We were supposed to go to a friends' house for their yearly NYE party, but now DW tells me that the hosts are trying to talk her into having the party at our house.
I wouldn't mind, but most of the guests are heavy drinkers (functional alcoholics is a better term)...and my sister's weird new appy - kielbasi "coins" served in hot duck sauce.
IF you cannot wiggle out of hosting (and you had better wiggle good!), I say they are allowed to
Party at Napoli's Bucky T's on two conditions: 1) they toss their car keys into a basket that YOU are entrusted with and 2) they each put $50 bucks in with the keys to pay the taxi/Uber/Lyft driver when they have to call for a sober service to get them home. I bet DW's friends will happily host that NYE party.
Kielbasa coins? They sound like the "Cocktail Weiners" I made from the 1973 edition of "Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book" decades ago:
1 6-oz jar prepared mustard
1 10-oz jar currant jelly
1 1# package of hot dogs, sliced into bite size pieces
Combine mustard and jelly in saucepan or chafing dish. Heat until warm, add wiener pieces, and warm until heated through.
Made it with Himself looking on apprehensively, questioning why I was making it. I was new to cooking, it looked easy, and it didn't cost much. He was shocked when it went before the more "normal" tasty treats on the table Sometimes you CAN put lipstick on a pig
or at least mustard and jelly.