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its old school & its me too.When I was making good money hauling hazardous waste, I'd return home with a wallet full of cash... I could have taken friends & family out to dinner at a restaurant, but I preferred to throw big BBQ bashes in my yard, or cook big ol' dinners in the kitchen. Yeah, there was a mess to clean up afterward, but that "social time" was the best, just good friends & family enjoying primo BBQ, lasagna, burritos, holiday dinners, etc. We had some good times in those days...
Sometimes I'd just scrape all the plates and let 'em soak overnight in the large sink... I could've used paper plates, but I always liked ceramic plates for the food I cooked, I could warm the plates too, which made a difference. Needless to say, me beloved & dear departed mum always got the first plate I put together, then I'd look after other family members & friends. We had a rule: nobody waited for others to get their food, as soon as you got your plate, you dug in, lol...
I like my food hot, ya know? Well, not the fresh tossed salads I'd put together beforehand, those were good straight from the fridge... those salads were legendary for their freshness & crispness, lol. One good thing about throwing those huge bashes with up to a dozen people, I always saved enough money (as opposed to going to a restaurant) to buy a friggin' truckload of beer, lol. Sometimes we'd go with Margaritas, but usually we just had big ol' coolers full of iced beer!
In those days, I was like a machine in the kitchen or at the BBQ, I'd whip together trays of food and deliver 'em to each member of the party, lol. That way, folks could relax and socialize while I did all the work, aye? We'd have some good music on my stereo too, and it was all about having a good time with no "social regulations" or constraints... I loved those bashes, even though it took me an hour or two to clean up the mess afterward... maybe even the next morning, lol.
P.S. Nowadays, I cook for myself, but I still cook large batches of food, more economical that way...
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