Dinner party dilemma (not OT)

"Susan M" wrote in message
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"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message

Could you set up the plates and dinnerwear on a side table in an
attractive arrangement before the guests arrive? Then you'd just have
to transfer them to the table and it would only take a few minutes...

Half the time when we had guests my mother wouldn't set the table till
they got to our house anyway - it's not like it's a huge task if you
know where everything is

Thank you!!!!! That's *exactly* what we'll do. I hadn't thought of that.
It will hardly take a minute if I stack everything on the side table, whip
on the table cloth and then serve. Thanks!

While these people are unbelievably empathetic and interesting and
wonderful conversationalists, I admit that I'm a little intimidated by the
company that *they* keep. He's president of a big oil company and she's a
physician. I expect that they're entertained very well on a regular
basis. The prospect of the messy dining room table just pushed me over the
edge!

... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I hope
that it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with
pumpkin seeds, guacamole, ****take tofu pot stickers with ginger sesame
dressing, roasted yam and garlic soup with lime and ancho chiles, black
bean goat cheese quesadilla with homemade salsa, and a side salad with
basil vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime,
cilantro, spice and sesame, since there's an awful lot of it.

I'm kind of nervous.

Sounds utterly delicious. And I"m sure if Otis didn't get up to any b*st*rd
c*t tricks whilst they were there, they'd be dissapointed!

Yowie

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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dnr wrote:
I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over
"to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even
have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan.....

Hey, I don't live anywhere near Otis but I fully plan to visit him some
day.

Dennis and I have had the honour of meeting the infamous Otis. However, we
must have caught him on a good day because he was perfectly well behaved and
lovely :-)
--
Britta

"Susan M" wrote in message
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"dnr" wrote in message
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I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over
"to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even
have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan.....

Thank you - he would, of course, pull a b*st*rd cat trick and appear
completely normal like he did when Britta and Dennis visited! You're all
welcome to come and pay homage at any time ;-)

Yeah, I really don't know what all the fuss is about. Otis is a perfectly
normal and well behaved cat! I am going to need proof from other visitors
to change my opinion ;-)
--
Britta

badwilson wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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dnr wrote:
I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over
"to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even
have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan.....
Hey, I don't live anywhere near Otis but I fully plan to visit him some
day.

Dennis and I have had the honour of meeting the infamous Otis. However, we
must have caught him on a good day because he was perfectly well behaved and
lovely :-)

Well, I haven't met Otis live, but I have seen him on a webcam, and the
only thing he did was practice the cello. ;o)

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On 2006-04-07, Susan M penned:
Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd
like it to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and
they had us over for an extremely lovely dinner a month ago or so.


Soooo ... how'd it go?


--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

wrote in message
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It sounds delicious, Susan! You can cook for me any time. ;o)

Yes, it certainly does! And I wouldn't care if Otis sat on the table
right in front of my plate.

.... as it turns out, it was Chester who jumped on the table *four* times and
had to be escorted to the basement. Wonders never cease!

Susan M
Otis and Chester

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Susan M wrote:

One of my favorite restaurants in Austin is vegetarian, south Indian food
I think. Hmmm.... fried cauliflower....

Yum - probably in chickpea flour too? I love it with mint/yogurt sauce
myself!

It sounds amazing!!! Recipes?

Everything on the menu except the quesadillas were from the Rebar cookbook!
And they were GOOD!!

Susan M
Otis and Chester

"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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Soooo ... how'd it go?

... thank you for asking! The food was *really* good. I felt badly for
the husband though because he had just got off a plane with a cold after
being on the road for a week. Ugh. What a lousy night to go out for
dinner. Not only that, he is allergic to cats!!!! Horrors.

The boys were locked in the basement after Chester jumped on the table
several times.

All in all, the food was good but it seemed that the husband wasn't in the
best form for going out, which was too bad. It took hours and hours and
hours and HOURS to slice and dice everything.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Did you save us some Susan you got me hungry now

This is all I had for lunch made some cucumber, baby spinach leaves,
carrots
slivers, almond slivers, chicken basted in teriyaki - basil sauce all
wrapped up in piece of romaine lettuce held together with a avocado -
mayonnaises mustard sauce. It is followed by tortilla chips that I made
myself with a dipping sauce of mild mexi - ranch sauce mixed with Monterey
jack, extra sharp new York style cheddar cheese and pico de Gallo with just
a hint of very mild lightly smoked chipotle that I blended up together.
Sweet Pickle wedges on the side

I made some cold to follow it a nice fruit salad loaded with red and
white seedless grapes and strawberries which we went this week and picked
fresh this week; they are in season here. To drink I made fresh squeezed
lemonade with raspberries in it.

Can you tell I have some time on my hands this afternoon. Would you
believe that the furballs did not even pay any attention to my lunch. When I
was making it they all jumped up took one sniff and went back to the
sunlight. I guess they did not like the sauce


Your menu has me hungry now got to look for something to eat

"Susan M" wrote in message
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"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message

Could you set up the plates and dinnerwear on a side table in an
attractive arrangement before the guests arrive? Then you'd just have
to transfer them to the table and it would only take a few minutes...

Half the time when we had guests my mother wouldn't set the table till
they got to our house anyway - it's not like it's a huge task if you
know where everything is

Thank you!!!!! That's *exactly* what we'll do. I hadn't thought of that.
It will hardly take a minute if I stack everything on the side table, whip
on the table cloth and then serve. Thanks!

While these people are unbelievably empathetic and interesting and
wonderful conversationalists, I admit that I'm a little intimidated by the
company that *they* keep. He's president of a big oil company and she's a
physician. I expect that they're entertained very well on a regular
basis. The prospect of the messy dining room table just pushed me over the
edge!

... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I hope
that it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with
pumpkin seeds, guacamole, ****take tofu pot stickers with ginger sesame
dressing, roasted yam and garlic soup with lime and ancho chiles, black
bean goat cheese quesadilla with homemade salsa, and a side salad with
basil vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime,
cilantro, spice and sesame, since there's an awful lot of it.

I'm kind of nervous.

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Susan M wrote:
Yum - probably in chickpea flour too? I love it with mint/yogurt sauce
myself!

Yes, in a spicy tomato-ey sauce.

Everything on the menu except the quesadillas were from the Rebar cookbook!
And they were GOOD!!

Ok, I'm planning my next get together from that cookbook only!

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