Final count please.

[gae]

No problem, Kat.

Y'all just have to remember to bring whatever it is you want to drink.

[LAKE]

I hope you all have a great time!

Please, please post pictures - AND RECIPES.

(That includes you AL, for that cheesecake.)

Bon Appetit!!

[jamesdeanfan]

I plan to bring tiramisu, and a 2 liter. anything else?

5:30 or so...right?

<font color="#000002" size="1">[ September 25, 2004 08:49 AM: Message edited by: jamesdeanfan ]</font>

[travelinman]

Originally posted by jamesdeanfan:
I plan to bring tiramisu, and a 2 liter. anything else?

5:30 or so...right?

<font color="#000002"><font size="1">[ September 25, 2004 08:49 AM: Message edited by: jamesdeanfan ]</font></font>

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do you make your tiramisu with lady fingers?

We will be starting to put things out around 5 with the hot stuff at 6:00.

[travelinman]

Originally posted by LAKE:
I hope you all have a great time!

Please, please post pictures - AND RECIPES.

(That includes you AL, for that cheesecake.)

Bon Appetit!!

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Recipes are in my head, nothing is ever the same as I use what's fresh.

If you talk nicely to GAE she may capture todays dinner from me before I forget.

<font color="#000002" size="1">[ September 25, 2004 09:06 AM: Message edited by: travelinman ]</font>

[LanDroid]

Sounds wonderful, but sorry, I gotta help my mommy move into a new apartment...

[jamesdeanfan]

Tm...yes, I am using lady fingers, but I am modifying the recipe, for cost purposes. I am using a stirred custard instead of marscapone. (as if you can find it in cincy w/out going to the Jungle...and THAT's a dangerous place for me... [img]redface.gif[/img] )

[LAKE]

In honor of tonight's gathering, I made a darn good lasagna this afternoon. I know it will not be anything like Trav's feast, but it's Italian all the same.

[gae]

OK, Lake, I'm going to try this while Trav watches the race this week.

Red sauce:

First, spend hours and hours and hours wandering around Jungle Jims, trying to decide which imported tomato products are good this year.

Bring groceries home and stand in gae's way while she tries to find homes for said groceries.

Open butler's pantry and pull out every single large pot, trying to decide which will be best.

Stand in gae's way as she does prep work.

Olive oil in grandmother's pot. Add finely diced carrot. Put all the other stuff in and ask gae to stir while he watched last week's race.

Antipasti:

Trav goes to work. Gae goes to Jungles. Gae has explicit instructions to call Trav upon entering. Long discussions on which olives follow. ("No! I want the olives that are in the tray third from the left!!... ) "And don't forget the artichoke hearts. They need to be precisely one and one half inches in diameter."

See how easy it is to cook Italian? [img]biggrin.gif[/img]