cooking spaghetti
for a xmas party


ida's church small group held a christmas masquerade party on 17 december from 6.00 p.m. at 28 leonie hill, the home of one of the group's members .

expectedly, ida handled the creative part of the party, designing the invitation cards and looking into the decoration for the party.

i think the food part was organised on a pot luck basis, each of them was supposed to contribute a dish. so, when one of them could not fulfilled her part of cooking spaghetti for the merry-makers, i was roped in to help out.

actually, it is one of the easier dishes to prepare and cook. the ingredients are few: minced beef, button mushrooms, sliced sausages and spaghetti. of course, you need the spaghetti sauce.

i follow the directions on the pack - boil a pot of water, add two teaspoons of salt and one teaspoon of olive oil. add the pasta (spaghetti) and boil for six minutes, stir frequently. drain and soak pasta in tap water twice.

after that i fry the chopped onions and finely chopped garlic in olive oil before adding the ingredients. finally, i add the spaghetti and then the spaghetti sauce. add one scoup of water.

anyway, they had so much food at the party that the spaghetti was only half finished.