- Greek salad
- Spanakopita
- Lemon potatoes
- Chicken souvlakia
- Tzatziki
- Baklava
All of the recipes were from the organizer's mom, which I thought was pretty cute. She must have been so happy when her daughter asked for them! Also kind of cute was that the Greek people running the event kept explaining all of the exact ways to do things-- exactly how to cut the tomatoes for the salad, how to cut garlic, etc. There was a little bit of chaos because there were 20 people in the end, and we were just in a medium-sized kitchen with one oven... but some of the dishes were baked in the organizer's room down the hall and not everyone came for the cooking part (...) so it wasn't too too crowded. We started cooking at 5 and ate around 8! We went around the table and said where we are from and some cultural thing that we enjoy -- all of the Greek students went off on how amaaaazing Greek Easter is and how excited they are for the big event they throw every year at MIT. They roast 5 whole lambs + more racks of meat! It will take place on May 5th. Everyone talked about food for the rest of dinner-- there were lots of foodies there.
Everything tasted great. I guess if you were cooking for your family you wouldn't make all of these at once, and then it wouldn't take 3 hours.
When I came home G hadn't eaten-- we thought there was leftover mole in the freezer, but actually it was just the sauce with no chicken in it! He still ate a little but gave up. So I quickly made some pasta with garlic shrimp in olive oil with a little parsley on top. I think he is getting spoiled ;)
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