primitives discuss Easter dinner

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

This campfire was lit yesterday, so "tomorrow" in the comments means "today."

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sat Apr-03-10 08:20 PM
THE FARMERETTE FROM WISCONSIN
Original message

Lilacs and tulips in bloom -- what's for Sunday dinner?
 
Can't believe the lilacs are already blooming. It's very early for that.

What's going on in your spring kitchen? I browsed the meat and fish counters this morning with nary an inspiration for Sunday dinner. It's much harder to make a festive small meal for a few than it is to make a festive buffet for a crowd, IMO.

Stinky The Clown  (1000+ posts)        Sat Apr-03-10 08:56 PM
THE SPARKLING HUSBAND PRIMITIVE, #05 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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1. "It's much harder to make a festive small meal for a few than it is . . . . . . . "

You are *absolutely* right. We're invited out for tomorrow, but tonight we have a really nice "mixed grill". Grilled BBQ shrimp, grilled seasoned scallops, grilled lemon pepper mahimahi, grilled asparagus, and grilled potatoes.

Warpy  (1000+ posts)        Sat Apr-03-10 10:29 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE, #09 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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2. Flowering trees are finally out in NM, two weeks late

so yes, they've confirmed we've had a stinker of a winter around here.

However, the temperature is supposed to be in the 60s and 70s all next week, so I'll be doing a huge seafood salad, the first of the year. Since it doesn't freeze, I'll be noshing on it all week.

Lugnut  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 01:49 AM
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3. Ham.

We're doing a cold dinner for eleven people tomorrow. Brie en croate and crackers for an appetizer then ham, potato salad, cucumber salad, raddichio, endive and orange salad with orange balsamic dressing, sliced kielbasi, paprika bacon, Easter pie, deviled eggs and Tandy Take squares for dessert. My daughter's 39th birthday is on Thursday and she requested the dessert as her birthday cake.

It's warm and sunny here which is very uncharacteristic of spring weather in the mountains. We are in the middle of some major renovation projects in the house so a lot of make-ahead dishes was easier for me to handle. The filled plastic eggs are ready to be hidden in the garden for the little ones. We're ready for an easy going laid back day.

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sun Apr-04-10 12:59 PM
THE FARMERETTE FROM WISCONSIN
Response to Reply #3

8. what is a Tandy Take cake?

Never heard of that one.

Arkansas Granny  (1000+ posts)      Sun Apr-04-10 07:31 AM
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4. Redbuds are in bloom here and dogwood will be blooming soon.

My daffodils are finishing up and the forsythia is starting to drop it's blooms.

We're fixing glazed pork tenderloin, rosemary parmesan scalloped potatoes and a green salad today with strawberry shortcake for dessert.

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 08:36 AM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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5. Going to my SIL's

not because we celebrate Easter but we bugged out on the last couple of holidays so felt we should go this time. Plus it's so lovely here finally that I feel like getting out and about. Loooonnnnggg and dismal winter.

I'm just making a big green salad with lots and lots of fruits and veggies in it and a lemon balsamic vinaigrette to go on it. And probably those chocolate caramel crackers from Smitten Kitchen.

Phentex  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 10:14 AM
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6. Cold turkey and ham at MIL's...as usual...

I'm making a pasta side dish and a cucumber salad. I'm sure there will be the usual sides of veggies and mac and cheese, etc.

For later tonight I made a semi frozen chocolate cream. It looks like half an Easter egg after I unmold it. I need to decorate it but that won't happen until much later today.

tigereye  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 12:10 PM
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7. I don't know yet, we usually eat out on Easter

but the flowers here are wild- my early tulips and crocuses are all done, hyacinths have been out for about 2 weeks, little daffs that I planted last fall are out now, daylillies are starting to spring up and my clematis (I was worried the blizzard had done it in) is starting to bud a bit.

I actually had to water since it was so hot the last 2 days! Also I have some new bulbs and tubers to put in, maybe today.

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sun Apr-04-10 05:46 PM
THE FARMERETTE FROM WISCONSIN
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9. well we finally have a menu

Peel and eat shrimp Chesapeake with two dipping sauces (horseradish cocktail and mustard remoulade)

Crispy polenta with sundried tomato and basil

Green beans slow-cooked with a bit of bacon fat

Deviled eggs w/curry

Petite green peas with fresh mint

Pineapple, orange and carrot Jell-O mold (for some reason my Aunt Dorothy's Easter tradition was on my mind!)

