Fry party

Epic weekend.

The highlight was our Saturday all-day deep frying party.  My roommate owns a deep fryer, and so we decided to deep fry... everything: potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, brussel sprouts, parsnips, peppers, pickles, avocadoes, apples, pineapples, bananas, plantains, cheddar cheese, steak tips, oysters, clams, shrimp, snickers, twix, oreos, marshmallows, cookie dough balls, and twinkies.

We also consumed, as a group, 6 lbs of bacon.

The party lasted a solid 7 hours, with a consistent group of approximately 30 people there to fry, eat, repeat.  It was pretty amazing.

Less wonderful was the awful corn oil smell that engulfed our entire kitchen and living room.  But it was well worth it in the end.

Then, on Sunday I proceeded to run the Jingle Bell Run 5K with many friends.  It was fun, and I ran hard (as always, my instinct to run hard and try to win kicks in after the first mile or so) despite having not eaten anything all morning.  We headed to one of the post-run celebration bars, Daddy Jones in Magoun Sq, for beer (I drank only a sip) and snacks.  It turns out that the pita I ate there would be the only thing I'd eat the rest of the day.  I got home, laid down on the couch, and basically didn't move, my body utterly exhausted from the run, the fry party, and the drinking/partying that had consumed the previous 5 days in a row.

This weekend was definitely a little overwhelming.