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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

688.0. "MENU: Eleven Guests for Dinner" by 11810::MGORDON () Mon Aug 24 1987 16:38

    I'm having 11 people over for a sit-down dinner.  It's my Mom's
    70th birthday.  People will probably be arriving at different
    times (could be as much as 2 hour's difference) so I'd like to
    be able to greet and talk with the guests yet serve a nice meal.
    
    I'm thinking that a good casserole dish might be the answer.  
    Do any of you have any suggestions?  (The whole crowd will be
    there for two nights--I was thinking of doing lasagne for one
    of those nights.)
    
    I'm open to hearing everything--- from soup to nuts.
    
    Thanks in advance
    
    
    Maureen

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
688.1	More details please	FDCV01::FPSJAN		`Wed Aug 26 1987 10:40`	11
	I don't quite understand the logistics. Will everyone be sitting down to dinner at the same time? (Where is the two hour's difference). Lasagne sounds good, but can be hard to reheat successfully without a microwave. My lasagne recipe cooks for 1 hour, but takes alot of work just before the 1 hour. What is your budget? Have you thought about a turkey, it will cook for a long time and the fixings can be made ahead of time.
688.2	Here's the details....	USMRW1::MGORDON		`Fri Aug 28 1987 11:20`	21
	Everyone will be sitting down to dinner at the same time. The two hour's difference had to do with people arriving at the house at different times. My point was that if dinner is for 6 pm, some people might arrive at 3:30pm or 4:00, because they are travelling from N.Y. I want to be able to spend some time with the early arrivers, so I need to be able to do a fair amount of preparation ahead of time. I have a microwave....I'd be interested in having your lasagne recipe. Money is no problem. I'm not concerned with keeping to any budget. I had thought about a turkey also. I've never cooked one for a large group before so I'd appreciate any advice you may have. Also, what else do you suggest I serve with it that could be prepared ahead of time?? Thanks.
688.3	Try some cold dishes	CIVIC::ROSEN	linda rosen**aug baby	`Fri Aug 28 1987 12:16`	10
	You could try some marinated vegetable salads (green beens, beets). The longer they sit around the better!! A cold rice salad could also do the trick as you could make it ahead of time and it looks and tastes fancy. I figure that its easier to keep things cold rather than hot when planning a dinner that you don't want to babysit!! Linda
688.4	Cross reference	SUPER::KENAH	Mythical Conversation Fragments	`Fri Aug 28 1987 14:43`	1
	For turkey advice, see Note 5.* of this conference...
688.5		USMRW2::JTRAVERS	Jeanne Travers	`Mon Aug 31 1987 13:16`	26
	I just entertained 11 people at dinner. I made steak and chicken shish kabobs and pasta salad in advance. We had fresh corn on the cob and a garden salad. It was very easy because the shish kabobs don't take long to cook (and it seems you can always solicit help at the grill). The meats were marinaded in a great teriyaki sauce (I'll post the recipe in a later note). The kabobs were made up separately (I didn't mix the steak and chicken on the same skewer as I had some non-red meat eating guests.) The kabobs had meat, small onions, green pepper, mushrooms. When the kabobs went on the grill, I started the water boiling for the corn on the cob. Everything came out at the same time, with very little effort! Another suggestion re: turkey... Last Easter my sister had a houseful for Easter dinner. She cooked a hugh turkey and a ham the day before the get together. She cut up half the turkey to serve on a platter with the sliced ham (so folks could make sandwiches, etc.) The other half turkey was cut into smaller chunks and served hot with gravy out of a crockpot. The dinner was served with a salads (garden, potato, pasta, etc.)