Well, I just finished with the biggest and most time-consuming meal of my entire life. On Monday, Ivan and Anto (Anthony) made us the quintissential Irish meal-cabbage and bacon, along with baby potatoes. It was really good, and the bacon wasn't like strips of bacon, it was a big hunk i guess you could say like a roast of bacon? maybe? Alex gave me that word. Anyway, to return the favor, tonight we made them a full-blown American/Southern meal: fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn on the cob, rolls from scratch, and homemade apple pie. At Ivan's request we also bought some port wine, lemons, and cloves, and he made us hot port with it, which was very tasty. You boil water, make it 1/4 port and 3/4 water, get a half slice of lemon and
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