The Cuban Party

Dave takes a Cuban sandwich off the griddle

I'm not sure if it was Tury or Elvis that kept reminding me to send pictures when we had our Cuban party with our friends back home.  It only took us 2 months to get our pictures hung and to assemble the ingredients and friends to celebrate!

Getting the pictures framed and hung, took the longest.  That $3 museum print cost me a fortune to frame!!  But now my stairway and kitchen have reminders of our wonderful two weeks in Cuba.

Museum print upper left...
I still have 2 tiles and 3 small canvases to give as birthday and Christmas gifts!

From the Gallery of the Resistance!

Of course we started with mojitos!  Laurie who had been to Cuba with Queens University brought casava and plantain chips!

Laurie brought the chips

Diane made a flan but I forgot to take a picture!

David fixed Cuban sandwiches, which we did NOT find in Cuba, but had enjoyed in Florida.  They had his pulled pork, ham, pickles, swiss cheese, and a his special mayo/mustard/lime/cilantro sauce!

And of course there had to be beans and rice!

The table.... before....

and the kitchen after...

I'm still have mojito, wine, and beer glasses to wash this morning!  (My friend the Riedle salesman taught me never to wash wine glasses after a party when you are tipsy!...and we were!!!)

And Tory and Elvis...I "apologize" that the TV in picture #7 is tuned to a basketball game rather than a baseball game.  I know the party would have been more authentic with baseball, but this is March Madness in the states, which means we have all switched from American football to college basketball.  The Duke v. UNC game was going on just down the street, but obviously we couldn't score tickets! But after diner, we watched the 1 point squeaker!   David pulled for Duke just to be obstinate since everyone else were UNC fans, and of course Duke won!  Regardless, a good time was had by all.