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Much-Delayed Housewarming Notes
Sep. 4th, 2009 08:32 pmSo back on the 22nd I threw a party for 50 people.
Beverages were 8 2-liters and 2 6-packs of cola, plus 3 6-packs of beers and 4 bottles of wine. All the cans and most of the soda disappeared and we had about 2 full bottles worth of wine leftover, plus 3 bottles of beer.
I made a pitcher of chai from Savory Spice Shop's mix and didn't get any of it, so I don't know how that tasted. It smelled good while it was cooking, though.
I had two kinds of salsa from TJ's, with leftovers. There were tortilla chips and vegetable chips (those all got eaten) and a variety of meats and cheeses, plus Triscuits and wheat thins.
I snagged some oyster crackers at the last minute and got my mom's recipe for seasoning them. As I didn't have ranch dressing mix, I improvised like whoa with some powdered buttermilk and miscellaneous spices. They turned out very tasty.
I finally used up a gift to become tuna spread with Italian tuna packed in olive oil, butter, and some seasonings.
Larger projects:
Pot stickers with pork filling. I made those early, froze them, and cooked up as many as would fit in Vixy's giant skillet. The rest are still in our freezer, waiting.
Cheese-filo appetizers with gouda and green olives: again made in advance.
Zucchini pancakes with basil sour cream: these were amazingly delicious and very easy. I've done them again since.
Grilled Corn and Poblano Chile Chowder: which I made vegetarian by replacing bacon with olive oil and bacon salt, and chicken stock with vegetable stock. This is delicious and thick. You could eat it with a fork, if you liked. I was talked out of grilling the chiles in the gas flame; I used the broiler instead.
"Sacrilicious" bread, which is a Vixy recipe for very small loaves of whole wheat bread.
Seanan made salsa with heirloom tomatoes, nectarines, and cilantro.
Dessertwise, there were espresso chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies with real vanilla that Vixy painstakingly hand-decorated, and an impromptu blackberry pie from berries three blocks south of our house.
Dave brought onion dip, because he does that, and someone else brought different blackberries and fresh whipped cream, and someone else again brought inari sushi.
Beverages were 8 2-liters and 2 6-packs of cola, plus 3 6-packs of beers and 4 bottles of wine. All the cans and most of the soda disappeared and we had about 2 full bottles worth of wine leftover, plus 3 bottles of beer.
I made a pitcher of chai from Savory Spice Shop's mix and didn't get any of it, so I don't know how that tasted. It smelled good while it was cooking, though.
I had two kinds of salsa from TJ's, with leftovers. There were tortilla chips and vegetable chips (those all got eaten) and a variety of meats and cheeses, plus Triscuits and wheat thins.
I snagged some oyster crackers at the last minute and got my mom's recipe for seasoning them. As I didn't have ranch dressing mix, I improvised like whoa with some powdered buttermilk and miscellaneous spices. They turned out very tasty.
I finally used up a gift to become tuna spread with Italian tuna packed in olive oil, butter, and some seasonings.
Larger projects:
Pot stickers with pork filling. I made those early, froze them, and cooked up as many as would fit in Vixy's giant skillet. The rest are still in our freezer, waiting.
Cheese-filo appetizers with gouda and green olives: again made in advance.
Zucchini pancakes with basil sour cream: these were amazingly delicious and very easy. I've done them again since.
Grilled Corn and Poblano Chile Chowder: which I made vegetarian by replacing bacon with olive oil and bacon salt, and chicken stock with vegetable stock. This is delicious and thick. You could eat it with a fork, if you liked. I was talked out of grilling the chiles in the gas flame; I used the broiler instead.
"Sacrilicious" bread, which is a Vixy recipe for very small loaves of whole wheat bread.
Seanan made salsa with heirloom tomatoes, nectarines, and cilantro.
Dessertwise, there were espresso chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies with real vanilla that Vixy painstakingly hand-decorated, and an impromptu blackberry pie from berries three blocks south of our house.
Dave brought onion dip, because he does that, and someone else brought different blackberries and fresh whipped cream, and someone else again brought inari sushi.
