Cooking!

     Okay!  It's time for our Afghanistan dinner!  In Afghanistan it seems that everyone is always welcome anytime, anywhere and there will always be food for the guests.  I can't imagine that level of graciousness.  Drop in at my house uninvited and I might be able to offer you.....uhhhhh.....leftover spaghetti?  However, I did preserve some of the element of drop in surprise by inviting my family up for the dinner tomorrow---since I didn't think of it until the last minute, and they live an hour away--we might have everyone or noone.
    The recipes sound yummy!  I got them from asiarecipe.com and www.afghan-web.com  This will be a bigger feast than usual, partly because the food sounds better, and partly because I am in the mood to cook today.  So, after I sign off here, we're going to cook up a storm--the more we get done today, the lazier we can be tomorrow.  
     We'll be cooking naan bread of course (this will make the third batch since coming to Afghanistan), then meatballs with noodles tossed in yogurt, a spicy eggplant salad, Bolaanee (potatoes and onions fried up in eggroll wrappers), and Khatai cookies (looks like a sugar cookie with pistachio nuts) for dessert.  AND as a second sort of dessert--homemade cheese with a side of raisins!  I can't imagine the cheese will taste like much since basically the only ingredient is whole milk, but what fun!!  I had to buy some cheesecloth for the occasion.  My old boss makes cheese as a hobby and sometimes brings me samples.  It will be fun to surprise him if this stuff works.