So I cooked lots.
I was scarily organized.
I made a time line, and almost everything happened to or ahead of schedule – scary, I tell you.
And everything was labeled.
Also, I hear it was pretty tasty.
The carrot soup had a little bit more peanut butter than I wanted, but no one else knew that – and the rice turned out a bit overcooked, but that’s because it was a gas stove and it’s brutal trying to cook rice on a gas range (plus I forgot to time it and kept having to take it off the heat and put it back on again because the stove was working best for me with only one live burner).
The desserts I persuaded my co-worker and Sara Strickland to make were amazing!
Thank you to Laura for the loan of a hand blender with which to make whipped cream.
And I was even able to suavely pretend there was no such thing as a last minute vegetable stock crisis because Jude was online and able to supply all of my last minute stock needs with only an hour’s notice. Seriously, we were arranging pick up just as I was finishing loading my car to relocate my entire kitchen to lxbean‘s. MY HERO!
Oh, and the lovely two people who staying until midnight to make sure all of the dishes were washed that night! I didn’t wash a single dish, and it was pure luxury.
I got the general impression that everyone thought the food was awesome.
And we raised a bunch of money to help kitties.
And there were fun conversations
Because some of the guests were kind enough to do the dishes, I was able to go over this morning for coffee tea and pick up everything that needed to be schlepped over to my house.
Even the aftermath was surprisingly painless. By the time I left for work, everything was put away and tidy. Well, in the kitchen, at least. Now I have to put my laundry into drawers and vacuum the carpet, but that doesn’t count for this gloating post.
So I am calling it 100% successful.
And I want to do another one.