FEAST.

FEAST.
With my family, there is no such thing as "eating light".

As some of you may know, three of my great friends from Costa Rica are visiting. They have been in NYC for the past few days, and today Shawn and I will be picking them up at the bus station in Philly before heading to {a VERY rainy} Buffet Show. Of course, the main concern amongst my family and I is "WHAT will we be FEEDING our fabulous friends"?? I received an email at 8am this morning from my mom -- a 'guideline' of what's to eat during their time here. Ha - and don't you know it, I have an outline that I wrote out taped to my fridge as well! I'm going to take them to Mallone's one morning for their famous sticky buns, make them my delicious 'green scramble', fresh bagels from Avalon Coffee, and I'm going to percolate their coffee to perfection! Some of the things that my mom has on the menu are: clams casinos, salad, jersey corn and tomatoes {they are like nothing you've had anywhere else}, deer burgers, a huge pot of chili, deer meat and homemade french fries one night - fresh fish another, a night out to visit me at Mildreds...and of course, the sacrificial pig!! AND TURTLE! Ha. My dad is going to be killing another one of the pigs {he killed the first one, Sean, about 2 weeks ago} and have a big roast! Here are some photos from the last pig dinner:

the chef and i.

Dr. Mary Schmeltzer eyeing up the next piece of pork she's going to snatch up...

Dad's new pig roaster...you put the hot coals on TOP.

MmMMMmmmMMmM...PORK!

This is the turtle that is going to make us a delicious batch of Snapper Soup!

Did I mention that Mom and Dad went to Joe Canal's and bought $600 worth of booze?? So even if it DOES rain every single day they are here, like the forecasts are calling for, we will be fat and happy...and drunk.

PURA VIDA.