On Christmas Eve I saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. What message does Amy Tan's description send?

She feels that her mother is preparing the most unusual food she has ever prepared for one meal.
She believes her mother is trying to impress the minister's family by making more food than they could possibly eat.
She is impressed that her mother has taught herself how to make a new variety of unusual recipes.
She is confident that the minister's family will think her mother is strange if she serves the food she is preparing.