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November 5, 2008
Confetti Vegetable Dip for Victory!
I woke up at 3:30 am on election day, not on purpose but I couldn't get back to sleep. So I got up to make vegetable trays for the campaign headquarters. This one turned out really well, and is extremely pretty.
Confetti Veggie Dip
1 carton fat free sour cream
1 packet McCormick's vegetable dip seasoning
Red, yellow and orange bell peppers
Mix the sour cream and seasoning. Finely dice red peppers and stir in, enough to make sure that every bite has several. Top with diced peppers.
I think I'm going to make this one at Christmas with red and green peppers and turn the topping peppers into a Christmas tree!
I also made my spinach artichoke dip, and served them with two absolutely huge trays of veggies, everything from celery to peppers to tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, not sure what else, every veggie I could grab at the produce store.
When I walked in with the veggies, the volunteers descended in a frenzy. The woman who had asked the day before for veggies actually hugged me. The dips were warmly received.
MR and I spent the day canvassing. It was a little rainy but the leaves were beautiful. Then I went down to Philly for an election night party and it was amazing... I'd never seen anything like it. The train down was an Obama victory party, with people who had never seen each other before in our lives chatting and asking each other if we'd voted and practically jumping up and down with joy. Then in Center City there was an impromptu Obama rally with people carrying signs, horns honking, everyone hugging each other. I'd never seen anything like it.
Everyone on the street was asking each other if we had voted already, as there was still time to get to the polls. One man who looked to be Indian asked me if I had voted. I said of course, and asked if he had. He said he couldn't because he's not a citizen yet, but he just had his citizenship interview and planned to vote the next time. He was wearing multiple Obama buttons.
It was a wonderful moment to be in Philadelphia, to be an American, and to be grateful for our right to vote and to carry signs and speak out. I've lived in this town at times when free speech was persecuted and prosecuted, and it was amazing to see the city come together. People of all races were united in a way that I've never seen in this town. Mayor Nutter gave a great short speech, and if I had to guess I'd say he'll be president not too long from now. (I called it! I called it!) Philadelphia has a long history of racial divisions, but last night it was as though we weren't black, white, Latino, Asian... we were just Philadelphians for Obama.
Even if you voted for McCain, try the vegetable dip. It's really, really good.
Posted by april at November 5, 2008 4:45 AM