BS: Easter Dinner 2007 -(or2009) waht's cookin'?

Subject: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 15 Mar 07 - 10:25 PM

Time for an Easter Dinner thread for 2007. What do you all plan on cooking?

Last year my plans went awry because I fell ill. All I managed was a spicy carrot souffle. The Ham wound up being carved into several other dinners.

This year I plan on making:
Lemon & Thyme Roast Stuffed chicken (BIG chicken!)
Saffron rice with dried cranberries & almonds
Brussel sprouts with pancetta and Ritz Cracker crumbs (very buttery crackers, yum)
More of that Parmesan Carrot Souffle from last year (it worked out so well)
Southern style greens with pickle juice
(sounds awful but taste great, you steam up some collard, kale and mustard greens, toss them with some garlic/dill or sweet pickle juice)
Stilton & Walnut scones
Cheddar biscuits (american style biscuits)

for Dessert:
Peach-Blueberry Fool
and
Twinkimasu (Tiramisu made with twinkies, don't knock until you've tried it)

Anyone passing through los Angeles is welcome to stop by

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 15 Mar 07 - 11:45 PM

sounds delicious.

My Easter will be spent at the National Folk Festival & dinner will be whatever yummy takeaway I find there.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 06:08 AM

Same here, with hot cross buns and Easter Eggs on Sunday.

A meal at Spaghetti Junction is a must, and another night will be curry night with Black Joak Morris. There are so many lovely things to choose from on the stalls, there aren't enough days to try them all. Then there are snacks like the Italian chocolate and the poffertjes (little Dutch pancakes)... Oh dear, you've got me drooling now Sandra, and it's all your fault.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Crystal
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 06:57 AM

I'll be baking Hot Cross buns!
Probably lots of them as I'm going to a retirement ramble/ easter egg roll/ party with a group of friends!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 07:08 AM

Hopefully I won't have to cook.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Bee
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 08:34 AM

It'll be a little turkey or a domestic goose if we can find one. If turkey, my husband's favourite sage and savoury flavoured potato stuffing. Baked squash, turnip, peas, carrots and cranberry sauce from berries I picked in October. Yum.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:03 AM

Roast Lamb, roast potatows, squash and peas...with yummy mushroom gravy. Simnel cakes and coffee to end it all.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Scrump
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:16 AM

I reckon George's Greek recipe for BBQed Lamb would be hard to beat (recipe was in another thread not long ago).

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: MMario
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:18 AM

a family friend is bringing my parents out - so it will be a rehash of last years battle of the cooks in the kitchen. I just hope to eliminate as much collateral damage as possible.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: bobad
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:22 AM

Friends of our's who always host the Easter feast have been toying with the idea of a spit roasted lamb for years. I sent them George's recipe for inspiration and it looks like this year is going to be it. I am looking forward to it and hoping that no shooting of roof tiles will be involved.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:29 AM

We are having kosher ham, cheesy potatos, raw veggies and various dips.
and finally, good old fashioned apple pie.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 09:46 AM

thanks for the reminder about the hot cross buns. The Baker's Catalogue sells a complete kit for making them and they always come out right when I use it. I put in an order for two kits and had some sent to my mother as well. Where she lives now she is at least 60 miles from the nearest bakery.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 11:17 AM

Of course hot cross buns should, technically, only be eaten on good Friday but since they sell them in the shops all year round here now its a bit of a joke. We will be at glorious Miskin so dinner will be something from the kitchen window.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Desdemona
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 12:08 PM

I grew up with a lapsed Church of England mother and a lapsed Greek Orthodox father, and we had 2 Easters, the "regular" one essentially being a big chocolate feast and the Orthodox one a huge, elaborate Greek feast. Every so many years they fall on the same day (as they do this year). As an adult I have always hosted the latter at my house, and since my dear father passed away in February, it will be an extremely bittersweet occasion, especially as both his and my birthdays fall in that same week. That said, it will also be an occasion on which all of his children and grandchildren can be together and eat what was always his favourite holiday meal of the year, and he will surely be with us in spirit.

