Easter Menu

~patches~ said:

sarah bennett said:

~patches~ said:

Here's my menu for Easter dinner.

mesclun salad
glazed ham
scalloped potatoes
corn
homemade yeast rolls
irish cream cheese cake

My SIL is probably getting one of those meals from the supermarket.

Mine is not from the supermarket and I don't appreciate the implication,
thief.

Oh jeesuz. STFU, Patches. Sarah never implied YOUR meal was from the
supermarket.

sf said:

Quoted message said:

Fresh asparagus soup
Roast Lamb

Now, that's a "proper" Easter dinner! I've never understood "ham" at
Easter (other than it rhymes with lamb)

Yeah. I don't understand ham either. I don't really care much for ham at
any time of the year. We never had lamb in our house when I was a young,
thanks to my father eating a lot of mutton overseas during the war. My
mother liked it but never served it. Leg of Lamb was *the* Easter dinner
tradition in my wife's family. That is one in law tradition I gladly
adopted.

jake said:

~patches~ said:

Here's my menu for Easter dinner.

mesclun salad
glazed ham
scalloped potatoes
corn
homemade yeast rolls
irish cream cheese cake

Over teh aslt couple of days, I've been seeing offers for roasts and
things similar to roasts that are easy to cook. Then there is sparkling
wine and salmon and all kinds of things. I never knew people had special
meals at Easter, other than lots of eggs for breakfast. Maybe it's new
here, though. Supermarkets kooking for ways to get people to spend more
money.

So it's a interesting to see so many people in this ng have special
plans. The one holiday I like is Easter - because it *doesn't* have the
family pressure of obligatory fun like Christmas and such do. But maybe
I've got it all wrong and Easter is liek the other holidays and I just
didn't know. I hope Easter will remain my safe holiday, though 🙂

Oh really? Our family Easter involves 3 invites as well as our dinner
that we try to reserve for our kids and their spouses. I hate Easter
commercialism because I totally detest chocolate. We don't do the egg
thing but this year we might. I have a little activity involving golf
clubs and eggs flying into the water. Trust me in this family meaning
my extended relatives, *every* holiday is a horrid experiences leaving
you gritting your teeth. The next one is the May 24 weekend. Heck, I'm
not even going to go there. It's worse than Christmas, Hallowe'en,
Thanksgiving, and Easter all rolled into one. Not good. DH and I are
planning a nice quite get away with the answering service shut off about
a week before 😉

Quoted message said:

My treat this year for Easter: matzoh. Haven't had them for about 20
years and am looking forward to having them. I think I'll top them with
cottage cheese. Maybe salmon, too.

Maybe I'll make matzoh balls out of any left over matzoh. But maybe I
won't - there are easier ways for making dumplings, really 🙂

Goomba38 said:

~patches~ said:

sarah bennett said:

~patches~ wrote:

> Here's my menu for Easter dinner.
>
> mesclun salad
> glazed ham
> scalloped potatoes
> corn
> homemade yeast rolls
> irish cream cheese cake

My SIL is probably getting one of those meals from the supermarket.

Mine is not from the supermarket and I don't appreciate the
implication, thief.

Oh jeesuz. STFU, Patches. Sarah never implied YOUR meal was from the
supermarket.

You know, perhaps reading my posts is just a little more than your blood
pressure can tolerate. Please use your killfile as needed.

ObFood: I make the scalloped potatoes without cheese. The potatoes are
sliced thinly and sauce added. Two rules, butter only and the potatoes
are always topped with fresh parsley or chives. This year chives are up
faster than parsley so it will likely be chives.

sf said:

Now, that's a "proper" Easter dinner! I've never understood "ham" at
Easter (other than it rhymes with lamb).

Every year I feel like I'm the only person on RFC who doesn't have an
Easter dinner. I've never celebrated Easter, but mom did like to use
the excuse to make a nice dinner, especially last year when she was
sick. So now this year Easter has bad memories instead of just being a
holiday I never thought about. Feh 🙁
Oh, and DH will be home on the couch recovering from minor surgery
this weekend, too. I'll be thinking of you all while I eat Chinese
delivery and watch MST3K to try to get my mind off everything.

Stacia
hates holidays
all of them

~patches~ said:

Goomba38 said:

~patches~ said:

sarah bennett wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
>
>> Here's my menu for Easter dinner.
>>
>> mesclun salad
>> glazed ham
>> scalloped potatoes
>> corn
>> homemade yeast rolls
>> irish cream cheese cake
>
>
>
>
> My SIL is probably getting one of those meals from the supermarket.

