...Nor speeding traffic will stay an Austin Hotluck! Wow! David and Helen, you set up unprecedented criteria for Hotluck Hosts. I may have to give up any thoughts of one day doing that here in Houston; not sure I have what it takes! So sorry to hear of your accident. And even sorrier that I missed the party looking at the bill of fare. Please pass along recipes for everything. Yvonne, was it anchovies or sardines? Either way, I *need* that recipe... and yum...doesn't orange-rum-hab cheescake sound great?! and..cuttlefish...and Colonel's...and... Deb in Houston ---- David wrote: (snipage) Homemade pico de gallo Bill's homemade salsa Thai Grilled Steak (based on the late Colonel's recipe) Chipotle Scalloped Potatoes Thai Appetizers (deep-fired meatballs wrapped around a chile; again, the Colonel's recipe) Habenero Chile Dried Sardines Fried in Chiles Dried cuttlefish with hot dipping sauce (for the adventurous) Lime-Habenero Cheesecake Orange-Rum-Habenero Cheesecake And of course, being Austin, plenty of Shiner Bock and Celis beer. If anybody wants recipes of these, I'll post them as soon as I get them from the respective folks. (snip again)