I can never go back to store bought tortillas. Alan was right - once you've had homemade, you will never go back. I shouldn't be eating them at all, but still, we had some delicious homemade burritos tonight.
Let me back up and start at the beginning, eh? Tonight marked the beginnings of the Gringo Party movement here in Edinburgh. A bunch of friends from the ward got together to enjoy some homemade tortillas with all the fixings. Alan Adam, host extraordinaire, learned to make delicious tortillas while serving his mission in......France. He specializes in all things flat - tortillas and crepes in particular. He decided to share his many talents with us tonight and let us join in the tortilla-making fun. Everyone had a great time and I'm sure there will be subsequent gringo parties with many more tortillas now that we all know how to make them. Leave it to Steve to brandish a perfect tortilla toss within two minutes.
The lovely Catherine Park
Ben Park tending to their wee one, Sara
Steve Adams, meet Alan Adam
The resident chef
We are particularly excited for Alan for another reason, as the next bit of news hits close to home. Grab your cameras and head to the Bountiful temple on 06 July 2010 for a special event that you won't want to miss. It is going to be a smashing LDS wedding in full Scottish regalia! It is Scottish tradition to wear kilts at wedding ceremonies (see pictures included - this is a wedding that took place at the chapel in Edinburgh castle last year). And not only kilts, but everything that goes with them - the bonnie prince charlie jacket, flashes, sporran, ghillies, the whole nine yards - literally. The big deal is that Alan and the rest of the male members in the wedding party will be keeping this tradition alive at a temple that is not accustomed to this sort of dress. Alan had to get special permission from the temple presidency to allow the wedding party to wear their Scottish attire on temple grounds after the ceremony. Since it's a part of his culture, they are allowing it to happen. Can you imagine how cool the pictures will be? That's one of the most exciting parts of the day after the actual ceremony - when the bride and groom come out of the temple as a married couple - and makes for some of the greatest candid photographs. We wish we could be there to see it, but we're thrilled that an awesome tradition is making its way beyond the borders of Scotland to our very own hometown. Go B-town! So here's to homemade tortillas and an amazing wedding celebration for Alan and Allison in one of our very favorite temples. =)
See what I mean? The whole nine yards.
The wedding party making their way down from St. Margaret's Chapel inside Edinburgh castle. So glad I got to see this last year.
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