Last Day at Jed's

My last day at Jed’s, and the plan is to alternate cooking, writing, and Terraforming Mars. We picked up the new TM card game — it was a Kickstarter thing, but it’s also now available at Target, so more on that shortly. The cooking is because Alex kindly offered to host a cookbook re-launch party for me at his place on Sunday, so I’ll be cooking lunch for his friends + a bunch of my friends. Funfun.

Tentative menu — it’s overloaded for the number of people, but I’ll probably drop a few things as we go, depending on time / energy levels. But I do have Jed to help me chop today, and Alex’s family to help me chop tomorrow — I can cook a LOT with sufficient sous chef assistance. And we’re ordering a few things from a local Indian restaurant, which will help.

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Appetizers:

veggie ribbon sandwiches

cheese & chutney with crackers

dried mango & dates (from grocery store) — DONE

bitter gourd chips (from grocery store) — DONE

murukku (from grocery store) — DONE

Lunch:

deviled chili eggs — DONE

eggplant sambol — DONE

kaliya curry — DONE

mushroom and cashew curry — DONE

beet curry — DONE

tempered lentils

pol sambol

salmon curry — make Sat

ginger-garlic chicken — make Sun

kale sambol — make Sun

biryani (veggie or chicken or lamb) and plain rice (ordered) — DONE

naan (ordered) — DONE

raita (ordered) — DONE

papad (ordered) — DONE

Drinks:

fresh sweet lime juice — make Sat

mango-passionfruit punch or mimosa — make Sat

arrack sour — make Sun

Sweets:

rose / saffron-pistachio ice cream (from grocery store) — DONE

jalebi (from grocery store) — DONE

mango fluff — DONE

jaggery milk toffee — DONE (except for cutting)

pineapple & mango marshmallows — DONE (except for cutting)

vatallappam?

tropical fruit salad — make Sun

Last Day at Jed’s

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