Early AM The Morning After (by Bob and Vera - reposted)

Good Morning Campers,

My mild headache and enrollment in a 12 step hiccup recovery program tells me that the first meeting of Cosmic Spatula, The Supper Club was a roaring success. Don't look at the insane hour that this e-mail was written as this is a normal occurrence for me to be awake and coffeeing at this hour (I spent the last 1/2 an hour trying to figure out how to make a group in Google. I know I had done it before but I'm a little fuzzy on the details and memory).
As promised here is the link to the first event of the evening Sun-dried Tomato and Peas on Endive Spears Recipe : Giada De Laurentiis : Food Network
And likewise, this is where I found the recipe for the Game Hens and Wild Rice.  Please understand that the use of these recipe links is in no way to be construed as an endorsement of the website or the owners thereof. I didn't knowingly go searching for an Oprah site to impress my friends. Anyone who says that I said anything fawning or worshipful about Giada Di Laurentis on the Food Porn,,, er uh, excuse me, Food Network, they will obviously be dismissed as someone that had entirely too much to drink.

Some flashes of events to make this inaugural dinner memorable still float in my brain as the coffee kicks in.
I notice that even the second floor smells like Cornish Game Hen smoke. The ladder is still in place under the smoke alarm where Vera went to the rescue. The dishes are done (now that I don't remember, but I do see the results, thank you). For some reason I have this nagging thought that I will never ever ask Vera to get Endive at the store again, or give her a list where some things are highlighted and some things are not. I wonder where that comes from?
I have many images of smiling and laughing people, And one where a very contented (tipsy I think is the definition, which is a cute way of saying a little drunk) host/cook leaning too heavily on his end of the table (tipsy is appropriate here too) and depositing a full glass of wine in Jan's lap while spilling nearly everything else on the table.
Which gave Jan the perfect opportunity, making the best of a bad situation, to comment on the quality of the dinner
Rowan cruising the kitchen and dining room looking for dropped food (we really should feed that boy)Competing soups, Ian gets points for presentation, Barbara for taste, (I had both and they were delicious). I looked wistfully in the fridge for Barbara's leftover soup and alas, it was gone, (and you made so much. Do you need us to visit today? say around lunchtime?)Well folks, More recollections are welcome, and the Blog could be a great way of adding to the merriment. If we don't get the blog together, I am still in the market for all the recipes that arrived last night. I am already looking forward to our next gathering at Tim and Barb's. Beef Bourgignon and France are on the menu, and I don't know how you guys coordinated the sides but I'm on the job and ready to fill in where needed. Can we do this every 3 weeks instead of once a month?
See y'all soon.
Bob and Vera