Learning the WAYS of Deer Crossing

The rules of the table;
1. To sit at the table for a meal, you must have a full 1 liter bottle of water.
2. To begin passing food, the head of the the must say my table may begin passing.
3. You must pass all cutlery, plates and cups in a clockwise direction, then pass all food.
4. Before you may begin eating, the head of the table must ask does everyone at my table have what they want? Then my table may begin eating.
5. If you would like to get up from the table for any reason you must say excuse me, then leave.

Cooking at Deer Crossing is very different then cooking anywhere else. For the stove and oven, you must first turn the gas switch on, then for the stove burners you must light all of them before they will work, and for the oven you must open the bottom cover and put the lighter in this hole and hold down a red bottom for 45 or more seconds making sure the light is still lit then after 45 or so seconds let go of the red bottom and if it stays lit then the oven is good to go.

Cooking for 18 people is kind of difficult to get the portions right, but it is getting better and better. All the recipes are either for a bunch of 50 or more or for a family of 5, so Jenny and I are learning to convert recipes.