In an effort to minimize the amount of time out at dinners while my boss was in town, I volunteered to host a barbeque at my place. My thought was "hey, I have a grill, I can buy meat and beer, one of the guys can cook, and with only about 10 people it won't be such a big deal." Well, as I indicated in the title, I was not in charge of the guest list. When all was said and done, there were 38 people in my house. Luckily I bought 2 whole tenderloins, started marinating them the night before, brought out the biggest bowl I had for a green salad, and baked a cake. The cake was the only real homemade thing I contributed. But it was a good thing that I did, since only 1 other person brought anything and there were THIRTY EIGHT PEOPLE in my house. Oh, and I also got hotdogs, buns, and fixings for the kids. And the beer.
I think it was a pretty decent success. Especially for a thrown-together barbeque on a weeknight. The cake was an experiment, and in general was pretty tasty. I was pleased. So the total consumed was:
2 whole tenderloins
1 bushel of salad
2 cakes
2 lbs. potato salad
2 cases of beer (24-bottle variety)
12 bottles of wine
1 magnum of sparkling rose
1 bottle limoncello
3/4 bottle jack daniels
1 bottle really good grappa
1/2 bottle really really good scotch
The only casualty was a shot glass. Amazing.
Limoncello Cake
Pound Cake
1/2 C Limoncello
Lemon Glaze
Strawberries
Recipe to come later.... A little one is in need of a snack.
