The Cafeteria Lady — Idaho
by Martha Bolton
When I decided on my Idaho school -Lighthouse
Academy in Coeur d'Alene where Sarah Cameron
attends, I'd never even heard of that city. I was
surprised to see how far north it was located. It's about
a two-hour drive to the Canadian border. The area is
also close enough to Mt. Saint Helens to have been
blanketed in ash when the volcano erupted in 1980.
(My hometown often gets blanketed in ash, too, but not
from a spewing volcano. It's from a spewing meatloaf.)
Sarah has attended the Lighthouse Academy school
ever since the first grade. She loves math. She is
almost trilingual, too. She speaks Spanish fluently and
she and her father have started to learn Russian. She's
athletic, too. She loves to ski (Idaho is known for its
great ski resorts), and she enjoys tennis and golf.
Sarah's father is a geologist, and her mother is a stay
at home mom. Sarah herself is interested in pursuing a
career in art, but she's also keeping her options open.
She plays the piano and has started to learn the violin.
Now, as you know, Idaho is best known for its potatoes.
But besides potatoes, Idaho also has quite a reputation
for its huckleberries. The huckleberries grow wild and
at high altitudes, and the locals closely guard the best
locations for finding and picking this delicacy. So when
they told me that Tammye
Cameron's Huckleberry Apple Crisp was the dessert of
the day, it was hard not to start with it first. But there was
also some pretty tempting soup (Martha McKibbin's
Marvelous Taco Soup), Catherine Scheiber's
homemade cornbread and Marliss Sand's fresh honey
butter, and fresh grapes on the menu that day, too.
One thing was certain, I wouldn't leave hungry! It was
also nice to see that the lunch tables had been
decorated with fresh cut flower centerpieces. Nice
touch. My usual centerpiece is a stomach pump.
Besides the above menu items, Sarah also loves the
homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and homemade
enchiladas that the cafeteria serves, too. And not to
forget the Idaho potato, the school also offers a baked
potato bar from time to time.
If you've never been to Idaho, if you've always wanted
to experience natural hot springs, if you've ever wanted
to take a covered wagon ride or attend a raspberry or
cherry festival (with a cherry pit spitting contest), if
you've ever wanted to pick wild huckleberries and
basically have the time of your life, visit Idaho someday.
I know I'm going to go back. That covered wagon ride
sounds like a lot of fun. I just hope it has a plug for my
blow dryer.
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