Anthony and I volunteered to be the hosts for this year’s Parent’s Weekend gathering. The tradition has been that all the Filipino cadets from the AF Academy got together at their sponsor’s house along with their families who are visiting specifically for Parent’s Weekend. Acting as the unofficial Flip sponsors this year, we thought it would be a good idea to have everyone come to our house for food and fellowship. The guest list grew to nearly 100 (but everyone here knows 150+ actually showed up). Little did I know how much of a task it would be to prep and cook for all our guests. 2 days of straight cooking! Special thanks to Justin, Ace, Johnny and J.Fern for helping out financially with some of the food. And to my sister…my sous-chef, couldn’t have done it without her.
Just b/c I think it’s amazing how much food we prepared, here’s a list of some grocery items we bought:
30 lbs of pork
15 lbs of chuck beef
10 lbs of ground pork
9 packages of lumpia wrappers (9×30 wrappers per pack)
3 bunches of bananas
6 roasted chickens
6 packages of noodles
5 lb bag of carrots
4 cans of spam
Oh my the list can go on and on. Time for pictures.
That handle of Crown was consumed the night before all the work began. Pusoy Dos till 3 am!
(Don’t have a pic of the finished product, but we had 6 gallon sized ziploc bags full)
My helpers
Ended up with 2 full trays like this one. Over 300 sticks!
Ending day one with a shot.
Sushi
FOOD!
This is not nearly all the grub we had. I had food in the kitchen put away that I used to replenish items as the night went on.
Menu: Spinach salad with Mandarin oranges, California rolls, pork BBQ, pancit, calderetta, lumpia, spam fried rice, roasted chicken, fried fish, brownies with cheesecake, fruit pizza, and turon.
(Forgot to take a pic of the desserts)
Time to eat
All the people scattered around the house.
The younger crowd hung out in our basement
No Filipino party is complete without karaoke
People on the deck
I think many were there just to get the BBQ and lumpia as soon as they came off the grill or out of the fryer.
Shoes
Hot dang that’s a lot of people!
The cadets all introduced themselves and even put together a little video/slide show for the families.
I think that everyone had a great time and I received many “thank yous” and kind word of gratitude. I’ve got 1 word for next year’s party POTLUCK!
WOW – AMAZING!! =)