Father's Day 2010

Ken and I with our fathers.

Ken and I had our parents over to our house to celebrate Father's Day. We continued eating our way through St. Louis favorites by having St. Louis style pizza. Ken's parents brought pizza and salad from Pirrone's Pizza. Pirrone's is one of our favorite places to get pizza in St. Louis. The characteristics of St. Louis-style pizza are a super-thin yeast-less crust, the use of Provel processed cheese, and pizzas cut into squares or rectangles instead of large wedge shaped slices. Provel is a trademark for three cheeses fused to form one (provolone, Swiss, and white cheddar), Provel cheese was developed by the St. Louis firm Costa Grocery in the 1950s and is made in Wisconsin primarily for the St. Louis market. The cheese is not widely available outside the St. Louis-area.

I kept the tradition of making homemade ice cream on Father's Day alive by finally making a successful batch of ice cream. My chocolate ice cream turned out perfectly and we enjoyed chocolate ice cream with all of the toppings. It was fun creating sundaes with the following toppings: (strawberries, whipped cream, sprinkles, chocolate fudge, nuts, and cherries)