Fr. Vong decided that for the dinner for all of the sisters on retreat here and the students we should have spaghetti with dinner. I slaved in the kitchen all afternoon. OK, the sisters did most of the work, but I "supervised." Here, the tomatoes are getting ready to be puréed.
Because we are in Vietnam, even the Italian bead is French. Each table got a half a loaf.
Getting the spaghetti plated was a lot of work. I didn't get to the kitchen in time, so the sisters cooked the spaghetti for 10 minutes an hour before dinner. It was almost a huge sticky mess, but I mixed in half of the sauce with the pasta, so the day was saved.
The spaghetti was a hit. You can see all the sisters and seminarians having a great time. Here, some of the students are toasting Fr. thief who is soon to go to America to study English.
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