There are very few things that I can honestly say I am
passionate about. My family is, of course, at the top of the list, and this
weekend I realized that cooking is right up there. As I catered the baby shower this weekend I
found myself excited about the food. Not so much about the actual event, but
creating a beautiful platter of colorful foods.
This event was done to help out a neighbor, but I learned
something in the process. If you don’t love it, then it’s nothing but hard
work. Fortunately for me I adored making each and every little thing. Most
people would find it monotonous cutting out 50 little circles of pie crust,
then placing them strategically over a mini muffin tin and pushing in the
center so that the crust was even all the way around, but I quite enjoyed it.
Filling each little cup with the right amount of filling, watching it bake to a
golden brown then wrapping and storing them for the event, was sheer joy. The
ultimate experience was watching the guests enjoy the food. Two of them pulled
up a chair to the serving table and as the hostess put it, “they grazed.” To me
there was no higher compliment.
In the future I will charge accordingly as I know this is
something I could make a very good living at. I may not have made a fortune on Saturday,
but I certainly enjoyed myself. For the first time in a very long time, I felt
like I was earning my keep, and for a woman that’s been on the disabled list
for several years, that means a lot.
Note: I forgot to take a picture of the Mini Quiche, but these were some of the other items I served. The cake is white with fresh strawberry filling and a buttercream frosting with fondant decorations.
