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lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 4:34 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
Dinner at my son's. I am in charge of appetizers and desserts.
Appetizers:
Hot spiced pecans
Dried apricots stuffed with blue cheese, pistachios and honey
Pickled shrimps
Bacon and caramelized leeks dip with breadsticks
Smoked salmon and cream cheese/capers/lemon juice/chives/pepper flakes mix in small crispy shells
Desserts:
Light pumpkin cheesecake with (not light) pecan praline sauce
Macaron layers filled with chocolate orange mousse
I'm having fun with this one. I'll serve the leek dip in a hollowed out squash and the pickled shrimps in a bowl lined with cabbage leaves. The macaron cake will be sliced on to plates dusted with cocoa and confectioner's sugar. I plan to garnish the cheesecake with cape gooseberries in their skins.
Anyone else have any suggestions on how to serve the remaining items?
[This message edited by lynnm1947 at 10:35 AM, October 11th (Friday)]
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
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JanetS ( member #2766) posted at 4:55 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
Lynn, I just read your menu...while I may not have any serving suggestions (I think the only one qualified for this might be Martha Stewart)...I do think I could pop by and do a taste test. I am only an hour or so down the road.
Happy Thanksgiving.
lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 6:24 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
Some of the recipes are Martha's! My son is in Burlington. We'll set another place!
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 6:26 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
I need a wicked Thanksgiving idea for the pecans and apricots. Someone just gave me a neat idea for the salmon shells: pile them in a salmon mousse mold--which I have.
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Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 8:10 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
My only suggestion is you air mail everything to me to try!
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lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 9:15 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
Only if you give me a serving tip. 
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
Crescita ( member #32616) posted at 9:28 PM on Friday, October 11th, 2013
I'd just find a nice dish for the pecans, crystal, ceramic, or silver. For the apricots you could arrange them in a single layer on a serving platter and drizzle designs in honey, or sprinkle pistachios around them.
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 9:51 PM on Saturday, October 12th, 2013
I also made some 1-inch cheese bites (baked crackers) that I guess I'll serve straight from a cookie tin. They are super yummy.
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
vtach ( member #27639) posted at 6:20 AM on Monday, October 14th, 2013
Wow. Reckon what the rest of the meal will be? Your menu sounds scrumptious. I love color. For the spicey pecans...maybe serve in a nice, red-hot pepper dish. Your beautiful, stuffed, apricots....definately an elegant, white dish. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 6:14 PM on Monday, October 14th, 2013
Thanks, all.
I didn't get pics of everything. I had great plans, but as you may imagine, pandemonium ruled!
Here's the bacon & leek dip with veggies:
And the pumpkin cheesecake:
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
lynnm1947 (original poster member #15300) posted at 6:26 PM on Monday, October 14th, 2013
vtach, we had a a butternut squash soup with bacon & apple garnish, a wonderful turkey, white and sweet potato mash, Brussel's sprouts, stuffing, fabulous gravy, and cranberry sauce. My son is a chef so everything was perfectly cooked!
Age: 64..ummmmmmm, no...............65....no...oh, hell born in 1947. You figure it out!
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
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