Mine is not from the supermarket and I don't appreciate the
implication, thief.

Oh jeesuz. STFU, Patches. Sarah never implied YOUR meal was from the
supermarket.

You know, perhaps reading my posts is just a little more than your blood
pressure can tolerate. Please use your killfile as needed.

And I think usenet is just a little more than your crazy can take. FOAD!

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.cmayes.net/blog/

email:
anisaerah at s b c global.net

Adam Bowman said:

I always wonder when someone brings up a point about Bush, and you
then bring up something that Clinton did, are you saying they are both
wrong? Because that's all it points out to me, places where they both
messed up. It doesn't negate the fact that Bush did wrong; was that
your intention?

That type of argument is like

"Bob shot someone"

"Yeah, but don't you remember when Don hit that guy with a bat?"

~patches~ said:

Quoted message said:

So it's a interesting to see so many people in this ng have special
plans. The one holiday I like is Easter - because it *doesn't* have the
family pressure of obligatory fun like Christmas and such do. But maybe
I've got it all wrong and Easter is liek the other holidays and I just
didn't know. I hope Easter will remain my safe holiday, though 🙂

Oh really? Our family Easter involves 3 invites as well as our dinner
that we try to reserve for our kids and their spouses. I hate Easter
commercialism because I totally detest chocolate. We don't do the egg
thing but this year we might. I have a little activity involving golf
clubs and eggs flying into the water. Trust me in this family meaning
my extended relatives, *every* holiday is a horrid experiences leaving
you gritting your teeth.

What would we do without families and the holidays with implied automatic
family invites? My wife lives for special holiday dinners. She loves to do
the decorations and the traditional dinners. We always used to have my parents
here, except for Christmas which was always at their place. Later on I
started delaying invitations to give my three brothers a chance to invite
them. If They didn't get other invites they were always welcome here.

My wife likes to invite her family too. Ever try to herd cats?

After two weeks and a dozen phone calls and emails my sister and law and her
husband are coming, and on their way down they are picking up her aunt. The
uncle has to stay home for an open house at their condo.

~patches~ said:

Trust me in this family meaning
my extended relatives, *every* holiday is a horrid experiences leaving
you gritting your teeth.

I'm sorry to hear that. I love holidays! Thanksgiving and Easter are
"whole family" occasions (and becomming times of great nostalgia now),
but on the years we felt like dropping out, we did, and there were no
unpleasant repercussions.
--

Practice safe eating. Always use condiments.

Glitter Ninja said:

Every year I feel like I'm the only person on RFC who doesn't have
an Easter dinner.

I won't be. I'm a non-believer, so I don't do it for myself, and we
don't have a family tradition of shared Easter now that we're grownups
(chronologically speaking).

Sunday I'll be at the Blues game with My Friend The Vice President. He
won't get in trouble because his wife is Greek Orthodox, so Easter
isn't until the next Sunday this year.

Brian
--
If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

Dave Smith said:

Yeah. I don't understand ham either. I don't really care much for ham at
any time of the year. We never had lamb in our house when I was a young,
thanks to my father eating a lot of mutton overseas during the war. My
mother liked it but never served it. Leg of Lamb was *the* Easter dinner
tradition in my wife's family. That is one in law tradition I gladly
adopted.

We don't have $45 for a leg of lamb, but we had $10 for the picnic ham
we bought for Easter dinner. Pretty easy to understand that one.

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:19:44 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Glitter

Ninja) said:

Oh, and DH will be home on the couch recovering from minor surgery
this weekend, too. I'll be thinking of you all while I eat Chinese
delivery and watch MST3K to try to get my mind off everything

I hope your husband's surgery goes well and that his recovery goes
even better. Hug him some place that doesn't hurt for me, okay?

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC

~patches~ said:

sarah bennett said:

~patches~ said:

Here's my menu for Easter dinner.

mesclun salad
glazed ham
scalloped potatoes
corn
homemade yeast rolls
irish cream cheese cake

My SIL is probably getting one of those meals from the supermarket.

Mine is not from the supermarket and I don't appreciate the implication,
thief. Your sil is free to do as she chooses. I'm making all of the
above including the cheese cake from scratch although I did not cure the
ham. Scallop potatoes are always made from scratch. You should know
from my posts, you know the ones you don't steal, that I do things from
scratch.

BTW, how's the weather in Boulder?

--

saerah

http://anisaerah.cmayes.net/blog/

email:
anisaerah at s b c global.net

Adam Bowman said:

I always wonder when someone brings up a point about Bush, and you
then bring up something that Clinton did, are you saying they are both
wrong? Because that's all it points out to me, places where they both
messed up. It doesn't negate the fact that Bush did wrong; was that
your intention?

