Are you sick and tired?
 

Classes end at the U in a week and exams will be history 10 days later. A few days after that commencement and everyone is gone. The seniors don't really care anymore, everyone is tired.... of the house, the food, each other, studying, you name it. To top it off the weather is lovely, the flowers are in bloom.... who could be blamed for losing interest?

And to really cap this off, all inspiration and originality in my thinking is gone. So, what can you suggest to make these final weeks exciting and to lift the blah spirit that is about. Any thought?

Just read this and it made me laugh since my status yesterday was:

Em_adpi is sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I'm guessing you don't have much time, but if it works, you could do some sort of "best of" menu. The chapter could either vote for their favorite overall menu, or their favorite dishes. You could even have a week of "best of" with one night being "best casserole", the next "best vegetarian dish" etc. Have a senior night where the seniors prepare *and* serve the food to the rest of the chapter. The Kentucky Derby is Saturday, May 3rd and y'all could have a Derby menu one night the week prior to the race. (Lots of great options. Faux Mint Juleps even.) Have a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta on Monday, May 5th.

Picnic type food or anything that they can take out with them. Hot dogs, hamburgers, PB&J...

Although I'm sure you do this, but breakfast for dinner is always good. Especially if you can add a few unexpected dishes just to make it extra special for them.

Love the KY Derby theme too. Ever have a Hot Brown?

Yes Ma'am, I have. Serve it with a cup of Burgoo and a Mint Julep and I am ready for the first post.

Hmm Mint Juleps.

So great.

http://www.everyrecipe.info/desserts...ee_110420.html

Chicken Jubilee. SO good and very easy to make. You can make it with chicken on the bone, with skinless/boneless chicken breasts, or even with sauteed tofu. I recommend adding the juice of 1 lemon to this recipe.

It's excellent over couscous or brown rice for a change of pace from plain rice.
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Love Kentucky Derby themes! Hot Browns are called Turkey Devonshire in Pittsburgh. Did you ever see the Sandwich Show on PBS? The guy who does those shows is from my town, and he says that they're the same thing, just with different names.

ETA: Do I even have to add that I love Mint Juleps?

No shit? I was just thinking that hot browns sounded really good from seeing them on some Food Network samich show, and I needed to get one.

....waiting for the NO IT'S NOT THE SAME THING post...

Sorry to keep you waiting. :D

While the two are quite similar, you are correct, they are not the same. The simple answer is that Hot Browns are better! ;) However, one noticeable difference is that the Hot Brown includes pimiento, which was suggested by the matre d' at the Brown Hotel "for color".

And for what it is worth, the Hot Brown was created in 1926 by Fred. K. Schmidt, chef at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. It is my understanding that the Turkey Devonshire was created in 1934 by Frank Blandi at The Stratford Restaurant in Oakland (Pittsburgh).