I hit a home run today! All 3 kids at home, two back from college. Plus my daughter's boyfriend, daughter graduates in May.
I made a big chicken gumbo today, with the kids chopping the onions, green onions, and parsley (musta put like 4 cups of parlsey in that gumbo, most ever, and it WAS GOOD). I nailed the gumbo, DARK roux, just right on the salt and cayenne. It was a beaut.
While the gumbo was simmering, we threw together a recipe for Bon Ton Cafe bread pudding, from the NO restaurant (I think they reopened after Katrina). Simply excellent. I had to go buy a fifth of Early Times for the bourbon sauce, but it was really worth it. Had two servings of that, with Community Dark Roast coffee, Yummmm.
Then wife and I got the talk, daughter is ENGAGED in addition to graduating!!! He seems like a good guy, so I'm a happy camper.

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