December 31, 1993

1993 Events

January 1 Jon & Maureen - Turkey dinner
January 15 Regina - Seafood linguine
January 23 Jon & Maureen - Homemade pasta with Reg & Sammy
January 28 Sammy - Mexican
February 4 Cathy & Charlie - Grilled shark & chicken
February 11 Jon & Maureen - Italian
February 25 Dave & Tom - Cajun (gumbo)
March 4 Regina - Pub Night
March 17 Jon & Maureen - St. Patty's Day dinner
March 25 Dave & Tom - Pizza
April 1 Sammy - Trial Chinese
April 8 Jeri - Mexican
April 18 Sammy - Chinese
April 22 Regina - Seafood
April 29 Maureen - Pizza
May 27 Cathy & Charlie - Pork Roast
June 3 Dave & Tom - Cajun ( lemon stuff )
June 15 Jon & Maureen - Sammy's birthday ( fajitas )
June 17 Jon & Maureen - BYOL(obster)
June 24 Sammy Lobster - (with NSA)
July 1 Regina - Shish-ka-bob pockets
July 15 JJ - Chili chicken & strawberry soup
July 22Dave & Tom - Chili stuffed peppers
August 5 Michelle & Sammy - Italian (Initialization night MC & JJ)
August 12 Cathy & Charlie - Seafood Bouillabaisse (canoeing)
August 26 Jon & Maureen - Hawaiian Barbecue
September 9 Dave & Tom - Beer Night
September 16 Reg & JJ - Jamaican
September 23 Michelle & Sammy - French
September 30 Jon & Maureen - Wine Night
October 14 Dave & Tom - Chic-pot-pie
November 3 Reg & JJ - French meat/chicken pies
November 7 Ilise & Sammy - Jewish Cuisine
November 17 Jon & Maureen - Italian
December 5 Dave & Tom - Turkey Dinner

January 29, 1993

Gourmet Club Dinners, the Story according to Maureen

Jon and I had a New Year's Eve party 1992. On New Year's Day, we cooked a big turkey dinner. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, etc...just like Thanksgiving. Sammy had come over for the party and stayed for dinner. Dave also came over on New Year's Day. Reg had felt, a few weeks later, like she should cook dinner. Jon, me, Dave, Tom and Sammy went over there and she made seafood linguine, one with red sauce, one with cheese. The next week, Jon and I made a TON of homemade pasta. To help us eat it, we invited Sammy and Reg over. Thus, Sammy decided that he 'owed' us dinner. January 28, 1993 he invited Jon, me, Reg, Dave, Tom, Cathy and Charlie over for dinner. Since this was such a successful event, Charlie said we should do it every week and volunteered for the next week. Thus began our Gourmet Club.