I actually love giving dinner parties and serving something I've never made before. It's a great adventure. We had about fifty people over for the Sukkah of Aloha lunch. We had a menu all planned out. It featured a chicken kabob with pineapple, onion, peppers and tomatoes, served on rice. This kind of dish will work if you make it, cook it right away and serve immediately. It does not work if you make it in advance. The acids in the pineapple turns the chicken to mush. We discovered this after having served several people. They all thought I was an expert chef so they assumed if they didn't like it that it was their fault. So we had this big problem. What to do. A hundred kabobs with mushy, disgusting chicken pieces on it. I took them all into the kitchen, pulled everything off the skewers, threw away the chicken, and mixed everything with the rice, making a tropical veggie rice dish. Everyone thought it was on purpose.
If you really want to blow your dinner guests minds, next time go to Costco, and get a prime rib. The easiest thing in the world to make, but nobody makes it. Too big, too pricy for a family, but not for a large dinner party. And it is soooo yummy. People only get it when they are in a fancy restaurant, usually in Vegas or someplace like that. Modern California cuisine eateries don't have prime rib on the menu. Very unPC. The last time I served it I went out and bought one of those huge long knives for carving. It worked great, the guests loved it, and we had fabulous leftovers.
Things are mellow at Casa Here. Mia and I are just about done with The Prisoner of Azkaban, the third Harry Potter book. As soon as we finish it, Mia gets to see the movie. Very exciting, and we still have four books to go. Some of her friend have seen all the movies, but haven't read the books. And some of her friends are not allowed to have anything to do with Harry Potter, either because witchcraft is the work of the devil of the movies are to scary for first graders. They're not scary if you've read the books first with your daddy, know how it ends, and then watch the movie with your daddy. Chico is a bit provincial.
Purim is this week, the girls have been making groggers and hamantashen.
So thanks for thinking of me with the blog...I'll try to keep up.
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