an excuse to cook really weird food you may not have tried before and get creative with foods you have done before, with lots of re-wining, beers deep and hhwhiskey, tomfoolery, DPSE-ing, smack talking, picture taking until the food gets cold while the family complains "Can we eat yet? Mom, I'm HUNGRY!" "Not Yet, Sweetheart. I need one more picture from this angle. Can you hold the lamp up for me for more light?".
We haven't had a lot of smack talk lately. What's up with that? Everyone mellowing out in their Old Age? I think we should revive the noobs-vs-vets competition. That was fun!