Dinner Party : Postlude

So I didn't die and no one got salmonella, so I guess I did okay.

Tuesday I don't have class until one, but I work an early job. So I got off work at ten and set to cooking.

I had promised Elb I'd make whatever she wanted, and she requested funeral potatoes and chicken. Funeral potatoes are I guess any variant of cheesy potato casseroles, so nicknamed because, well, we make them for funerals a lot out here in the west.

That morning, I made two pans of funeral potatoes and then went to class.

Came home and set about making my last pan of funeral potatoes- another kind, because I like variety.

Then on to the chicken. I bought chicken breasts and made a rub - brown sugar, paprika, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and baked those. I had a veggie tray and grapes. Elb was bringing dessert and drinks.

And like, I was a little stressed out all day with the cooking, but at 6:15 when everything was starting to come together and the food was all set out and the table was clear and the floor was vacuumed, it was just such a satisfying feeling.

And then people started coming! I fed Elb and her friend, all my roommates, three of our friends but Kyv couldn't make it, mine and Elb's old roomie and her fiance, my older brother and Rle, and one of Elb's friends came but didn't eat and like, there were so so many people in my apartment but it was wonderful.

I really enjoy hosting, I think? Like, it was so wonderful to facilitate the joy that everybody had and to have people over and I LOVE that feeling.

Also, Elb got to meet everyone, which was fun.

And no one got salmonella, so I think I did okay.

And it was,,,so so fun.