Whew

So we hosted a barbecue for Jess' office today. It was quite the production, but it was way, way too much food! There were so many leftovers that we'll be eating them for days. I had a lot of leftover bread dough from earlier in the week when I made cinnamon rolls for a woman at work who was leaving, and I had also prepared extra dough for guests we were supposed to have on Friday night. But the Friday night guests bailed, so I had the dough and needed to make it into something. So I made dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls with the idea that I would probably just freeze them but not use them for today's lunch. But at the last minute, I decided I would put the dinner rolls out to see if anyone would want them. They ate about half of the tray, which was fine; I could freeze the other half. But they really had interest in the cinnamon rolls, the smell of which had entranced them as I took them from the oven. I feared they would overshadow the cobbler and cookies I had made, and indeed they did. I have 2/3 of the cobbler left and have no idea what I am going to do with it. Right now, I feel so bloated I don't care about any of it.


Here's what it looked like:

The dinner rolls: steamy, doughy, chewy, and deliciously yeasty...fabulous with a big slab of butter.

The smoky barbecued brisket.


The savory baked beans. I make them with a bit of the brisket stirred in, and some other spices.


And of course, cole slaw.


Yummy home-made potato salad brought by someone else (and I don't usually like potato salad).


Delicious roasted vegetables, also brought by someone else.


Sangria (foreground) and margaritas on tap.


The tart and delicious cherry cobbler.


The pièce de résistance...sticky, gooey, soft and spicy, warm and yeasty, totally over-the-top cinnamon rolls.


And finally...a margarita toast to you!