| Saturday, July 16, 2005 |
17:17 - You don't win friends with salad
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Normally we host a Friday night gathering here, with four to (historically) dozens of friends over. It's been quieter in recent years—smaller house, smaller ambitions, smaller circle of friends, you know how it goes. And because my roommate (who usually does the cooking) is out of town all week, last night was the first Friday night that I attempted hosting all on my own.
In other words, it's the first time I ever cooked on my own. And much to my surprise, I think it went off pretty well.
We did burgers, with onion soup mix kneaded into the meat; we had oven fries and corn on the cob. And a bowl of cherries beforehand, and a pie afterward. Fed all four of us (myself and three friends) handsomely. Surely not the most lavish of spreads—but there were no notable mishaps and it all turned out quite tasty.
There's even some hamburger left over for tonight. I'll have to see how adventuresome I am when it comes time to tackle it.
(Okay, so the main reason I wanted people to come over was to help keep Banzai occupied with his non-stop tug-o-war and racing about the house, but they seemed happy to share this burden.)
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Brian Tiemann
