Honestly, when someone asks how old I am, I really have to think about the answer. I do remember I am over the age of 30 and I know I am not over 35 (I would definitely remember that…). So when someone asks how old I am I say, “somewhere between 30 and 35”. I suspect once I hit 35 I will start saying, “somewhere between 35 and 40”. We shall see…
Back to the point…I turned another year older! AND IT ROCKED.
When I starting thinking about what I wanted to do for my birthday, I knew I did not want to go out to a bar or restaurant. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to revive our Cook Off from years ago. I had been talking about having a Mac and Cheese cook off for years! Finally, it was time.
I invited a small group over to The Shack to either compete or eat in the cook off! There were two items to compete in – Mac and Cheese and Potato Salad.
On the day of the cook off, Doug, Sarah, Donnie and I went to see Flashdance (which was really fun). We got home at 5 pm and prepped for the party. Doug and I were both competing in Mac and Cheese AND potato salad.
We had 4 entries for Potato Salad:
Number 1 was Doug’s, 2 was mine, 3 was mine and 4 was the Mumbowers.
For Mac and Cheese, we had 6 entries!
1 was mine, 2 was Stacey’s (it was cool – feta and tomatoes), 3 was Doug’s, 4 was Kraft Mac and Cheese, 5 was Sarah’s, 6 was Ryan and Kat’s.
Doug also made smoked pulled pork (which he started at midnight after NORC the previous night) and carnitas! The meat rocked. We also offered 2 types of pork and beans. :) COMFORT FOOD CITY.
People hung out, ate and voted….
After everyone voted, we announced the winner!
For potato salad - #2 won! ME!! YAY. (Funny sstory about this one – I messed it up and found it too mustardy- I was sure it would not win. Boy, was I wrong)
For Mac and Cheese – # 5 won! SARAH! Sarah holds the Mac and Cheese title! Congrats Sarah!
After we were all full, we decided to pull out the games…
Some were playing board games and others were playing Mario on the Wii. We had some fun and hung out for hours. It was a fabulous birthday. Thank you all for coming!
Oh yeah, if you were wondering if we had cake…No. Sadly, my birthday always falls in lent. We had a raspberry brie wrapped in dough. It looked like a cake! I forgot to get a photo, but I called it my birthday cake :)
Happy Birthday to me!
Love and Hugs, Lizzie
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