Black Friday Six Hour Road Trip

Friday we bailed a bit early from Marianne's Kitchen  to make a quick visit to visit John's Aunt Vi in Albert Lea.  Vi is 98 and doing quite well.  Once in a while we do feature "Aunt Vi's Lemon Bars" as a treat.  You should watch for them.

Vi wanted to know what John was doing when he took this "selfie" in the elevator. As usual he was unable to provide a short answer when explaining it would end up on a blog post which led to a question of what that was.

We shared some banana cream pie and lemon meringue pie from Trumble's from Albert Lea.    The longstanding family joke is never agree to share pie with Vi; she does not share well.  It turns into more of a competition.

On the trip back we pulled into Ellendale (at bit south of Owatonna and about 1/2 mile west off 35W) a bit late and missed the opportunity to sample and buy at Steve's Meat Market.  






The goal was to be back in St. Paul by 6:30 PM.  We adjusted that goal and stopped at the Longfellow Market on Lake Street.  They carry our pickled products and our gluten-free soups.  It's always fun to stop and see your product on the shelf.  Of course John did hit the deli counter and left with a delightful quinoa and edamame salad which did not last long.

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