For those of you who haven't already heard, our neighbors here, Brian and Janelle have made a point of organizing a men's potluck now for the last few years. All of the food brought must have been prepared by the men. No women allowed to cook... finally a night off.. hahahah JK. I don't mind cooking, but lets just say I really do appreciate it when my hubby finds it fun to cook for me instead :)
Brian and Janelle have also picked themes for these potlucks. This past year it was a summer theme... in the middle of February. This year the theme was FIRSTS.... so it could have been the first time you had a certain dish, or the first time you ever cooked something it was... or the first thing you have in the morning. All kinds of ideas... whatever comes to your mind when you think of firsts with food.
Well, we do have a certain 'first' memory ... and many of you have already heard this story. But my kind hearted hubby decided that he wanted to surprise me for our first anniversary in 2006 and made a nice romanitc dinner at home. He seemed to be going to a lot of work... I wasn't allowed in the kitchen at all until we were right ready to eat. He brought out the fine china, had a huge heart set out on the whole table made of tealights, and supper was being cooked out on the grill. So I had no idea was he was making.... lets just say it SURE DID take me by surprise.
Don't get me wrong, I love to eat fish and will eat fresh fish any day!! However, when it greets me on the plate with eyeballs, head, tail, everything still intact... ummmmm.... I think I'll pass!
It took me by such surprise that I immediately started to shed some tears. I was feeling absolutely sick to my stomach ... because I couldn't stomach it for one, and for two, my hubby had gone to such great detail and effort and thought into our first anniversary supper, that I felt TERRIBLE!!!!! BEYOND TERRIBLE ACTUALLY! However, with the kind heart he does have, he didn't seem to feel all that bad after all, I mean he did feel bad that I wasn't enjoying it... but he was glad to have bbq'd fish and now have TWO bbq'd fish to eat!!!
So far I haven't had anymore surprises like this. I think he is scared to do anything out of the ordinary now. Poor guy! I still love him to bits though and love him even more today!!!
Here are some pics of the potluck. Sorry for the poor quality.... I need to have my camera settings checked out. So will have to get some copies from some others that attended.
Enjoy!
This is so cute.... Terry playing Phase 10 with the kids.
The crew of COOKS!
Deen preparing his fish. Yes, he did at least gut them. ugh. nastiness.
They had some serious poky spikes on them.... I believe these are perch.
Before they got put on the barbie.
What the bbq'd fish looked like cooked.
Only half of the selection that was there. Yup, definitely did run outta room on the plate mighty fast!
I had to laugh so hard a this. George brought bagels and cheese, because thats the first thing he has in the morning at A and W. So here, he had bought a toaster too for the first time because he doesn't even use a toaster at home I guess. Even had to dig out the instruction booklet. hahahah. There is a first for everything. lol. Okay, we will go easy on you George, yes, you're right, I guess there were some digital programming options he was curious about.
Rob's dish of Ceviche... in other words, Shrimp lime bisque... a cold soup!
Brandon stirring his chili I believe it was.
The yummy selection of deserts..... mmm mmmm good!
Braden serving out his drumstick cake. Definitely a big hit!
Brandon, Cora and Allison
Love this lady! Dear Tammy....
Something sure was funny. Can't remember what it was though.
Lil miss Cora
Eileen cotemplating whether she is going to eat anything or not. hahaha.
Avery and Andrew
Dean trying to convince the kids that the fish is GOOD!... RIGHT.
Some remains to prove that at least some of the fish got eaten.
Service at its best! Thanks for the coffee George!
At the end of the day, Kiera gave us quite a performance!!! She is one crazy kid!!!! We sure love her though :)
5 comments:
You did a god job again Sal!!! I hope Dean's not still mourning for those dear wee friends of his and his alone- after all he did get to give them a nice pucker kiss before they got fried!
Watching Kiera's performance the other night- it is more entertaining watching and listening to our reactions! Thanks for a great weekend!
looks like we missed out again this year...seems like every year they have it, we have something going on. next time for sure! i almost died laughing about george and the bagels and cream cheese...oh my....and dean with the fish BONK!!!! too funny
Hahahaha I had to laugh when u recalled the wonderful anniversary story. Bahahaha. Oh dean.....and seriously that looked like such an amazing fun time!!!! I think we should start one of those here! I don't think I'd complain having the men cook for a night. And what the heck is the dish that Braden brought???
Hahahaha ohhh whole fish, that will always make me laugh.
lol... yes, funny story indeed and never to be forgotten.
the dish that braden brought was lisa's famous drumstick cake.... its mmm mmmmmm good! has at least three different chocolate bars crunched up in it and fudge and coolwhip and crushed smarties, crushed chocolate oreo cookies... lotsa good sweet stuff!!! to die for!
thanks for sharing the pics and stories ... and so sorry we missed the 3rd annual event :( maybe next year?
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