Menu

by Hortensia 31 Replies latest jw friends

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  Hortensia

  I used to entertain a lot but haven't in a few years. Now my husband and I have moved to a new house and I have invited some friends for Sunday dinner, to see the new house. I am at a loss to come up with something interesting to serve. I am thinking of some old standbys - which are good but ordinary - what do you think of the following menu?

  • sliced beets with goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette
  • a nice big ham
  • spoon bread
  • green salad
  • some veggie like green beans or cauliflower
  • strawberry shortcake (home made short cake) or maybe trifle with lots of berries

  obviously that menu is easy on me, and it would taste good, but is it tooooooo boring?

  why don't I ask my friends what they think? Because they are the kind of people who say, "oh anything YOU make is going to be good," which is no help at all.
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  zeroday

  I would say if I had a choice between that and my regular Stouffers TV dinner I would take that.
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  What-A-Coincidence

  cool. i am in cali. invite me over!! :-)

  i'll just have the shortcae :-)
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  Outaservice

  Shrimp Cocktail, Cheese Plate, Sparkling Wine/or Grape Juice, Fruit Plate, Minature Hot Dogs with BBQ, Sweet & Sour, and Honey Mustard Dip, and cake, cookies, and various pastries.

  What time should I be there?

  Outaservice
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  Frannie Banannie

  How about some sweet potatoes to go with that Ham? It'll make the colors more interesting and sweet potatoes are easy.

  Frannie (um...what times's dinner?)
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  Hortensia

  Sweet potatoes! then it will be a semi classic southern dinner - except for the beet salad. I really like sweet potatoes - baked with minced apricots and bourbon. Dinner is at 3 a week from Sunday, if you can find your way to my house, you're invited! Thanks for the suggestions, it helps.
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  GentlyFeral

  Don't let anyone talk you out of that beet salad!

  I agree with the sweet potatoes for the sake of color. (Besides, it's no trouble to tuck some sweet potatoes into the oven with the ham.) For the same reason I'd pick a green vegetable over the cauliflower - or mix it up and add some cauliflower to the green beans (or broccoli!).

  I like outaservice's menu too, but you'dhave to start from scratch :)

  GentlyFeral
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  Hortensia

  no, I won't let anyone talk me out of the beet salad - I luuuuv it too much. That's the dish to make me happy, the others are to make the rest of them happy. Same with the spoon bread, I really like it so the others will have to put up with it. Need enough veggies to satisfy a couple of vegetarians, and a big hunk of meat for the carnivores, and then, you're right, it will be a very colorful and pretty dinner. I'm feeling much more encouraged.
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  Frannie Banannie

  We eat pickled beets down here, yall.

  And you can throw some raw broccoli or cauliflower sprigs in with the salad. We sometimes add slices of yellow squash and zuccini to our green salads, too.
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  Hortensia

  well, I admit the beet salad is a bit "nouveau-cuisine" but it tastes so good, and otherwise it's a good southern dinner as I remember them. I was raised in Southern California, which isn't quite the same, but half my family is in Georgia and Alabama. However, our congregation in SoCal was largely black families, and there were many many potlucks, where the food was very southern (with some beans and tortillas just to make it right for soCal.) In a way, it was a good mix, Mexican food, southern food, and Pacific rim food.