Immediately after the worship service and on the spur of the moment I asked Sylvia if I could invite the preacher and his wife and another couple that are friends of ours over for lunch at the house.
My house is a mess!
We do not have anything planned!
There's not enough time to fix anything!
We don't have anything to fix!
All legitimate concerns and I understand my wife (sort'a).
Well... off I go to gather our friends and asked them over for lunch if they gave us at least 45 minutes before they came over.
Short on time, I drag Sylvia off to the store. We purchased six "choice" rib eyes, some asparagus, hollandaise sauce mix, baking potatoes. To hold us until food was ready I also picked up the ingredients to fix some bruschetta (Italian bread will do when they are out of bruschetta) with pico de gallo.
So far so good!
Dee taught me how to do baked potatoes in the SRG, so here we go! Canola oil and kosher salt and into the SRG.
Prepared Steaks with kosher salt, fresh crushed peppercorn and into fridge.
Next... the asparagus, and I am almost there. OH/OH, everyone is beginning to show up.
So far so good!
Bruschetta done and preacher not here... no sweat
The rest of us enjoy the beginnings of good fellowship, after all it is about the get together and not only the food.
Preacher shows up with his son that has limited time because he has to get back home to study for a major calculus exam... no sweat, I have the baked potatoes in the SRG.
Horrors! The 4-burner I put the preacher's son's steak to cook on is completely out of gas.
No sweat! Change the bottle from SRG to the 4-burner... now what about the uncooked baked potatoes?
Well folks, you've been there no more details. Poor steaks, poor baked potatoes, pretty good asparagus.
A wonderful afternoon with wonderful understanding friends!
This gathering brought me back to what it is all about: GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD FELOWSHIP, and a bounty that no one left hungry and everyone grateful for what was on the table we all shared.
Praise the Lord!
