It was my honor to chat with my very young Sorors of
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority at UCF.
When I moved back to the Orlando area from Tampa around 1987. I found out UCF did not have a chapter of SGRho. So, I worked very hard to get recruits, and the Delta Mu Sigma graduate chapter created the Lambda Mu chapter at UCF. In fact, 19 other women and I experience our own charter of the Theta Upsilon chapter of SGRho at the University of South Florida in 1981, EE-YIP! Today, many of us, like 10 or more, are still very close friends, and the beauty of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sisterhood, is for real.
Here I am with my young and impressive SGRho Sorors at UCF!
Members of the the Lambda Mu Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority and one really proud artist! Look at me looking like the hand sign is new, LOL!
Just the Little Things...
It's raining outside, cats are sleeping and I'm hungry...
after watching a movie trailer for "It's Complicated," I find myself making a Croque Monsieur (the classic French Ham and Cheese sandwich).
This was definitely a winner and it 'hit the spot," as they say. Nancy Meyers produced the movies "It's Complicated" and "Something Gotta Give"; both have French undertones. In Something Gotta Give, Diane Keaton is preparing a late-night snack for Jack Nicholson, and the options are pancakes and coq au vin. In “It's Complicated”, Meryl Streep prepared salad and croque monsieur dinner for Steve Martin. Immediately after seeing the trailer for "It's Complicated,” I’m mixing up a bechamel sauce for a croque monsieur. This recipe was easy and one of the best croque monsieurs I've had.
Class French Croque Monsieur
1/3 of a cup of Bechamel sauce
1 teaspoon of mustard (regular or Dijon)
Sourdough sliced bread
A couple of slices of your favorite cheese (American, Swiss, etc.)
4 slices or as much as you want of your favorite ham (no messing around with that.)
Over medium heat in a saucepan, make a roux: melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the pan, then add 2 tablespoons of flour and mix on low heat. Then add heavy cream or regular milk, cooking until it's a thick, creamy sauce (roux). Spread the roux on a slice of bread (like it was mayo), add slices of cheese, mustard, and ham. Mustard again, cheese, and spread roux over the other slice of bread, then top off the sandwich. Melt butter in the small frying pan. Toast the sandwich on both sides. Then spread bechamel roux once again across the top of the sandwich, then top it with spread cheese, like mozzarella (but I cheated, I love goat cheese, so I put a little bit of goat in the cheese). Then put it in the oven on broil for about 3 minutes while the cheese melts. Serve it with whenever you like!
Now, it's ready...dig in, cause it is going to be good!
