Bonne anniversaire a moi!

[katvrimag]

I'm planning and cooking my own birthday dinner. My wife took some convincing that this was what I really wanted to do, because she believes that other people should feed/pay for you for your birthday. This is a fine philosophy, but I've been wanting to invite people over and cook for them for a while. So

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[ep_reductase]

Felix dies natalis!

[thalialunacy]

DANG, that sounds awesome. I wish I could be there. :D

[katvrimag]

Well, if you were here, I'd've (can you double contract? cause I will anyway) had to make some noodles.

[thalialunacy]

Which clearly would've put your whole world completely out of order. :P (and I do it all the time. Now I want to try for three. Hmm.)

[hntrpyanfar]

The menu looks awesome. :) (Thanks to expoeticsoul for reminding me about your post; I completely forgot to reply!)

I was hoping to bring some wine or something to spoil you with... it is your birthday, after all! What kind of wine do you like? (White? Red? Sweet? Tart? Red-tannin-y?) I like reds, so my tentative plan was to bring a tannin-y red (Yellow Tail Cabernet/Syrah) and a sweet white (Riesling or Liebfraummilch, if I can get it.) However, if you like tart whites or pinks, or sweet pinks, I could do that too. Let me know, birthday lady!

I'm excited about the artichokes. I don't know if you were planning to have a dip for them, but I thought I'd offer to bring some Thai peanut satay sauce to dip them in in addition to whatever. (I know dark_towhead loves peanut butter and bbq sauce, and hates sour cream and mayonnaise, and I'd really like for him to try the artichokes 'cause I like them. =)

Cooking is fun! What time do we show?

[katvrimag]

Wine sounds good. (Honestly, I don't really know my wine preferences, as most of the people I've regularly dined with either don't don't drink, or prefer hard liquor.) I'm probably going to have part of a bottle of Souvignon Blanc left from the cookings.

As for artichokes, I was going to do a quasi-fancy stuffed thing, but satay is one of my weaknesses, so I'll just cook 'em up, and bring on the sauce. I normally eat them with plain melted butter.

Timing . . . how about 6?

[hntrpyanfar]

Y'know, I didn't get this till today... gomen nasai! (Very sorry!)

I'll try to bring something that looks cool, and we can try that. :)

As for the 'chokes... if you want to make stuffed ones, please do! They sound delicious. I realized later (when showing the menu to Dan) that I'd flaked on the fact that they were stuffed. (ahem) I'll pick up some satay sauce, but really I'm happy either way. (or if you wanted to stuff one to try, and have plain ones, or stuff one in my ear, I understand. ;)

I'm excited!

I'm also working tomorrow, so wine and food and friends will really make my day sweet. Thanks again for offering to do this. I'll give you guys a call before heading over. :) But sixish should be fine.

[katvrimag]

No problem. I thought I'd replied to your comment, but apparently I hadn't. These gol durn machines with their new-fangled buttons . . .

I was looking for something more interesting than just plain artichokes, but it's actually probably better to go simpler. Less timing annoyances, too, cause they'd have to have been baked, and well, you'll see my mini-oven when you get here.

I'll see you tomorrow. Wee! I'm also excited and very much looking forward to it. :)

[expoeticsoul]

Ice cream cake acquisition taken care of. (Except for the actual acquiring part...)

(Don't glare. I'm studying really I am...)