Adirondacks For Memorial Day!

I had a great memorial day. My boyfriend and I rented a log cabin, and invited friends to come up with us, we grilled, we drank and we climbed a mountain(BUCK MOUNTIAN!). It was great. Some of these friends I have known since I was 18, this means we have known each for well over a decade. We all met as freshman in the honors dorm for the newly minted "Presidential Scholars" program at SUNY Albany. It is amazing how little things change and how much they do. Grocery shopping with 15 people, almost gave me a panic attack, as the resident cook, I had to answer a lot of questions (and frankly I did not feel comfortable being the culinary leader because there are so many different tastes, religious concerns, and not to mention ethical concerns). As Americans, I think we have to be sensitive to so many different ways of eating that it makes us bland and we end up eating chicken breast instead of liver pate because it is safe. Do find that cooking for your friends complicated? Fun? I put my grass-fed diet on hold for the weekend because I had done so much preparation last year. Traveling with food is more work than it is worth. So, we gorged on grocery store meat, smores, grilled veggies, baked potatoes, peanut and jelly sandwiches and lots of Saranac beer. And it was great.