Hosting Easter Dinner
Easter crept up on us early this year. Every year my family takes turns hosting holiday dinners at each other’s homes. My place was chosen for Easter. My family gets together every Sunday to share a meal. We look forward to it all week so when we get together for a holiday we make it even more special by preparing something we don’t eat often. On the menu for Easter is roasted pork shoulder. It is a traditional meal for special occasions. My grandmother will be seasoning it and it is served with yellow rice , chick peas and macaroni or potato salad. Roasting the pork takes 4 hours. Seasoning it is done the night before and my grandmother puts it in the oven around 10am. We eat dinner early in my culture so everyone arrives by 3pm to feast. Hosting dinners at my place always stresses me out. I’m usually in charge of drinks and desert but this year my uncles asked for lasagna. I have a large family of big eaters so I will have to make 3 lasagnas. Cooking is second nature to me and I enjoy doing it very much. While I look forward to eating this mouth watering meal, I don’t look forward to all the dishes I end up with. I absolutely love the fact that my family is as close as we are and every Sunday dinner or holiday spent with them warms my heart. When I start a family of own someday I plan on continuing this wonderful tradition. I’d like to wish everyone a very happy Easter!