Every quarter, our ward does an evening of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, where there is a host family and then 2-3 couples come making a total of about 8.
We were the host family last night and the theme was 'dutch oven' cooking. We were in charge of the main dish and the dessert of which we found two new recipes to try - stuffed pork chops and lemon cheesecake. Each guest brought something to enhance the rest of the meal.
Oh Del and I had fun with our new discoveries. Not only were they both fun to make but they were delicious. I made the cheesecake while Del spent over an hour trying to clean/fix the Whisper Mill grinder he had just ruined by trying to grind almonds into powder. It liquefied the nuts and shut down the grinder, which irritated Del to no end, but he was finally able to get it back to functioning.
The guests arrived by 7:30 or so just as the pork chops were finishing up. We don't go fancy or elaborate, as we are not 'fine china' people, but Del did have me remove the Chinette paper ware and at least put on our stoneware set. More dishes was my first thought. We had 3 couples - Rob and Melissa Baker, Bryan and Jen Isom (sp?) and then Justin and Katie Lisonbee. Some of them were just as I imagined they would be - funny, loud, sociable etc...others were NOT AT ALL like I thought they would be from what I had observed by their 'Sunday behavior'. I had thought one or two would be hard to entertain and bring out of their shells...NOPE, they were party animals. What a fun and side splitting group they were. Conversation was light and comical; dinner was YUMMY and filling and games afterwards were creative and memorable. An overall successful get to know you dinner party. Thanks to each of them and my wonderful husband, for making such a fun memory.
2 comments:
What a fun activity! Did you know who was coming?
That sounds fun. How is it all set up and arranged? We may have to try something like that.
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