Birthday Cooking coming up....

"Bronwyn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Big day tomorrow cooking for our birthdays (actually 19th Aug. but
celebrating on 20th). My birthday, my twin sister (surprise surprise)
and DH (that is a surprise hey?).
My twin and her partner are flying in late Fri nite so am doing a
Birthday breakfast for Sat. morning. Thought I would go American,
seeing you guys are good at recipes that can be prepared the night
before and not just a boring Aussie breakky of eggs and bacon. Did some
searching here and found a recipe called 'Xmas wifesaver bake' (nearly
typed 'wifebeater' ha! ha!). You prepare it the night before with
layers of bread, smoked ham or proscuitto, tasty cheese and beaten
eggs. Refrigerate it and then bake in the morning for 1 hour. Sounds
yummy. Served with a big platter of tropical fruits, orange juice and
champagne, hot rolls and fresh coffee. Sitting on our deck with a
pretty view, life doesn't come much better than that, at 53 (in a few
hours).
Lunch : fresh diced cooked prawn (shrimp) meat mixed with a good mayo,
herbs, dill peppers, onion in fresh bread sandwiches.
Afternoon tea: pikelets and jam, Indian yoghurt & banana cake.
Dinner: Avocado salsa and tomato and chilli dips with corn chips.
Roasted green chilli and pork stew; black bean and fresh corn stew;
lemon and dill rice; dessert - fresh mango slices, lemon sorbet and
warm little lime puddings.

Do you think we'll last through the day?? Gotta get thru all the
cooking first. But plan to do that tomorrow.

Cheers
Bronwyn
Oz

Sounds great, Happy Birthday.
Sarah

Bronwyn said:

Quoted message said:

Big day tomorrow cooking for our birthdays (actually 19th Aug. but
celebrating on 20th). My birthday, my twin sister (surprise surprise)
and DH (that is a surprise hey?).

Happy Birthday! My parents birthdays were on the same day. They were even
born the same year! Sounds like you have everything under control there.

Debbie

Bronwyn said:

layers of bread, smoked ham or proscuitto, tasty cheese and beaten
eggs. Refrigerate it and then bake in the morning for 1 hour. Sounds
yummy. Served with a big platter of tropical fruits, orange juice and
champagne, hot rolls and fresh coffee. Sitting on our deck with a
pretty view, life doesn't come much better than that, at 53 (in a few
hours).
Lunch : fresh diced cooked prawn (shrimp) meat mixed with a good mayo,
herbs, dill peppers, onion in fresh bread sandwiches.
Afternoon tea: pikelets and jam, Indian yoghurt & banana cake.
Dinner: Avocado salsa and tomato and chilli dips with corn chips.
Roasted green chilli and pork stew; black bean and fresh corn stew;
lemon and dill rice; dessert - fresh mango slices, lemon sorbet and
warm little lime puddings.

Do you think we'll last through the day?? Gotta get thru all the
cooking first. But plan to do that tomorrow.

Impressive! Best wishes for a wonderful, wonderful day.

If you want to gild the lily, it seems like some coconut flavor would go
well with breakfast, tea, and the dinner dessert. For example, I used to go
to Sunday brunch at a restaurant which served a kind of "tropical" drink
made of orange juice, passionfruit juice, and coconut cream. That's what I
was reminded of when I read your breakfast menu.

The afternoon tea menu made me think of Sri Lankan hoppers. I've posted
about them here before; here's what I quoted from Madhur Jaffrey's
_World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking_: "If a French crepe were to marry an
American 'English' muffin, the couple would probably become the proud
parents of a Sri Lankan hopper. The hopper has the softness, delicacy, and
pliability of the crepe teamed with the airy, hole-filled, puffy, and
browned-on-the-outside quality of the muffin. What is more, it is quite easy
to make, especially if your freezer already has grated fresh coconut sitting
expectantly in a plastic container."

Your dinner dessert reminded me of the Thai dessert of sticky rice with
mango, which Pete Romfh posted here last February; it's served with a
coconut sauce.

Bob

Ha! I have the upper hand by a year to my DH. Downside is I have to
reach the big milestones first!! He says he never enjoyed his
birthday until we married - it is lovely to share it, as a twin, I know
that for sure.
25 years married next month too....
Bronwyn

Mmm, coconut certainly marries well with mango (off our tree). The paw
paw and avocados are also home grown. That's a good idea, pass around a
dish of coconut cream. I have a couple of Jaffrey's indian cookbooks,
have not read that quaint story of the S.L. hoppers.