Pickle and olive tray

Strawberries, brown sugar and sour cream.

A veritable feast. Sorry, all you family members who are off doing other things this year! Three are in a tiny Transylvanian village (where the only produce available this time of year is cabbage, onions, and potatoes but the pastries are delicious).

[GOBUCKS]

hippywife  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 08:36 AM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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5. Going to my SIL's

not because we celebrate Easter but we bugged out on the last couple of holidays so felt we should go this time.

As well-established as her bona fides are, the vicious DUmmy hippywife still apparently feels a need to nourish her DUmp cred. I wonder if this sister-in-law is married to the one with both eyes on the same side of his nose, or the one whose tongue is bigger than the inside of his mouth. I guess it could be the sister whose teeth are on the wrong side of her lips. Honestly, I expect any day to read a post from DUmmy hippywife where she refers to her husband as Wild Bill.

[franksolich]

As well-established as her bona fides are, the vicious DUmmy hippywife still apparently feels a need to nourish her DUmp cred.....Honestly, I expect any day to read a post from DUmmy hippywife where she refers to her husband as Wild Bill.

That's one of the first things I noticed, "not that we celebrate Easter."

Damn.  The holidays, or rather the non-holidays, in the Packer household must be a barrel of fun; imagine spending Christmas (as they really did, remember) sitting on the couch listening to some sort of "talking book" by some personality on National Public Radio.

Wild Bill's sour dourness has really gotten into Mrs. Alfred Packer.

But that's what happens when one turns one's back on the people and culture that gave one life.  When I think of hippywife Mrs. Alfred Packer, the impression I get is one of Great Emptiness; nothing in her.

[The Village Idiot]

I think these people are seriously disturbed.

A menu??

Just cook for crying out loud, people want food not a menu.

pork chops, hot links, steaks, hot dawgs, maybe a potato in foil or some unshucked corn

simplicity is a virtue in cookouts and in DUmmie brains!

[Karin]

Yeah really.  Look at Grasswire's goofy menu.  You would come away from her "veritable feast" very hungry.  Corn meal mush by any foreign name is still corn meal mush.  Jello with carrots in it?  Yuck.  Peas with mint?  Evil.  Slow cooked green beans?  Does that mean they've been boiled to mush?  The only protein is a smattering of cold shrimp.  And you have to tear the legs and shit off them first to get at them. 

My menu, because we do Easter, was:  Filet mignons wrapped in bacon from Omaha Steaks, in Frank's neck of the woods (outstanding), baked potatoes, green beans not boiled to mush, but rather sauteed, and cheesecake.  Beer to drink.  Happy Easter! 

[lastparker]

Lugnut  (1000+ posts)        Sun Apr-04-10 01:49 AM
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3. Ham.

We're doing a cold dinner for eleven people tomorrow. Brie en croate and crackers......

Your attempt at pretension is a FAILURE.  Your heroes, the French, MOCK YOU.

[Wineslob]

My menu, because we do Easter, was:  Filet mignons wrapped in bacon from Omaha Steaks, in Frank's neck of the woods (outstanding), baked potatoes, green beans not boiled to mush, but rather sauteed, and cheesecake.  Beer to drink.  Happy Easter

I'm coming to your house next year.   

[GOBUCKS]

My menu, because we do Easter, was:  Filet mignons wrapped in bacon from Omaha Steaks, in Frank's neck of the woods (outstanding), baked potatoes, green beans not boiled to mush, but rather sauteed, and cheesecake.  Beer to drink.  Happy Easter! 

What brand of beer?

[Karin]

LaBatt's Blue, the only one I drink. 

[blitzkrieg_17]

Yeah really.  Look at Grasswire's goofy menu.  You would come away from her "veritable feast" very hungry.  Corn meal mush by any foreign name is still corn meal mush.  Jello with carrots in it?  Yuck.  Peas with mint?  Evil.  Slow cooked green beans?  Does that mean they've been boiled to mush?  The only protein is a smattering of cold shrimp.  And you have to tear the legs and shit off them first to get at them. 

