Today we played host to Cara's class of Chinese students, along with one of her (two) Chinese teachers. Cara did the lion's share of the prepwork and menu planning, but Michael was able to participate in the final cooking phase of the event (and, thereby, take undue credit for the end result =). Lunch consisted of chicken jalfrazi with saffron rice, pumpkin soup with fresh-baked bread, and Moroccan carrots, washed down with a selection of beers and teas. Our Australian guest, Jennifer, treated us all with hand-made chocolate-coconut sin (bon-bon type treats with rum, raisins, a bit of flour, and glorious amounts of chocolate and coconut), and the meal's appetizer (spiced peanuts) was provided by Magda, our Indonesian guest. Our Canadian guest, Brian, worked with Magda to do much of the vegetable preparation. At one point, we stupidly worried about having enough food. Suffice it to say that both the freezer and refrigerator are both packed to the gills (speaking of packed to the gills, neither Michael nor Cara had enough appetite recovery to eat dinner tonight). We counted the meal a success when Christy (the American guest) and Nana (our Chinese guest) separately asked when we planned to go into the restaurant business.
Most impressively, Mike the Cat was on his best behavior and didn't hiss or swat at anyone.
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