Tom and I are gearing up for the spaghetti feed sponsored by the Sons of Italy, Mille Cugini (A Thousand Cousins) Lodge #2659, Marysville, WA. Tom buys all the makings for the meatballs and he buys all the Italian sausages -- which is part of what we did today. He caused a little stir at the Costco when he checked out with all the sausages. It was very obviously an Italian thing and another form of advertising. Those at Costco today started dreaming of garlic and red sauce to go with the sausage so we may see them at St. Mary's on Saturday!
Tomorrow at 9 AM the meatball crew will be at the church for the pounding of the garlic and the crying over the onions. 400 meatballs by noon! Meanwhile, I usually get the task of parboiling the sausages, about 300 of them. It takes hours!
Saturday morning, the day of the dinner, the sauce makers appear and the pasta water boilers get it in high gear and Presto! Spaghetti dinner!!
Rolls, salad, sodas and wine, and cake for dessert are also included.
We also have a raffle and every year the main prize is an umbrella. It used to be an Italian Cinzano umbrella but they've gotten expensive so we just get a nice patio umbrella with a stand. The umbrella hovers over the raffle tables all day and is usually the last prize given away. This year's umbrella is neon green and pretty cool!!
Join us for a bite! Mangia!! MJ and Chelsea are serving. Denise and Chris are cooking and cleaning. Tom is the Emcee. See you there! 2 to 7, St. Mary's Church. $10
More doings-- on the sad side....
Purchasing the umbrella along with survival food and water for us and the dog took up the rest of the day. We hopefully have a ten day supply of everything should disaster strike. We hear rumors that a few Washington schools are closing and maybe by next week we won't want to be out and about. We'll keep a positive outlook and just know we'll fall under the radar on this one!
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Did you survive the spaghetti feed?
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