After turning in an assignment for one of our classes, Filip, Gal and I decided that we should take the night easy and make ask Megan nicely if she would cook dinner for us. Luckily she agreed, so the rest of us went out to buy her ingredients and restock the wine cellar. She made an excellent chili with beef, black beans, tomatoes, lots of spices, and pasta shells. We were all starving, but the food was really hot, so we either dipped our bread in it or received third degree burns on our tongues (or more likely both). We had two dessert courses as well, the first was butternut squash and apples which I baked up with brown sugar, butter, and a little salt. I’m not sure how I feel about butternut squash–it didn’t have much flavor. Filip felt it grew on you, but next time I’ll try something different with it. This was followed by fruit salad. It was the first time I’d had fresh berries in a few months, so it should ward off scurvy for the time being.

After dinner we watched Prairie Home Companion (the movie) which was pretty funny, if a bit strange. They had some hilarious songs and it makes me want to listen to the full radio show again. Lately I’ve been downloading the podcasts of the show, but they only include the “News from Lake Woebegone” portion (which is arguably the best part).