Caribbean dreamin'

On the coldest day of the year, with the remnants of Siouxland's second blizzard still blowing up a storm outside, and after a long and sometimes boring faculty meeting, the Dordt College English department, worn and tired, returned to the pod only to come upon a glorious and delectable surprise.

Unbeknownst to any of them, save De Smith (who kept the secret sacredly), Myndy Prosper, senior English major from Dominica, had prepared a Caribbean dinner right there in the pod. We're not making this up. It actually happened.

Here's the menu:

Sancouche--salted cod boiled with coconut milk and potatoes, a kind of chowder--wonderful; codfish balls - salted cod mashed with potatoes, then rolled into balls and deep fat fried and dipped in some kind of scrumptious concotion; deviled eggs and cheese sandwiches; and olives, cherries, cheese, and vienna sausage on tooth picks--took her forever to make them, she said.

That's not all--Caribbean Fruit Cake for desert, sweetly and blessedly spiked (yes, you read that right).

Plus, Chaudau, a delicious milk-shake like drink made with the Stout, cream, and milk (don't tell anyone), Sorrel Juice, and Cocoa tea.

Food critics from Omaha to Minneapolis are already writing for recipes.

A department meeting followed, at which department members, still swooning, moved and seconded, the following: that whatever courses Myndi Proper takes during this second semester, she shall, forthwith, be given an A. Violaters will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Duly passed. English Department. Dordt College. Sioux Center, Iowa.

Unbelievable.

Ms. Myndi Prosper,

English Department's official nominee for
09-10 Most Beloved Student