The other day, someone in the new of group volunteers, either with true altruism at heart, or simply because they were sick of Thai food, suggested that we all cook an "American-style" dinner for our CCS staff. The menu consisted of barbecued chicken and ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad, green salad, grilled vegetables, garlic bread and chocolate chip cookies. Everyone chose a task, mine being potato salad, and two of the volunteers went out and bought enough food for 20 people.
That afternoon, the house was buzzing with 13 cooks (and cooks helpers). June, Noo, Air, Erica and Alicia were chopping vegetables in the outside kitchen. Steve, Foon and Damm were working the grills, Russ and Richard were inside working on the garlic bread, Lucy was working on her salad presentation, Bijan was perfecting his convection oven cookies and I was working on the various stages of my potato salad. Foon even threw some squid on the grill to add a little Thai flavor. Everything was ready by six and we all sat down to a delicious meal. It was a really great night watching everyone pitch in and have such a good time. Its really neat how a house full of strangers can so easily become a house full of friends.
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