I had a group of friends over on Saturday night for Pasta Bar. Of course there was a little wine involved as well thanks to my friend, Pattycake. Ellen brought a great salad and Janice came with her famous ice cream cake dessert. I still have 1/2 piece of the dessert left in the freezer but I only eat two bites a day so I can savor it as long as possible.
But back to Pasta Bar. I get a lot of ingredients and cut them up and put them in bowls. I use onions, peppers, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, asparagus, spinach, capers, zucchini chicken and shrimp. I boil up a whole lot of bow tie pasta and then have marinara and Alfredo sauce. Everyone tells you what they want in their pasta and you cook it up in a skillet for them individually while everyone eats as their pasta is done. I can keep three skillets going at once.
I had to ask myself, it this really a Southern dish. We think of pasta as Italian food, but served as a pasta bar, I am sure it is Southern. Especially in how we cater to each and every diner at the table or who is sitting around the bar. This is just a wonderful way to celebrate friends and family. You could almost do it as a pot luck and assign everyone one or two things to bring.
Just my musings on a few random thoughts this morning. Hope you have a good Wednesday.
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