Pizza Without the Champagne

I just joined a new writer’s forum, and in the “Filling Station” section [food and beverage posts] the forum founder offered Pizza and Champagne.

When she clarified that she was serving goat cheese and onion pizza, another poster responded she’d take the goat cheese but the forum Mod could keep the onions.

This incident reminded me of an event this past week.

I went to a regularly scheduled community supper at a local church this weekend.  My denomination, but not the congregation I normally attend.

It’s always the fourth Wednesday of the month, each month and the church puts on a meal for anyone who wants to come to the event from within the community.

Evidently, no one thought in advance this year to check and realize that this particular occasion, held at a Roman Catholic Church happened to fall on Ash Wednesday.  Which meant needing to serve a meatless meal.

The first complication involved the fact that also scheduled at the same time was a 5:30 Ash Wednesday Mass, which was heavily attended.  This particular parish has parking issues at Masses at the best of times.

The connection with the new Forum?  Two types of meatless pizza factored as part of the meal.  Plain cheese.  And mushroom and spinach pizza.  [I’d never heard of that combination before.]

Some people had to decline the mushroom pizza due to food sensitivities, which is why the goat cheese and onion pizza reminded me of the incident.

The sponsor parish did do a good job, though, and came up with a filling, meatless meal that included the above-mentioned pizza, cheese lasagna, meatless calzone, two kinds of hot vegetable [green beans and carrots], Greek salad, and a variety of desserts.

A very tasty and filling meal that the participants all seemed to enjoy.

My appreciation, also, to Sabrina, the founder of the Forum that gave me the idea for this particular blog post.  I’ve been away from this blog for awhile because of needing to deal with some particular personal matters that interrupted the flow of my routine enough to make it challenging to come up with the topics in the first place.

As is appropriate in such an instance, I want not just to thank Sabrina, but to give the Forum a mention and post a link.  Sabrina’s blog has the purpose to provide networking and general conversation among writers, and is open to all writers who would like to join.  Most initial members share a common writing experience, but that is not a requirement for anyone to join the blog.

If you are interested in joining a Forum where you can hang out with other writers willing to help each other out with things ranging from research on obscure topics to exchanging “what’s for dinner?” recipe ideas, check out the WordSmiths Forum at the following URL:

http://wordsmiths.lefora.com/

I’m sure Sabrina would love to have you onboard.