So, all of a sudden, we weren't cooking for merely 8 or 10 or 20, but for ~40. And all of a sudden, we weren't cooking various dishes from our past experience, but an entirely new menu. A traditional Saturday night roast beef dinner. With all the dishes set and mandated by tradition, although we were allowed to garnish the field green salad with whatever additions we saw fit. (We picked maple vinaigrette, homemade croutons, crumbled feta, cucumber, and dried cranberries.) Oh, and there were 5 different "dishes" served at dessert (lemon cake, fresh berries, ice cream, hot maple syrup, hot chocolate sauce).
It was a long and fairly arduous day. But it more or less came together.
Tonight we had:
It was a little chaotic and a little stressful at times, but Dave made the roast beef and it turned out amazing. The level of done-ness (medium rarish, 120F in the middle) and the carving job (thin slices) were complimented many times.
Then we had a few whiskeys and went to the stoop for guitar sing-along. Now it is time to sleep!
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