Well... sometimes things happen and you are so overwhelmingly busy, you end up not having time to plan for Mardi Gras Dinner! Our poor chef Julie had to cater her mother's 40th (with 30 years experience) party this weekend and unfortunately this took up all her prep time for our group!
Julie sheepishsly sent out an email on Tuesday indicating she could make pasta or we could cancel with a heavy emphasis on the CANCEL! We all know how much Julie loves to plan, prep and cook for the group and who are we to deprive her of one of her guilty pleasures. She has more, but this is not an adult content blog, so we'll leave those out! I read between the lines and made a recommendation that we have a TACO NIGHT and start the rotational schedule next week with Julie! The overwhelming response was a yes, and Dan and Toff gathered up the required ingredients to make it happen. Julie was happy with this as she will get to satisfy her urge to cook for us next week! Let's hope her 7 course meal is worth the wait!
Taco Night is so much fun! We each take turns prepping in the kitchen! I prepped the ground beef and the shells, Toffer prepped the cheese (He was a little gassy!) and salad, Julie prepped the lettuce, tomatoes and jalapeño peppers, Dan prepped the sour cream and the plates.
Once everything was laid out, the feeding frenzy began! We were like Piranhas being presented an injured feeder goldfish! When we got a taste of our savoury tacos, we just kept on eating and eating! Poor Toffer had to stop stuffing his face so he could catch his breath! Julie added that eating Tacos is like eating Chinese food, you get filled up but moments later, you want more! Julie also has a secret technique she uses to camouflage the number of tacos she actually eats in one sitting! Combining a soft shelled taco and a hard shell taco, both with fillings in them does not make it only one Taco! It has to count as at least 1.5 Tacos! I think I ate about 5 Tacos, Dan must of had a similar number. I would guesstimate Toff at 6 and Julie won the prize. She ate 17 tacos! Just kidding, she most likely hovered at 5 as well! We had to stop ourselves from devouring the remainder of the soft shells as Jude was working late and she would have missed out on having any tacos!
Upon Jude's arrival, she sat at the table, tablespoon in hand and just shovelled spoonful after spoonful of ground beef mixture into her mouth.... You would have thought she was on Survivor for 29 days and just won a reward challenge! We were all in disbelief! Thank god she was amongst friends and no one will ever find out about her table manners! I repeat NO ONE!
We watched The Biggest Loser! Come on Black Team, a 5 pound advantage and you lose the weigh in! Really! You guys got way to cocky in the gym and did not put in the required effort to stay above the yellow line! This even motivated the Blue team to work harder. This was clearly evident by the weight loss Blue team put up on the scale! The blew the Black Team out of the water! I sure hope we are approaching Make Over week soon! Some of these contestants could really use one!
American Idol - All the guys suck with the exception of probably 2 of them! The girls are way better and there are a few of us that have picked out favorites! I'm thinking Shiobhan will go far in the contest! Most likely final two with Crystal! These two have talent and are unique! Don't get it wrong this year America!
Till next week!
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