Dear Call Box: I have a wedding dress I would like to donate. I have heard that some people cut up wedding dresses to make outfits for stillborn babies. Do you know of anyone who does that or something similar?
J.S., Jacksonville
Dear J.S.: Keisha Mosley founded the Tiny Treasures Sewing Circle, a group of volunteers who transform donated wedding dresses and other material into “angel gowns” that can be used as burial clothing, in remembrance photos or as keepsakes.
They’re also messages of understanding to families from Mosley, who understands their pain, according to a 2016 Times-Union story. Mosley’s son Noah was stillborn in 2014, 32 weeks into her pregnancy.
For more information contact Mosley at NoahsBlueRose@yahoo.com or go to facebook.com/NoahsBlueRose or twitter.com/NoahsBlueRose.
We were unable to reach anyone as of press time, but check first to make sure the group still has the space to accept donations. It had posted on its Facebook page last spring that it had stopped accepting due to lack of space but would resume as soon volunteers got at least 50 percent of the donations recreated into angel gowns. Meanwhile, the posting read that if anyone would like to help in the process, to join the group at its monthly gatherings.
Update: A reader who missed the long-closed Lighthouse Grille on Beach Boulevard at the Intracoastal Waterway had hunger pangs for a salad the restaurant served that he called the “best I’ve ever tasted.” He wanted to know if other area restaurants served the dish.
We didn’t hear from other restaurants after the question ran Dec. 30, but a reader did come through. Lauretta Gaylord said she and her husband, who also greatly miss the Lighthouse, stumbled upon a California Dreaming restaurant in Charleston, S.C., a number of years ago.
“There on the menu was the large and small version of the famous salad from the Lighthouse Grille,” she said. “Both restaurants and others are mutually owned. We know when we are visiting Columbia, S.C., or Charleston that we are going to eat at California Dreaming.”
Gaylord provided the recipe for the salad as posted by the Underground Restaurant Chef blogger from New York. The blogger and a partner once owned a now closed underground restaurant and supper club in New York called On the Plate.
The California Dreaming Salad
½ head of iceberg lettuce shredded
½ head of Romaine chopped
½ small red onion finely diced
3 eggs boiled and finely chopped
12 ounces of Armour 1877 ham, cubed and then chopped in a food processor to shred
12 ounces Smithfield smoked turkey chopped into very thin strips
8 ounces of Armour smoked bacon cooked crisp and finely chopped (Hold grease in a dish)
2 medium tomatoes seeded and diced
6 ounces finely shredded cheddar cheese
Hot Bacon Dressing
½ cup warmed bacon drippings
1 large or two small shallots very finely minced
¾ cup salad oil
¼ cup red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons Dijon or brown mustard
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Mix everything really well except the bacon drippings. Then right before serving, mix together and dress salads.
Dress greens with dressing till wet. Portion into four bowls. Put extra dressing in a bowl on the side.
Layer on the toppings artistically starting with the cheese or mix. Mound on the top leaving a few pieces to use as garnish, like tomato pieces and ham and maybe some egg. Makes four entree-sized servings.
Serve with frozen croissants that have been baked and slathered with honey butter.
Another update: In a recent Call Box column, a reader had a set of Compton’s Encyclopedias that she wanted to give away but no longer drives and wanted someone to pick them up. We received three or four requests from readers who wanted the books, so they have found a home.
Submit questions by calling (904) 359-4128 or mailing to Call Box, P.O. Box 1949, Jacksonville, FL 32231. Please include contact information. If you have a picture to offer with your question, feel free to send it.
Sandy Strickland: (904) 359-4128
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