So upon my departure from the city of light, a torrential about of bad luck befell me. Hence, why I have not since posted. My last week in Europe flew by in a whirl of upset, happiness, sun and fantasy. I went from the beautiful beaches of Alicante, Spain, where I seemed to meet my every possible foe (thieves, sun and technology) to the charmed life of England's gentry, all the way back to Santa Barbara, California where I promptly got a terrible cold and remained in bed for my 5 days at home. A quick roadtrip up the coast later and I am safely settled back in Walla Walla, Washington. Having been back for two weeks, it appears that the summer will consist of lots of potlucks, porch sitting and volleyball in the sun. With that realized, I have decided to continue the blog: a little bear's search for cheese: part deux.
The origin and inspiration for the dinner we hosted last night needs a bit of explanation. After graduation, the senior DGs left for their grown up lives and the fraternity houses closed their doors for the summer. Living in the most prominent DG house on campus, our humble abode lent itself easily as a deposit for all the leftover food that all the previously mentioned groups had to hand off. 3 days later, we found ourselves laden with boxes of pasta, cans, cereal and a variety of different lunch meats and cheeses. As such, we decided to have a "Zoo feeds everyone-pasta feed". We cooked up all of our different pastas, creating a potpourri of sorts. I then proceeded to create a sauce that turned out to be quite delicious. My own variation on an amatriciana, I made a sauce using onions,garlic, julienned salami, roasted red peppers, oregano from our garden, tomatoes and some red pepper flakes. To my delight, it proved to be quite good. Everyone else contributed dishes of fresh sauteed asparagus, salad, and banana bread. We sat out on our large patio and shared a wonderful meal with random foods and random friends. There is going to be an effort made to keep this tradition going weekly. Next week? Mexican. We also acquired seemingly endless amounts of tortillas, cheese, refried beans and tomatoes.
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