Easter Dinner



The Easter dinner worked out well. We had about 14 people at the table, from toddlers to our local octogenarian curmudgeon.

The menu:

Roast leg of lamb
Roasted ham
Greek salad
Baby lima beans and corn in chive cream
Curried rice
Mashed potatoes
Rhubarb pie
Apple pie
Chocolate cream pie
Vanilla ice cream

Our dinner guests brought an interesting assortment of gifts: wine, Drambuie, and a lovely roll of George Bush toilet paper.

As host, I had a tense moment before dinner when the potential for conflict arose. The curmudgeon, engaged with a knot of people, let fly some colorful language at one end of the long table. At the other end of the table, a mom who is wont to disapprove of that sort of thing said firmly, “Well, the language has certainly degraded in here.” An awkward silence ensued, until the curmudgeon chose not to engage on this point and resumed his discourse without comment.

Discussions included but were not limited to:

Being spied upon by the government
Curtailed freedom of speech
Slacker husbands
House remodeling
Marital stability or lack thereof
Public education
Other parents who take their responsibilities too lightly
Incarcerated relatives
Whether the child who threw up at the last party was likely to do it again at this one

I enjoyed each and all of my guests. If any of them did not have a good time, I am grateful that they concealed that from me.

Posted: Wed - April 19, 2006 at 12:04 AM        

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