-: Missionary Dinner

I admire this man who takes his calling so very seriously. I can only imagine the different stresses he has juggling work, young mens president and our family. And yet he does and relates so well to the youth, even if it entails spending your Friday night planning an activity. Doug currently has approximately 6-7 boys that have just graduated from high school. He would love to see each and every one of them go out and serve missions. Therefore, he organized a "Mission" night and had 4 leaders come over with different foods from where they served. Everyone that knows Doug, KNOWS that he can make some pretty mean eggrolls. As I helped him prepare the ingredients I couldn't help but smile at the giddiness he had remaking the food he ate for a solid 2 years. Elder Clouse's (aka Som Kit's) Process:

Ingredients: cabbage, shredded carrots, bean sprouts, cooked ground pork, vermicelli asian noodles, a dozen eggs, salt, pepper, and oyster sauce.

Using spring roll wraps, putting just the right amount and wrapping them into desired form. Because the recipe is so large it normally yields 80 Thai Spring rolls.

It wouldn't be right if we didn't add sticky rice as a side dish. The best part you can mold it into balls in your hands and eat with your bare fingers. Yummy!

Watching the boiling vegetable oil, very very carefully.

These eggrolls have a serious technique, if not followed properly you can end up with an unpleasant result (not to mention the smell of burned grease in your home).

Luckily, that wasn't the case and we ended up with some delicious golden brown authentic Thai eggrolls (yes, they are as good as they look)

Note: Preparations began approximately 3 hours before the actual guests arrived. I personally like to have the kitchen rid of grease or any dishes (not too shocking eh?) I was also anxious to see what the other leaders had on their "menus."