Today was yemista day! It was so delicious, and I am exhausted right now and going straight to sleep. Five hours of prepping and peeling and mixing and stirring and cooking. We made 35 yemista, two different types of salads, tzatziki from scratch, and served bread as well. When we bought the tomatoes and peppers for stuffing, we told the produce lady that it was because we were cooking for 15 people and she laughed and said, “you three?” We have some left over so we’re bringing it to her before we go to Athens tomorrow morning.
It was really nice, because we dragged everyone’s chairs out to the common room and all ate and talked together for a long time. It was much nicer than when we do family dinners at actual restaurants because instead of sitting at one long table, we were cozily clustered together and everyone could talk with everyone else, even at opposite ends of the table. We charged everyone just enough to barely cover the cost ingredients, so it really was a steal, considering all they had to do was was their own plates; doing the dishes afterwards was no picnic. In total, the whole process used 26 pots and pans (although we washed and recycled). We want to keep cooking on Thursdays but maybe not for the whole building; it’s just so much work! Nik was really sweet about it; he thanked us really nicely and told us that even though we might just get weak “thank you”s from a bunch of people, everyone really appreciates it and it’s the best dinner he’s had in forever, he understands how much work we put into it…it was really nice to hear that from someone. We did get applause, though. We’ll probably do it again, just not every Thursday. Too much!
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