Family Dinners

These Photos were taken from Lauren's facebook since her camera got passed around last night and everyone took some pictures throughout dinner.
Shannon preparing french toast (left). Everyone awaits dinner, below.





One of the best ideas my friends have had in Rome is having "family dinners." We decided to rotate who does the cooking and everyone takes a turn to buy and make dinners. We have had great variety in what everyone has made- we have had everything from pasta to bratwurst to taco night. While one person usually volunteers to cook, often everyone contributes by helping out with the process or contributing drinks, ingredients, or sidedishes.


Last night Lauren and Shannon hosted breakfast for dinner in Lauren's appartment. The girls really went all out! Lauren scrambled 28 eggs total, with spinach, and had various cheeses to put on top. Shannon made french toast (which is really interesting to do when you're not using american style slices of bread). As far as we can tell, Rome doesnt have ground cinnamon so Shannon, Chris and I rotated turns of trying to grate sticks of cinnamon with a cheese grater.



Chris decided to make bacon in 7 different forms- the mashed potatos didnt really work out so they didnt make it to dinner. The gravy wasnt quite right either. However, the other 5 styles of bacon were fantastic. 1 pan was left plain, nothing added. One pan was dipped in honey, one pan- sugar and cinnamon (my personal favorite), a dish of sliced potatoes, bacon, and cheese which was hearty and a nice break from straight up bacon, and finally, as shown in the last picture, bottom left corner of the table, chocolate covered bacon.

French toast and scrambled eggs.

The whole gang enjoys dinner. Note the chocolate covered bacon.