Brown Elephant 2005

First of all, let me say that my favorite Dec 1st post that I've read so far is here, although I am enjoying d's discussion about yao-fen and the jiggaboo.

So here are the highlights of Brown Elephant 2005.

• It is too cold to cook lumpia outside.
• Wild salmon filet is delicious, but cooking it under the broiler burns the shallots and sets off the fire alarm. $50 well spent.
• Electronic catch phrase works fine as a hot-potato drinking game. Brring! you have a phone call!
• People were not excited about miso soup or grocery veggie tray. Plenty of stir fry at my house for the next few days!
• Let H sit on the couch! She's due in February!

Some of the gifts that the Brown Elephant brought us:

• a flask in the shape of a cell phone
• a poster of my sister's face photo shopped onto Charlize Theron's body.
• bobble-head cheerleader L
• a framed picture of T, shirtless and flexing
• a wind-up penguine, that poops cola flavored candy poops
• a set of ping pong ball guns
• a regifted cheese plate in the shape of a wine glass
• reindeer antlers
• America; Land of the Free t-shirt
• Eagle clutching the General Lee, six pack of Miller High Life

The menu:

• broiled salmon: shallots, olive oil
• chicken/pork lumpia
• bbq pork
• frozen mini-quiches
• veggie tray
• miso soup
• unfrozen cheese cake
• mochi ice-cream

Everything was easy easy easy to make, except for the lumpia, which became a segment of the party. Lumpia making, eating, brown elephant, and brring!