That type of argument is like

"Bob shot someone"

"Yeah, but don't you remember when Don hit that guy with a bat?"

ms_peacock said:

grilled chicken
potato salad
baked beans
devilled eggs

Glad I'm not the only one eating non-traditional foods for
Easter...we're having an Easter BBQ on Saturday night.

Starters:
Chips & spinach dip
devilled eggs
celery stuffed with bleu cheese and hazelnuts
crackers, cream cheese, and red pepper - cherry jelly

Dinner:
Shrimp and pineapple kabobs with Mississippi vanilla BBQ sauce
Grilled chicken and mahi-mahi with regular BBQ sauce
Cornbread
Baked Beans
Vegi Kabobs
Potaot Salad
Strawberry pretzel jello salad

Dessert:
Mini oreo cheesecakes
crumb topped blueberry pie

Beverages: Soda, sweet tea, lemonade, white zinfandel

On 10 Apr 2006 22:34:53 GMT, "Default User" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Glitter Ninja said:

Every year I feel like I'm the only person on RFC who doesn't have
an Easter dinner.

I won't be. I'm a non-believer, so I don't do it for myself, and we
don't have a family tradition of shared Easter now that we're grownups
(chronologically speaking).

Sunday I'll be at the Blues game with My Friend The Vice President. He
won't get in trouble because his wife is Greek Orthodox, so Easter
isn't until the next Sunday this year.

And I will be in the midst of the trek from California to NM.
Hmm...maybe I can stop and find an Easter dinner somewhere in the
wilds of NM... 😉

Christine

Quoted message said:

ObFood: I make the scalloped potatoes without cheese. The potatoes are
sliced thinly and sauce added. Two rules, butter only and the potatoes
are always topped with fresh parsley or chives. This year chives are up
faster than parsley so it will likely be chives.

I'm trying to grow some herbs, starting them inside with a grow
light. The chives came up really quick, then kind of quit. they are
still mostly green, but limp. Do yours come up outside this early in
the season? .....Sharon

ms_peacock said:

You'd think from the way she goes on she is the only person on the planet
that cooks from scratch.

Ms P

If I scratch while I cook, does that count?

sarah bennett said:

If you want to paste my fat ass on a t-shirt, by all means, go ahead. A
fat-stretched-out belly hanging over worn-out underwear is just *so* hot.
I am a horrible typist. Sorry if that bothers you.

can I get me one of these?
If not a shirt then an apron?

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

~patches~ said:

Here's my menu for Easter dinner.

mesclun salad
glazed ham
scalloped potatoes
corn
homemade yeast rolls
irish cream cheese cake

I'm still planning to mostly-copy what Ward's making:

Cream of Asparagus Soup
(Jack Schidt's) Strawberry Spring Salad
Apricot Glazed Ham
Anadama Bread
Balsamic-Roasted Spring Vegetables with Israeli Couscous
Rhubarb Crisp with (homemade) Vanilla Ice Cream

For wines, I'll have an Oregon Pinot Gris with the soup and dinner, and a
Moscato d'Asti with dessert. I'll also have iced tea (with a wide variety
of Torani syrups available if diners want to flavor it) and ice water.

Bob

Glitter Ninja said:

sf said:

Now, that's a "proper" Easter dinner! I've never understood "ham" at
Easter (other than it rhymes with lamb).

Every year I feel like I'm the only person on RFC who doesn't have an
Easter dinner. I've never celebrated Easter, but mom did like to use
the excuse to make a nice dinner, especially last year when she was
sick. So now this year Easter has bad memories instead of just being a
holiday I never thought about. Feh 🙁
Oh, and DH will be home on the couch recovering from minor surgery
this weekend, too. I'll be thinking of you all while I eat Chinese
delivery and watch MST3K to try to get my mind off everything.

Stacia
hates holidays
all of them

get some ice cream too, I recently re-discovered coffee heath bar crunch.

Take care of yourself.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Bob Terwilliger said:

(Jack Schidt's) Strawberry Spring Salad

Details? I made my aut helen's spinach-strawberry-pecan salad with
poppyseed dressing tonight. I love fruit in salads.

Quoted message said:

Anadama Bread

Which is......?

Quoted message said:

Balsamic-Roasted Spring Vegetables with Israeli Couscous

Oh, yum!

Quoted message said:

Rhubarb Crisp with (homemade) Vanilla Ice Cream

Stupid grocery had rhubarb for about 1 day. If i could hope to find it,
I'd make either a pie, or barbs cake. Or both.