Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner

So this is kinda like birthday/pre-thanksgiving dinner/every weekend get together/??. It is happening in two days and I am kind of nervous about the amount of people here. What the hell is with up with these people wanting to invite all these anonymous people? People meaning this rumor I heard that Ms. Wu was gonna try and set me up. I am in no mood to be hooking up. And no physical state either. My face has gained back the fat I lost in Europe and my 'irritation' on my face never seems to go away.

The guest list so far is John(me), James, Richard, Anna, Mirna, Cindy, David. This what I know. Then I have to make extra for my family. Mom, Dennis, grandparents, Dennis' TW friend. This is a dozen people. I think they'll have to be happy with scraps. haha.

So the menu so far is:

• Tomato Vegetable Puree Soup
  (I am going to try to replicate the soup that Jenny made two years ago. We got the recipe incidentally at Costco while flipping through a cookbook and now I can't find a recipe online. Maybe I should pour over the cookbooks we have at home.)


• Potato Salad w/Cucumbers and Apples cubes
  (Hopefully I can replicate Angel's recipe pretty easily)


• Tuna Tartare
  (I really wanted to make use of all these fucking avocados around our house. Tuna tartare seems like a good choice. Now I just have to find some fresh sashimi grade tuna.. G'luck John. This the second hardest dish in my menu)


• Prime Rib
  (Easy to do. I've done it twice. Both times with great results.)


• Sides: Mashed Potatoes and Bacon Corn
  (Should be fairly easy to do. Hopefully)


• Pumpkin Butter Gooey Cake
  (This should be the hardest dish to pull off. Cakes and baking are always so unpredictable with my track record.)

I'm pretty excited and apprehensive about this menu. Everything besides the tuna tartare and the Pumpkin Cake should be easy to pull off.