Lesson Learned: Do Not Run Out of Confectioners Sugar

Last night was...a learning experience to say the least.  Between learning how to peel and clean shrimp and keeping food going out of the kitchen it, was an awesome night.   Frankie and I altered the menu, yet again, to feature a Chicken sandwich with pancetta, spinach, and a home made garlic aioli, which can be found in Gourmet Meals in Minutes (though it calls for arugula, we opted for something a little more subdued).   The Almost Famous "Bang Bang" Shrimp was fantastic, quite a crowd pleaser...Bonefish got it right...and so did we! And last but not horribly least we attempted to make the Molten Lava Cake.  I say attempted because it crashed and burned.  WORD OF ADVICE: DO NOT RUN OUT OF INGREDIENTS!! Frankie and I ran out of confectioners sugar. My bright idea was to just add more flour...this apparently does NOT work with a lava cake. You will have NO LAVA.  Not to mention the fact we over baked them because they didnt look done after the required 14 minutes of bake time.

But on the up side we think that everyone enjoyed themselves, playing poker, having a few drinks (& shots of cheap tequilla with a very yellow Lemon, thank you Robin it was very good!) and food food food!!!  Music blaring and laughter round the table that could be heard from the grill outside.

With that, Frankie and I will be hosting another dinner within the next few weeks!

From 5lbs, yes 5 lbs of shrimp, we peeled and prepped them,
with extra left over from the "Bang Bang" we made a cocktail
at the end, only 3 shrimp remained. 

Things to do:

• Plan a schedule for food service
• Make sure all ingredients are present and accounted for!
• maybe get some paper plates...
• Get atleast a six pack of  beer!

Thank you everyone that came.