Jun7 Written by:Kayle
6/7/2008 10:48 AM
Today we had the American summer team and the faculty of TCZ over to our house for an impala roast. As with anytime you host about 30 people, you can expect chaos, but here in Zimbabwe it always seems a bit more chaotic than back home! We had a warthog roast last year at our house with the American summer team that came out so I had learned how to do things better this time around. One thing I did differently is that I asked people to bring their own plates, cups and chairs, along with a dish to share. I also prepared my dishes (a soup appetizer, coleslaw and cookies) the day before so that I wouldn't be going crazy the day of the event. Last year we made coffee and tea for everyone with dessert, but this year we decided this was too much hassle and didn't do it!
Well, the night started off with a bang--I mean, a literal bang! One of our lecturers, Golden, just had eye surgery that day and had some "Ray Charles" sun glasses he needs to wear for a week. Believe it or not, he actually drove to our house with his sunglasses on at night! Upon arriving to our house, he ran into our black electric gate! I guess he didn't see it! Fortunately, it only knocked the gate off of the track, but didn't damage it or the car! Secondly, I had been reheating the soup up on our slow cooker...and I do mean SLOW cooker...it had been in there for hours and still wasn't hot. By the time we were ready to serve it, the electricity went out! Fortunately, we were able to start the generator and turn off other appliances so that we could individually microwave everyone's bowl of soup. Also, one of the little girls kept running into our sliding glass doors as she couldn't tell when they were open or closed.
But other than that, this year definitely went smoother than last year and I hope that next year will go even better! (See photos for a picture of the roasting impala).
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