Easter lunch menu

[NUBlue&Blue]

I'm not cooking either, for the first time in years. Hubby and 3 of the kids are going to the Braves game, so oldest daughter and I are having brunch at the club.

[aggieAXO]

For those peep lovers-here is some interesting research for you:
www.peepresearch.org/surgery.html

hopefully the link will work though I am not computer savy so it may not

[carnation]

I am told that Peeps taste better after a year's storage so tomorrow I'm bringing out the ones I hid to see.

Otherwise--all 13 kids and son-in-law and at least 1 boyfriend will be here for our annual Easter cookout! And our twilight Easter egg hunt with glow-in-the-dark eggs! And we are going to freeze our butts off because the low Saturday night here will be in th mid-twenties. So much for global warning. And our azaleas.

[ISUKappa]

We're going to the ILs so it will be something like:
relish tray
deviled eggs
smoked ham
mashed potatoes
scalloped corn
freezer rolls
jello salad
some other sort of salad involving cauliflower, broccoli and mayo
Pie
Wine (including some of Uncle Walt's homemade stuff)
All the candy I'm putting in my son's basket because a 13-month-old really shouldn't have chocolate and it's my right as a parent to eat it.

Standard midwestern farm fare.

[NUBlue&Blue]

ISUKappa, are you eating at my parents' house?

(substitute green bean casserole for that other vege, and add Watergate salad because my sister MUST have it)

Does anybody remember why it's called Watergate Salad? Pistachio pudding/cool whip/other ingredients I don't know because my mom is the one who makes it...

[carnation]

Y'all's brunches sound so elegant- violets and all the other beautiful touches! When I'm about 100, it will finally get elegant here. Here is what happened while we were cleaning up the branches from this week's storms so we could have our cookout: our 2 youngest boys were dueling with branches and I leapt over the picnic table with the nearby Harry Potter sword and took out after them, yelling, "Gryffindor destroys Slytherin!" Then I looked up and saw the neighbors staring over the fence.

Then our daughter called and told us that the cat she rescued 2 days ago had kittens under her bed and her vet said she needs to bring them home if she's leaving for the weekend.

Sorry for the hijack...I was just dreaming of elegance and how it ain't gonna happen here.

[AGDee]

Same here, carnation. I have two very sick kids so I can't take them to my mom's as planned. Easter Lunch?? Easter breakfast and lunch here usually consists of chocolate bunnies, peeps and Reese's peanut butter eggs! Dinner though.. we have real food for dinner. I was going to do a roasted chicken at my mom's house but now I'm not sure what to do. These kids have gone through a bottle of cough medicine and two boxes of Kleenex so far. One is on the upswing (after a full week) and the other one is only on day 2. <sigh> It's going to be a lonnnnnnnnnnnng weekend. Oh yes, and I'm dogsitting for my ex-husband's dog, so that adds to the chaos too. No easter egg hunt this year cuz that dog would find all the eggs and chew through them while we were sleeping!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

ISUKappa, are you eating at my parents' house?

(substitute green bean casserole for that other vege, and add Watergate salad because my sister MUST have it)

Does anybody remember why it's called Watergate Salad? Pistachio pudding/cool whip/other ingredients I don't know because my mom is the one who makes it...

I love Watergate Salad, but nobody else in my family does. *sigh* I was, however, intrigued by your question. So - here's your answer! I did not know that there was also a Watergate Cake!

For the uninitiated:

Watergate Salad

1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O Pistachio Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped walnuts nuts
2 cups thawed Cool Whip Topping

Stir the pudding mix, pineapple with juice, marshmallows and nuts in large bowl until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping. Refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. Garnish as desired.

Makes 8 servings

[AlexMack]

Honey that sounds completely revolting unless it's served as a dessert. I just cannot wrap my head around using jello salad as a side-dish to an entree. It boggles the mind. And this is from the chick whose country has no qualms about eating the organs of animals.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I love Watergate Salad, but nobody else in my family does. *sigh* I was, however, intrigued by your question. So - here's your answer! I did not know that there was also a Watergate Cake!

For the uninitiated:

Watergate Salad

1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O Pistachio Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped walnuts nuts
2 cups thawed Cool Whip Topping

Stir the pudding mix, pineapple with juice, marshmallows and nuts in large bowl until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping. Refrigerate 1 hour or until ready to serve. Garnish as desired.

Makes 8 servings

I've eaten it or coconut, marshmallow, mandarin orange, pineapple, maraschino cherry, and sour cream Ambrosia as salad, even though, I can see why both would seem more like dessert.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

ISUKappa, are you eating at my parents' house?

(substitute green bean casserole for that other vege, and add Watergate salad because my sister MUST have it)

I think my husband and his brother would Die if they didn't get his Grandma S's scalloped corn. And if they're feeling really crazy, his Grandma L. will make creamed peas. If you see those creamed peas on the table, then you know it's a party!

[NUBlue&Blue]

I remember when I asked my grandma how to make scalloped corn. She told me to crush up soda crackers (how many?...enough to soak up the liquid)...add eggs, stir, s&p, etc...put it in the oven (how long?....'til it's done). She was a phenomenal cook and never owned a cookbook! I just took my daughter to visit UNL and we stayed with my parents where we were fed a "yabba dabba do" steak, baked potatoes and.....creamed peas. It's not everyday we fly to anyplace with 5 inches of snow on the ground with no skiing in sight, so it was definitely a party!

( She is not going to UNL, she got into her first choice....so now I have no chance of having a Kappa daughter )

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

I remember when I asked my grandma how to make scalloped corn. She told me to crush up soda crackers (how many?...enough to soak up the liquid)...add eggs, stir, s&p, etc...put it in the oven (how long?....'til it's done). She was a phenomenal cook and never owned a cookbook! I just took my daughter to visit UNL and we stayed with my parents where we were fed a "yabba dabba do" steak, baked potatoes and.....creamed peas. It's not everyday we fly to anyplace with 5 inches of snow on the ground with no skiing in sight, so it was definitely a party!

( She is not going to UNL, she got into her first choice....so now I have no chance of having a Kappa daughter )

Ha, that's how Grandma S.'s recipe is. MIL once asked and got a "glug" of cream as a measurement. Exactly how much is a "glug"?

We had pretty much everything I listed, except the second vegetable salad, and that was only because the one Grandma who attended had already made the jello salad.