Deviled Eggs & Peach Cobblers---OH MY!!

So, today was our church's home-coming picnic and barbeque.  This was my sixth home coming picnic at this church and we celebrated the 243rd Anniversary of the church. My Church- Old Pine Street was known as the "Church of the Patriots" during the Revolutionary War- it has been known, since 1768, as a place where socially minded progressives are welcome to come and worship God. Today, was also, as we know, the tenth anniversary of the horrible attacks on 9-11-01 on the  Twin Towers, Pentagon and Shanksville,PA. I would be remiss to not say that I didn't spend time thinking about all the lives that have been lost in pursuit of Liberty and Justice- whether by purposefully setting out to defend it, as our sailors & soldiers have done and continue to do, or as those who perished ten years ago did- just going to work and living the way they did. There is respect and honor in both. We need to remember this- the terrorists did not and will not win! We need to remember, and we need to proceed on with our lives.  Celebrating 243 years of service for the church that we have called ours since we moved to Philly seems an appropriate tribute.

Anyhow- My husband was the grill master and he did a pretty A-OK job- only a few of the hot dogs, burgers and veggie burgers were sacrificed to the coals in an attempt to feed our fellow parishioners. This picnic was also a potluck, and while there was a usual assortment of salads and deserts, there seemed to be an exceptional number of peach cobbler and deviled eggs.  For the first time in my life, there were left overs of both cobbler and deviled eggs. There were at least 4 different peach desserts (3 of which were cobblers) and 6 batches of deviled eggs- that's right- 6 batches!! Now, we all love peach cobbler, and deviled eggs, and most of us know that others love these dishes too, so it is fairly reasonable to see how and why we ended up with multiples.  I brought both (and a potato salad- I feel the need to over compensate...) I also talked to people who brought one or the other and the reason that was given was because they knew others liked them and that they just never thought to make them for just their household.  Why not?  Cobblers are easy.  Deviled eggs are easy.  Every body loves them.  Why shouldn't we make them for those we live with?

In that vein- here is my recipe for Cobbler:


4 Cups of fruit or berries- peel and chop pit fruit, wash and rinse berries, core and chop apples or pears.
2 cups flour
1 cup melted butter, devided
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup half and half or milk

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fairenheit
Put fruit in a 9x13 baking pan.
Pour 1/2 cup butter over the fruit
Sprinkle brown sugar over the fruit and butter mixture
In a separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients.  Once thoroughly mixed, spoon on top of fruit.
Bake for one hour.  Serve warm or cold with whipped cream or good vanilla ice cream.


Deviled eggs recipe to come...

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Old Pine Street Church