So, the menu:

Roast leg of lamb with olive oil, rosemary, etc.
Rice and orzo pilaf
Roasted potatoes (cooked with the lamb)
Greek-style green beans (onions, tomatoes, LOTS of garlic)
Huge Greek salad
Home-made bread
Spanakopita
Olives, feta, hummus, tsatsiki, etc.

All washed down with lots of red wine, followed by my mother's baklava (which my middle son describes as "the essence of goodness") and birthday cake for dessert. Then we need to lie down for awhile, although the hardier among us might go for a walk! I'm basically a vegetarian, but this is one of those meals when all bets are pretty much off in the name of tradition.

Hippity hop,

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: lady penelope
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 03:49 PM

Hmm, 's funny innit? I was dragged up catholic, but easter sunday dinner was just a normal sunday roast. The big thing was the chocolate easter eggs.

And I always liked the hymns we sang at mass. Our church always had a long service for easter sunday so there were lots of hymns to sing. Me all over really, don't care if I can sing along.... *G*

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 03:53 PM

When is Easter?

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: number 6
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 04:14 PM

When is Easter.

6 days after the start of Passover.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 04:15 PM

OK, let me ask it THIS way. When does Passover start?

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: number 6
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 04:17 PM

Sunset on April 2nd.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Peace
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 04:31 PM

Thanks, biLL.

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Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: bobad
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 04:44 PM

Easter is always celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox so next year it will be just about the earliest it can.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Desdemona
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 05:16 PM

Which is April 8th this year!

;~)

~D

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 06:09 PM

We're having prime rib of beef - not traditional, maybe, but very nice. With horseradish mash, stuffed mushrooms, and maybe a few leeks.

Still not sure about pudding. Maybe pavlova, but I've got such a kick-arse lemon merengue pie recipe...

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Bee
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 06:20 PM

Man I love Greek food... and Lemon Meringue Pie!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Amergin
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 10:14 PM

Same thing I eat every day....at least once....my foot.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Mar 07 - 10:43 PM

I like it when Easter is early. The Canberra nights are not QUITE as chilly (slightly earlier in Autumn). In 2000, it was almost as late as it can be (April 23) and that was the year we had all the frost and extremely cold nights, so a few weeks can make a difference to the weather there.

I see that in 2011 it will be April 24, so it's likely to be another chilly National in Canberra. It's been a long time since I've been home for Easter - I wouldn't miss that festival for quids - so it's always festival food at Easter for us.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Mar 07 - 02:51 AM

It's going to be those bloody pigeons who are stripping my butterfly bush this very minute...

Although as we'll have buried my father in law only a few days before, we won't really be in the mood for celebrating.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Mar 07 - 10:12 PM

I was lucky once to be invited to Russian Easter... Yum!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: CET
Date: 18 Mar 07 - 05:17 PM

Donuel:

Inquiring minds want to know - kosher ham?

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: bubblyrat
Date: 18 Mar 07 - 07:42 PM

Me too !! Kosher ham ?? The mind boggles ( or Bagels ). And what in the name of the Great Easter Bunny ,are "Twinkies" --?? And who said we had to have an Easter Dinner ?? We just had Christmas Dinner, for God"s sake !! Just another excuse for conspicuous consumption, while half the world starves to death -----.Oh well, that"s life !!!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 12:55 AM

Twinkies are a packaged sponegcake with cream filling that are the subject of many jokes in the US. They come wrapped in cellophane and so people assume they are indestructible or will stay fresh forever. If unfamiliar with twinkies, go here to be enlightened:

Temple of Twinkie

Go here for science experiments with twinkies:
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E. project

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 05:55 AM

spongecake (not sponegcake!) - I must learn to preview my posts!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: bobad
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 06:37 AM

