Yes, I was the loser.....Tuesday's with Paul is always a fun night around our house, two Tuesdays ago I had another friend over who's wife was out of town, we were talking Italian food and I happened to mention I make a pretty good lasagna, well our friend Peter proceed to tell me that mine couldn't possibly be better than his wife Joan's, Paul pipes in and says lets have a cook-off at Peters place, well let me say Peter is competitive, I said BRING IT! feeling pretty confident since I was a caterer, as the big day approached I spent several hours on Monday making my homemade sauce, since it is better when it sits over night, the next morning assembling the massive lasagna it weighed a ton! noooooo I wasn't worried not all, this is a work of art no way Paul wouldn't love mine more, I was (A) Joan was (B) he ate away seemingly enjoying both, I was sitting next to him and he was smiling at me,I thought I was a shoe in! we all finish eating in great expectation, me especially, surely he'll pick mine! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO he picks (B) says it's more flavorful, spicy, delicious, smaller in size, what the......he reminds us that elderly folks eat less.....duh! what does that have to do with how it tastes, then he proceeds to ask who was who, Joan of course was thrilled and Peter sat their gloating, and my hubs assuring me that mine was just as good, just different, I then asked Joan what kind of sauce she uses, she tells me "oh it's simple I open a LARGE can of tomato sauce and then open a package of Lawery's spaghetti sauce seasoning mix" I tried to hide my surprise, tomato sauce I lost to a can of tomato sauce......It was all good fun, our Tuesday's with Paul remain a highlight of our week, and it will be a regular post for me. I encourage you to reach out to your friends and neighbors, It's a blast!
I think they were up to tricks!!! What a fun idea, I love to have friends over, maybe I could to do this for the holidays and we can compare turkey recipes!!!
Great post.
Hugs,
Margaret B
Posted by: Margaret Bouwmeester | October 30, 2009 at 04:59 AM
That does sound like a fun evening. I agree with Margaret, I think you might have been set up.LOL I'm sure your's was wonderful.
Hey, I make a pretty good Lasagna (or so I'm told) and I make it with Lawry's and canned tomatoes. I do doctor it up a bit though.
We find ourselves eating in with family and friends so much more now with the economy as it is.
Wow! Your giveaway sure got a lot of hits.
I've still got my fingers crossed.
Posted by: Beverly | October 30, 2009 at 06:47 AM
Oh, Tracey - I bet yours was so yummy, makes me hungry for lasagna and it is 10:15 in the morning!!! I have never tried Lawry's ...ummm - I'm thinking I should!
Paul is so lucky to have you as a friend and neighbor and I so enjoy your blog, just makes me happy whatever you write about...
keep up the good work!
Love,
Anita
Posted by: Anita | October 30, 2009 at 07:18 AM
Perhaps you might post both recipes and let your readers decide :-).....
p.s. nice "autumn" picture of you...
Posted by: Helen | October 30, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Seeing that your lasagna pan is almost on empty Tracey I'd say that you reign as "Twin Win"! :o) Your cook-off was a fun story to read Tracey and I like your idea of taking up the challenge too, but, I think I wanna be Paul! :o)
Cheeries....you're doing awesome with the postings kiddo! :o)
God bless,
Barbra.
Posted by: Barbra | October 30, 2009 at 06:36 PM
I love your "tuesdays with paul."
And you're such a good sport! :)
Blessings!
Posted by: Susan | October 30, 2009 at 07:41 PM
That looks soooooo yummy! And if it's even half as good as the pasta salad with poppyseed dressing you shared I would beg for the leftovers! Your hubby and Paul are lucky guys, if you ever need a taste tester for a tie-breaker let me know, I'll enthusiastically volunteer! ;)
Posted by: Beth | October 30, 2009 at 08:23 PM
Haha! Oh my gosh that reminds me of a salsa contest I entered at work on Cinco de Mayo. All the executives at our company were the judges. I heard a few of them commenting on how good mine was. The VP of HR was very sure that mine was the best and she was trying to convince the other execs. They all put their votes in. There were about 10 different salsas....what did they chose? The one served in our cafeteria which I'm sure comes out of a jar! To me, it's horrible! I couldn't believe it.
I bet your lasagna is really delish! It sure looks good!!! Sounds like you had a lot of fun and that's the most important thing!
Posted by: cindy~my romantic home | October 30, 2009 at 08:28 PM
We is my left overs chickie?
Posted by: The French Twist | November 01, 2009 at 03:31 PM
That is too funny...we cook a lot from scratch around here and feel your *pain* over losing against *canned* sauce:)
Rene'
Posted by: miss gracies house | November 02, 2009 at 08:51 AM