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Aside from the oppressively long drive in which I completely annoyed my family, visiting The Relatives was a fabulous time.

Mostly because our time together revolved around food.

It always does. Our visits are non-stop laughing and eating 'fests.

I mean like 24-hours of constant food. When The Mother and The Aunt get into the kitchen, a beautiful symphony occurs and the rest of us sit and salivate as platefulls of food are put before us.

This weekend was no exception.

We're talking Koosa Mashshi. Hummuos. Flat bread. Greek salad. Gyros. Souvlaki with rice. Tzaziki. Avga Lemono. Falafel. Dolmades.

And that was just on Saturday.

Sunday was this whirlwind of salmon (not from a can...) and salads and freshly picked peaches.

Sunday night was this smorgasboard of "finger foods" that we all put together for our round of charades. (Charades aren't the same without a little snack in the hand...) Fresh mozarella and proscuitto bruschetta. Fresh sausage and cheese with sesame crackers. Turkey breast with herbed cream cheese and pita bread. A little fresh asparagus pasta thrown in for good measure.

And let's not forget the ever-flowing lemon poundcake and baklava and almond cookies for dessert.

It's amazing, really, that we all don't tap out at 350lbs.

It really doesn't get better than to be surrounded by such amazing food and such amazing people.

I love my family.

I just wish to God they would move closer.

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Posted by Foodwhore at September 7, 2004 01:04 PM