Julia Child on Mabee 2

For my second cooking project, I decided to cook barbecue chicken. I came back from fall break a day early, and those of us from our FYS that were on campus already decided to make dinner together. Our meal was composed of barbecue chicken, teriyaki chicken, Julia Child's potatoes gratin, garlic bread, corn, and frosted brownies. The delicious meal was satisfying after all the time, efforts, and money put into it.

We headed to the store with the idea that we knew what we needed, but once we got there, we realized that was not true. We spent a lot of time wandering around HEB, during which our original plan of steak and potatoes turned into a dinner consisting of twenty chicken legs, six whole potatoes, and sides to go along with them.

We eventually returned to the dorm, already hungry, and began to cook. I began to bake the chicken after seasoning it with salt, pepper, and oil. After twenty-five minutes, I covered most of them in barbecue sauce, leaving the remaining few to be brushed with teriyaki, and returned the chicken to the oven.

We sliced, layered, and baked the potatoes just as we had seen Julia Child do. We ended up with two whole pans of potatoes gratin, leaving leftovers for days to come. Our sides consisted of an entire loaf of garlic bread and a pan of sweetened corn, made by Shannon. Then our dessert was a pan of frosted chocolate brownies. We probably over-estimated in terms of portions, especially in terms of potatoes, and once we began to eat, we realized just how much food there actually was. When we finished eating as much as we possibly could, we wandered the halls, rounding up athletic guys to help us finish everything.

I enjoyed the meal, not only because it tasted delicious and was extremely satisfying, but also because it brought us all together. Everyone worked together, from the time we made our shopping list until late that night when we were still giving out chicken and garlic bread.