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Today I’m posting twice. Both the Philly Modern Quilt Guild meeting and the Beefsteak deserve their own posts. And it was quite a Beefsteak this year.

We had 10 people this year for our table, and we had to defend our title from last year in the bread sculpture competition. We take this competition very seriously, I’m not sure why. But once everyone has doubled over into a beef coma from the all-you-can-eat food, we get a second wind and set out to build these elaborate pieces of art with bread. And we won again, 2nd year in a row. Next year the competition will be fierce, I can feel it.

It was my niece Grace’s first beefsteak. You have to start young.

This year we built a ship out of bread, complete with skewers as masts (we bring skewers and toothpicks for support each year). We covered the masts in the decorative napkins my mother brought to make our table look festive. I swear, that’s who I get it from.

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stegasaurusIt has come and gone, and as usual it was fabulous. Here’s the brief lowdown on The Beefsteak: 300+ folks from my hometown (and their friends) pile into the town’s Parks and Recreation building every April. You pay about $40 to get in, and that gets you all you can eat beef slices on bread and french fries. This year it also got you a chance to win the Grand Prize, a 46″ LCD TV. Everyone brings nibbles, specialty drinks, etc. We had about a dozen folks, including our friends Laura Ann, Dan, and Ken, my brother and sister-in-law and a friend of theirs, and my mom and a friend of hers.

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