We are now blessed to have a family of 4: Myself, wife, E and M. E is enjoying herself immensely in her second year at the Northeast Iowa Montessori School. She has been attending full days and we have just seen her mind continue to flourish in the Montessori environment. Every year that have two potlucks, beginning of the year introduction and end of the year goodbyes. Last night was the fall potluck.
These gatherings serve three great functions in my mind
- Allows the parents of the kids that play all day together to meet
- Gives parents the opportunity to have a meaningful conversation with another adult
- Gives parents the opportunity to have any conversation with another adult that isn't their S.O
Now, although I cook nearly every meal in the house, I am notoriously bad at judging how much food a recipe will make. I am not naive though. If the recipe states it serves 4, I assume it serves 6-7. I will also run a recipe by my wife just to see what the quantity will be. This isn't necessarily the smartest thing to do as we are equal peers at food quantity judgement. Let's not forget that if you've ever made ANY soup, there is always lots of it left over.
This recipe will yield "10-12 Servings." Those servings must be feeding 10 teenage boys. Although I cooked it on the stove, I carrying it in a crock pot (6 qt) to serve at the potluck. This 6 quarts was but a quarter of soup that I made. On they way home, I mentioned that I'd give some to our neighbor. E began crying in the back seat. "What's wrong sweetie?"
"I don't want you to give the soup away. I reeeeaaaaaally like it."
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