Momo Madness, our first fundraiser for SMU tuition support, was quite mad. Guests were slated to arrive at 4PM .Sherab and Karma were still making dumplings ( momos in the Tibetan and Nepali style) at 3:30. The kitchen was covered with flour, and so was I.
But magically, when the big hand hit the twelve, the little hand pointing to four, the kitchen was pristine, platters of momos, both beef and vegetarian steaming on the table, and both Sherab and Karma resplendent in silk chubas—beautiful native Nepalese dress.
We had figured on about three momos per person, with the dieters hitting the crudités ( nasty raw vegetables, hardly worth eating in my opinion) and the unadventurous sticking to the pistachios. Well, these calculations proved inaccurate.
One six foot three neighbor who shall remain nameless and shameless planted himself in the kitchen and consumed a dozen momos in the time it takes to say Katmandu or Limerick, perhaps. His enthusiasm encouraged the less brave, and soon party guests—even those too timid to eat, shall we say, a stuffed olive of unknown origin—were fighting over the hot sauce.
As a result, all of the photographs snapped at this event reveal unglamorous portraits of my friends and neighbors squinting into the camera with their cheeks bulging, their eyes closed as they swooned with food induced delight.
At the end of the evening, one man begged " Just one more momo!" as his wife dragged him out the front door and pushed him towards the car with a sharp stick.
Well, there was some kind of magic in those momos, because the generosity in the air was overwhelming.
Karma, Sherab and I cannot thank you enough— and next year, we'll provide three times the momos!
As it was, people we were all just confused enough to have a fabulous time!
This event would have been totally chaotic had not my dear friends Mindy and Ellen showed up to manage the debris. And without Karen Furlong's photographs of her recent trip to Nepal posted around the room, guests would have endured my long winded, snooze-inducing appeal. Lucky for you, Karen's pictures told the story!
NEXT: Sherab and Karma 's Housesitting Adventure
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