ScentofCedar
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We have been invited to bring the things a group of unrelated people would bring to munch on before dinner. The hostess is a gourmet cook / former restaurant owner. (I KNOW! :thanksgiving1:)
So, what would you bring?
There will be three other couples.
This is the South, so they are deep-frying the turkey. As far as I can determine, other than the deep-frying the turkey part, the dinner is traditional.
This hostess never serves much in the way of appetizers, as she wants the appetite whetted, not sated.
I am thinking about doing oysters with spinach and fresh grapes with asiago cheese.
husband thinks that will be too heavy.
Celery with roquefort cheese was mentioned as an alternative.
:smile:
Plus, the last time we made oysters for this couple?
She suggested that I try a little ~ some Italian something that tastes of anise to highlight the spinach.
So, this lady loves food, and prepares it very, very well.
That's why I was thinking grapes and asiago.
So, if I do the celery with roquefort for husband (I DO love my husband, I DO love my husband)....
What else should I bring?
Up North, we do oysters with champagne and a huge dinner and salami and cheese and desserts ~ a true food overload.
This is not how things are done down South, apparently.
We really like these people and I would like to bring something she will not feel was too heavy.
I swear, I am thinking the oysters, the grapes with asiago, an oriental coleslaw, and a pie.
Although husband says we should skip the pie, as the hostess hinted at a very special dessert. (Last time she made dinner for us? She flamed a thing to crystallize the sugar on top of it.
AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SO NOT A BIG DEAL THAT SHE DID NOT EVEN CALL US IN TO WATCH HER FLAME IT.
Trust me.
I would have liked to have seen that one!
:rofl:
:smile:
So, no pie then.
I can make a fresh raw veggie tray with dip, of course.
Well then, how about a delicious dip recipe?
So.
Oysters and champagne for a toast. (Oysters down here, unlike up North, are no big deal at all. People eat them by the bucketsful.)
They even eat them raw without so much as a nod to the machismo required to do so.
At least, machismo is required to gobble raw oysters when you have been raised in Wisconsin.
:bravo:
So, maybe no oysters either.
What might you bring?
Barbara
So, what would you bring?
There will be three other couples.
This is the South, so they are deep-frying the turkey. As far as I can determine, other than the deep-frying the turkey part, the dinner is traditional.
This hostess never serves much in the way of appetizers, as she wants the appetite whetted, not sated.
I am thinking about doing oysters with spinach and fresh grapes with asiago cheese.
husband thinks that will be too heavy.
Celery with roquefort cheese was mentioned as an alternative.
:smile:
Plus, the last time we made oysters for this couple?
She suggested that I try a little ~ some Italian something that tastes of anise to highlight the spinach.
So, this lady loves food, and prepares it very, very well.
That's why I was thinking grapes and asiago.
So, if I do the celery with roquefort for husband (I DO love my husband, I DO love my husband)....
What else should I bring?
Up North, we do oysters with champagne and a huge dinner and salami and cheese and desserts ~ a true food overload.
This is not how things are done down South, apparently.
We really like these people and I would like to bring something she will not feel was too heavy.
I swear, I am thinking the oysters, the grapes with asiago, an oriental coleslaw, and a pie.
Although husband says we should skip the pie, as the hostess hinted at a very special dessert. (Last time she made dinner for us? She flamed a thing to crystallize the sugar on top of it.
AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SO NOT A BIG DEAL THAT SHE DID NOT EVEN CALL US IN TO WATCH HER FLAME IT.
Trust me.
I would have liked to have seen that one!
:rofl:
:smile:
So, no pie then.
I can make a fresh raw veggie tray with dip, of course.
Well then, how about a delicious dip recipe?
So.
Oysters and champagne for a toast. (Oysters down here, unlike up North, are no big deal at all. People eat them by the bucketsful.)
They even eat them raw without so much as a nod to the machismo required to do so.
At least, machismo is required to gobble raw oysters when you have been raised in Wisconsin.
:bravo:
So, maybe no oysters either.
What might you bring?
Barbara