Last night we had some friends over for dinner. It’s always great seeing them and we all end up staying up too late. I’m not sure which couple has the better deal when it comes to getting to bed. We live about 30 minutes from each other and so depending on the clean up the hosts must do, I wonder who gets tucked in first. We stuffed the dishwasher full and then rinsed everything that wouldn’t fit and ran another load this morning. It’s impressive how many plates, glasses, dishes and pots four people can dirty up.
Last night we made three sauces and two different kinds of pasta. The better-half and I made one of the sauces the night before (simple tomato and white wine with garlic) and my girl friend and I made two sauces while the fellas made the pasta. We put together a chard and sausage sauce and a ham, cream and pea sauce that ended up in the broiler for a little while to melt the cheese. The guys rolled out and cut a wide noodle and spaghetti.
We served Caesar salad with the better-half’s amazing, super-delicious anchovy and garlic dressing. We had crema catalana for dessert (a Mediterranean version of creme brulee).
Somehow Toss Across came up in conversation, so I went into the attic and found the better-half’s game (still in the original box) and we played a couple of rounds. It was more exciting when we were all eight.