Obscure Simpsons reference for the win!
Kristian and I threw a BBQ at our new house yesterday to celebrate the fact that we now own a pool. Unfortunately, the weather refused to cooperate and it was overcast and chilly all day. Not really the best pool weather. The only person who went swimming was my cousin and I’m pretty sure that he would have gone swimming if there had been ice floes on the top of the pool. He was determined.
Luckily for us, we had prepared massive amounts of food, so our guests were distracted by eating. Nobody complained about the lack of pool weather. Copious amounts of beer probably helped as well.
Our friend Roger showed up bright and early and he and Kristian prepared a veritable cornucopia of dead animal flesh for the omnivores and carnivores to chow down on. I believe that there were baby back ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, bratwurst (cooked in a stew of beer, onions and peppers) and hamburgers. Don’t quote me on any of that, however, because I’m one of those hippie vegetarian types and so I made do with side dishes. I could have had a veggie burger as well, but I’ve been eating them all week as part of my new diet. So sick of veggie burgers. Do not want!
I was able to find plenty of tasty foods among all of the side dishes that Kristian and I made. Apparently others were able to as well, because most of the non-meat food got eaten. That’s kindof a first for us. Usually we have enough leftovers to feed a second party (I suspect that I was an Italian grandmother in a past life). This time, the only food that we had lots of leftovers of was the salad greens:
I suspect that nary a green was consumed yesterday. This just proves the correctness of that old Simpsons’ adage. You really don’t win friends with salad. For those of you who are now scratching your heads in confusion, please to be clicking here for an explanation.
You know what you do make friends with?
Cupcakes!
Nothing like honoring this fine nation of ours by consuming red, white and blue cupcakes. Especially when the cakes themselves are red velvet and delicious. Our friend who is a professional chef type person pronounced them to have “good crumb” which is apparently quite the compliment. All I know is, we didn’t have any left by about halfway through the party. I am so proud.
The party itself was quite fun. There was a diverse mix of family and friends but everyone seemed to get along well and there was quite a bit of mingling. It lasted for about 7 hours, so it had to be at least a little bit fun. It was exhausting, but Kristian and I had a great time. This is the second year in a row that we’ve had a 4th of July BBQ. I think that we’ll make it a tradition.
What did you all do on the fourth?
Those cupcakes made me drool. I feel like baking a cake now.
Your cupcakes look totally awesome. Envy!
Once I have my own place I am totally going to cook all the time. And then have lots of people over and feed them. Yes.
OH, Hope — I LOVE your cupcakes. They are such a happy looking food.
I’m drooling over the omnivorous food options. I would have eaten salad, too, as a peace offering to my arteries after I chowed down on ribs and pulled pork. YUM!