As a lazy person I sometimes conflate things that I think will be good with easy. This happens a lot when hosting dinner parties. I'll put together this ambitious menu with lots of components, marinades, sauces, garnishes, multiple appetizers, multiple courses, and of course everything is made from scratch. To begin with I cannot even find all the ingredients at the same store! It is at least three stores before I have everything I need. Then there is the pre-prep: marinades, seasonings, cutting and flavoring, sometimes baking. The actual prep comes and I still have some juice in the tank, food is coming together but I am running out of cooking space. The oven is full, the stove is covered, and the dishes are piling up. That is usually when I figure out that I forgot an ingredient or five for the appetizers I am putting together. Oh shit! WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ICE!
People show up. Grab a drink. Get a bite to eat. Sip, savor, repeat. I am sweating but have cleaned up nicely for the soiree. Music is playing. It feels nice, it feels right. Of course the food was amazing. But it is just not the food is it? It is the whole experience. The ambitious menu, the three stores, the thought and characteristic to want to have the dinner in the first place. You have to want to be there. As a lazy person it is still tough to do.
People show up. Grab a drink. Get a bite to eat. Sip, savor, repeat. I am sweating but have cleaned up nicely for the soiree. Music is playing. It feels nice, it feels right. Of course the food was amazing. But it is just not the food is it? It is the whole experience. The ambitious menu, the three stores, the thought and characteristic to want to have the dinner in the first place. You have to want to be there. As a lazy person it is still tough to do.