Twinkie Defense

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Mar 07 - 07:40 AM

Dave'sWife

Looks like you may have been the victim of a Spon Attack!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 01 Apr 07 - 10:20 PM

Refreshing thread so I can hear delightful descriptions of upcoming Easter feasts.\\

Just to get you all going, tonite I made Peruvian Chicken with Plums since I had a big box of golden plums that were ripe and going uneaten. it's basically stewed chicken with tomatoes, sweet peppers, peeled plums, peeled tomatoes, onions, spices, served over savory rice.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Scoville
Date: 02 Apr 07 - 02:15 PM

My parents will be at yearly [Quaker] meeting, which probably means beans and rice and possibly some form of tofu. I'll be home eating whatever I damned well please, which will probably involve cabbage and squash since nobody else in my family seems to eat them much.

Or I might do the black-eyed peas with fresh tomatoes and onion rings over cornbread. Mmmm.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Apr 07 - 02:25 PM

Marinated and grilled steaks, grilled asparagus, garlic bread, grilled veggie kebabs for my vegan husband, and, hmm, now that someone's mentioned lemon meringue pie, does anyone out there have a Splenda recipe? Otherwise homemade rhubarb & grapefruit sorbet, which is actually just about as good as it can be.

But what we really look forward to about the easter season is Greek fish stew (psarosoupa), which we always have on Good Friday.

Cheers,
Claire

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Scoville
Date: 02 Apr 07 - 04:31 PM

Is it the table-type Splenda? Because they claim you can use it "just like sugar" in normal recipes. (I can't tolerate the taste of it, myself, but theoretically it should bake the same.) America's Test Kitchen had a good lemon meringue pie recipe on their website.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 03:45 AM

Burgers!!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Cats
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 05:46 AM

I would usually do local spring lamb and all the trimmings but this year we will be in Belfast so whatever we have, Guiness has to fit in somewhere!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 03 Apr 07 - 07:03 AM

Here are 2 Splenda lemon Meringue pie rcipes:

Splenda Lemon Meringue Pie From Recipe gal (seems clever)

Lofty Lemon Meringue Pie from the Splenda Official Website

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: GUEST,jOhn
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 04:41 AM

feresh

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: open mike
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 01:56 PM

i was inviged to join my daughter's inlaws...they are from Guam
and often eat finnidenni which seems to be a sauce made of tamari
soy sauce with chopped peppers and other stuff

SAUCES
Finadeni

No island feast would be complete without finadeni. This terrific sauce used to flavor rice, soups and is excellent for marinating chicken, beef and pork. Make a lot at once and store the extra in a salad dressing carafe for easy use later.

    * 1/4 cup soy sauce
    * 1/4 cup lemon juice
    * 1/4 cup chopped green onions
    * 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, or 3 small red peppers,       roasted    and chopped

Combine ingredients, stir.

they speak chamorro--when i asked about the sauce
they called it "fine and dandy"

I made brown rice and vegetables and tofu with curry.

there was also turkey and ham but i do not eat these..

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: skarpi
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 04:42 PM

hmmm its 2009 now ...............

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Apr 09 - 04:48 PM

I had the very bestest Easter Sunday scoff I have had in over twenty years! Mum was not feeling well and it was snowing and blowing a clip so we stayed home. She had a light supper at her place and I had some beers and watched the hockey and curling at my place. And the rest of the family had whatever they had a their place... over at their place... where I wasn't... >;-) DEEEElicious!

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Dinner 2007 - waht's cookin'?
From: open mike
Date: 14 Apr 09 - 03:45 PM

i recall that in high school I was in a comparative religion club.
we went to a Greek orthodox easter celebration where there was some
wonderful food.

http://greekfood.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/easter.htm

http://greekfood.about.com/od/tipsnutritionmenus/a/eastermenu.htm

http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekcookingtips/ht/redeggs.htm

i have heard of games played by kids where they crack their (red)
eggs together and the kids who do not have eggs that have a cracked shell win the other kids' eggs....