Super Bowl XLIV

The Colts lost

But our party still kicked butt. After weeks of writing about our party, I finally have pics to share even though I forgot to take pics of the food.

I promised V a manly tablescape and I think I delivered. My sister recently bought a Cricut which made the whole thing really easy. As with all my other tablescapes, I didn’t want to spend any money so I pulled it together using materials I had around the house. I spent $5 to buy a pack of paper though since I didn’t have blue paper.

Killing Me Softly

Over the weekend, I finished wrapping and freezing my garlicky veggie eggrolls for our Super Bowl party. I cooked a couple for V and myself for a taste test and I want more! There are 40 yummy eggrolls in the freezer and it’s killing me knowing that I can’t eat any until Feb. 7. There will be around 12 people at the party and I want to make sure we have enough for everyone. I don’t know whether to hope the guests like it and clamor for more or that they don’t like it, leaving more for me.

I use a very basic recipe and I was worried that it would taste too plain for V. But he liked it so score one point for me in my quest to learn Filipino cooking.

K’s recipe for garlicky veggie eggrolls
2 lbs frozen mixed vegetables (I use the mix with peas, carrots, corn, lima beans, green beans)
1 pack Menlo egg wrappers (you have to buy reliable wrappers, some are too fragile and rip too easily during the wrapping process)
1.5 heads garlic
1 tsp salt

1) Pick out the green beans from the frozen vegetables and throw them away. I dislike green beans. (optional)

2) Chop the garlic finely and toss with the veggies.

3) Add the salt and mix.

4) Mix the veggies occasionally while wrapping to ensure even distribution of the veggies.

5) Wrap the eggrolls. I like fat eggrolls so I put two spoonfuls in each eggroll.

6) If you’re pan frying the eggrolls, fry over medium heat. The wrappers brown easily and you don’t want it to brown before the veggies inside are fully cooked.

Scamming for Booze

So far we’ve had four “official” parties this month, one with V’s family, two dinner parties and our Q1 wedding celebration. What we’ve discovered is that throwing parties is a good way to scam your friends for booze.

V and I don’t drink so whenever we invite people over, it’s BYOB. And they bring more than they can drink so at the end of the night, we have unopened bottles left over. Our collection is growing at a nice pace. We might need a wine rack after a few more parties.

So if you’re trying to start a wine collection or stock a wet bar, I highly recommend this route (unless your friends are the type to bring plonk).

Here’s our wine collection so far.

Now I wonder how we can scam our friends into giving us ice cream and chocolate…

Memories

Gross moments are memorable. Good friends with whom you share those gross moments are priceless.

former roomie: that bar last night reminded me of that time we went to andronico’s and it smelled like you-know-what

me: eeeew! i remember that! it was the ice cream aisle, wasn’t it?