My menu, because we do Easter, was:  Filet mignons wrapped in bacon from Omaha Steaks, in Frank's neck of the woods (outstanding), baked potatoes, green beans not boiled to mush, but rather sauteed, and cheesecake.  Beer to drink.  Happy Easter! 

Sounds great to me. But I don't boil green beans, I steam or sautee them.

[Mike220]

Green beans are of the devil.

[dutch508]

I cooked for twelve:

Ten and a half pounds of Baked Spiral Ham
Texas Potatoes (Mom's recipe)
Green Beans
Corn on the cob
Fresh baked rolls
Salad

Ice Tea, Coffee, Water, and Beer.

[IassaFTots]

I cooked for twelve:

Ten and a half pounds of Baked Spiral Ham
Texas Potatoes (Mom's recipe)
Green Beans
Corn on the cob
Fresh baked rolls
Salad

Ice Tea, Coffee, Water, and Beer.

I cooked for two. 

Buffalo Burgers
French Fries
Coleslaw

Beers.

[GOBUCKS]

LaBatt's Blue, the only one I drink. 

Hoser.

[Mike220]

LaBatt's Blue, the only one I drink. 

Good taste. 

[debk]

I think these people are seriously disturbed.

A menu??

Just cook for crying out loud, people want food not a menu.

pork chops, hot links, steaks, hot dawgs, maybe a potato in foil or some unshucked corn

{b]simplicity is a virtue in cookouts [/b]and in DUmmie brains!

Not here in the South......cooking for more than the immediate family, and sometimes even then.....is an event for many.  

There were 11 adults and 2 little kids at our Easter dinner....everybody brought something....then split up the leftovers which is what we always do.

We had....

Hot ham and swiss croissants
Fried chicken
Nanny K's chicken salad on Sister Shubert rolls
Bok choi Asian slaw
Baked beans
Corn salsa and chips
Nanny K's deviled eggs and sweet pickles
Potato salad
Thumbprint cookies
Strawberry cupcakes
Berry cheesecake trifle
Nanny K's chocolate silk pie

Bloody Mary's and a fruity wine spritzer thing

Nanny K is 96 years old....and an incredible old-timey Southern country cook.  

[delilahmused]

Your attempt at pretension is a FAILURE.  Your heroes, the French, MOCK YOU.

Especially since all they're talking about is cheese surrounded by bread (pastry).

We had ham, sweet potatoes, sauteed zucchini, mushrooms, red peppers & garlic, fruit salad, deviled eggs and apple pie for dessert.

Cindie

[GOBUCKS]

Not here in the South......cooking for more than the immediate family, and sometimes even then.....is an event for many.  

There were 11 adults and 2 little kids at our Easter dinner....everybody brought something....then split up the leftovers which is what we always do.

We had....

Hot ham and swiss croissants
Fried chicken
Nanny K's chicken salad on Sister Shubert rolls
Bok choi Asian slaw
Baked beans
Corn salsa and chips
Nanny K's deviled eggs and sweet pickles
Potato salad
Thumbprint cookies
Strawberry cupcakes
Berry cheesecake trifle
Nanny K's chocolate silk pie

Bloody Mary's and a fruity wine spritzer thing

Nanny K is 96 years old....and an incredible old-timey Southern country cook.  

All my life, at every holiday, we've had yeast rolls from a recipe that's been in the family for over a hundred years. Since we discovered Sister Schubert, the homemade rolls have been few and far between. I hate to give up an old tradition to Big Roll, but they're amazingly good.

[debk]

All my life, at every holiday, we've had yeast rolls from a recipe that's been in the family for over a hundred years. Since we discovered Sister Schubert, the homemade rolls have been few and far between. I hate to give up an old tradition to Big Roll, but they're amazingly good.

For over 20 years, I made a yeast roll similar to a croissant, for every holiday.

Then I discovered Sister Schubert.

Homemade yeast rolls....   Not when I can pop 3 pans of these in the oven and have wonderful hot rolls in 15 minutes!!! I put them in straight from the freezer into a 350 oven for 15 minutes, they are just lightly browned and very soft inside. Then brush them with melted butter as soon as they come out of the oven. 

The only homemade yeast rolls I still make are cinnamon rolls and caramel pecan sticky buns.

[The Village Idiot]

Bloody Mary's and a fruity wine spritzer thing

and what did the grown-ups drink?

[debk]

and what did the grown-ups drink?

milk....it was at noon.