What did I get myself into?!!!!

I love to entertain at my house. There’s nothing I enjoy more than cooking for a group of my friends and loved ones. Well Friday night, I was hosting a going away party for our family friends who are being transferred to D.C. Unfortunately, this was kind of a last minute shindig, so I didn’t have an accurate count of how many people would be coming. I didn’t know if it would be 50 people or 100 people.

So having NO idea who was coming, I set off to the store to buy the makings for fried chicken. (Yep, I said fried chicken! I agreed to make this dish before my small get-together became an all out rave! Well almost!) So in order to have enough chicken for all the potential people coming, I planned on buying 50 pounds of chicken. Unfortunately, I missed counted and accidentally bought 70 pounds instead!

I ended up only preparing 40 pounds of that seemingly endless supply of poultry. I had 2 deep fryers and 1 pot of oil going at once, and about 2 and half hours later, I had successfully fried 40 pounds of chicken. I cheated a little. I used Ina Garten’s oven-fried chicken recipe, where you flash fry for about 3 minutes first and then finish in the oven. (I’m going to post the recipe, so you can try it if you like.)

My husband attempted a head count in the middle of the festivities. He gave up around 70! I have a pretty large house, but 70+ people sure made it feel small. In the end, it was a great party and a perfect sending off for our dear Kurt and Candy. And even though I was on my feet for over 13 hours that day, I would do it again in a heart beat. Because that’s what good food is about, bringing people together to celebrate every milestone in our lives.

Posted by admin on August 28th, 2007 under Life is short. Eat up!

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