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A sample of the stories you'll find in Winnipesaukee Cuisine... A Lucky Day From Renate Marcoux, Mark Island March 1971 – Lunch Hour. My husband Dick came home with some exciting news. “Do we want to buy some island property,” he asked? Given little thought as how we would pay for it, and how to get to it, since we had no boat at that time and were unfamiliar with the islands--in spite of it all, we decided we would take a chance, and sight unseen, we had signed papers by four o’clock that very same afternoon. In retrospect this was definitely our lucky day, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, without ever having any regrets. It changed the course of our life, and because of our enthusiasm, the island fever caught on rapidly. In many cases we are responsible for having lead the way for many of our island neighbors. After 36 seasons we still get excited as soon as ice-out is announced, so we can embark on another voyage to our beloved island. Deep Cove Parties By Sharon Doyle – Bear Island My parents and their friends were all World War II veterans and they loved to have a good party, especially on the 4th of July. The most famous (or infamous) of the lot was the Boat In – Float Out party. A Chris Craft, the Tana T, was anchored off the shore and arriving guests were flagged down by teenagers in outboards wielding Red Flags with gold Cocktails glasses painted on them. The boaters had a choice between a pitcher of martinis (very dry, 4 or 5 parts gin to one dry vermouth, served cold straight up with olives) or one of Manhattans ( A dash bitters, 2 parts whiskey 1 part sweet vermouth). The teenagers got so enthusiastic they tried to flag down the Mount Washington… Dolly Island Herb Garden Amelia Welt Katzen – Dolly Island The prior owners of Dolly Island left us a wonderful gift: an old aluminum dinghy filled with dirt. I’m not sure what they grew in it, but I love to grow herbs in addition to all kinds of tomatoes (Super sweet cherries and Early Girls are my favorites). Some summers the parsley goes wild, sometimes the basil. The mint and rosemary are usually restrained, but the garlic chive that my mother brought one year has been prolific and very tough. This year, the deer ate everything that I planted in May, and when I came back at the end of June, everything had to be replanted except the cilantro. It must have reseeded itself from the prior year, because the boat was full of little plants. As a result, cilantro was my herb of choice this summer. Here’s our recipe for Barbecued Cilantro Chicken… I’d a Baked a Cake Keating Family – Mark Island  It takes a really special occasion to motivate us to do cakes. One of the first was Chris’ father’s 60th birthday. For the occasion we took a swimming raft, built a frame on it and covered it with sheets dyed pink. In reference to the annual Winnipesauke Yacht Club Bear Island Stag Cruise we topped the cake with a rag doll dressed in a bikini. For candles we placed railroad flares at each corner and set them alight. The ‘”cake” was towed out of hiding in Deep Cove to a prominent position in front of Pascoe’s deck.
The cake was a real surprise and bigger surprises will be told in the book…
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