined (Angela, one of our cooks, is obsessive

about deveining and cleaning shrimp. The “vein” is actually the shrimp’s intestine).

/2 lb. scallops, halved

tbsp. olive oil

onion, chopped fine

cups long grain rice

cups chicken stock

/2 tsp. salt

/2 tsp. fresh ground pepper

cup roasted red peppers, chopped fine

green onions, chopped fine

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