Friday, October 24, 2008

October Bookclub Meeting....

These have to be some of the wittiest, smartest, strongest women I have ever met.  So many different personalities, with conflicting points of view.   I love hearing them talk (especially Pamela who makes anything sound sophisticated with her British accent) about books and its' characters which always leads to talking about life and its' characters!    This is the highlight of my week.  
or is this the highlight of my week??
And Tanya was so gracious to host us in her BEAUTIFUL home....

with sweet Amy to help her with food.   Thank you girls so much.  I know you went to a LOT of trouble and it was so appreciated.
and did I mention there was a lot of gourmet food.....of the french persuasion...like chicken cordon blue bites,  and quiche,  and brie baked in puff pastry.....
and truffles and petit fours,  and fruit....
What shall we do next month for the book Heart of Darkness?   Its' setting is the Congo.  That may be an interesting food display.   But these ladies are talented and will come up with something wonderful.   Thank you all for a wonderful meeting!
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6 comments:

Pam said...

What a great meeting, what a great house, what great well educated ladies we are.

October 26, 2008 at 11:44 AM
edie said...

Can you see if you can add audio to your comments Pam?

October 26, 2008 at 3:40 PM
Pam said...

I will work on it, I told my girls (21 and 26) I had set up a blog, I think the eldest fell off her chair and the other one dropped the phone. Oh yes, when I said I was a trophy wife---why did every one laugh. I could be a trophy wife--could get some work done, some lipo, hey I'm almost there.

Pam

October 26, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Pam said...

Hiya Ladies,

Just a suggestion, what do we think about having a recipe section, every time we meet, we would add to out master ecipe list.

Pam

October 27, 2008 at 12:32 PM
edie said...

Fantastical idea! Could you be in charge of that Mrs. Pamela/Trophy Wife?

October 27, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Pam said...

To "The Trophy Mother" from 'The Trophy Wife" You betcha--that was my best Sarah Palin impression.

October 29, 2008 at 2:17 PM

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Our Recipes

Our Recipes
Baked Brie

Baked Brie

1 Whole Wheel of Brie
1 Sheet Puff Pastry or
1 Sheet Regular Pastry
3 T Orange Marmalade
1 egg for glaze


Bring the Cheese and Pastry to room temperature.
Do not remove the rind from the Cheese
Place the Marmalade on the center of the pastry.
Place the Brie in top of the Marmalade.
Wrap the Pastry around the Brie, use a small amount of a water wash to help the Pastry adhere to itself.
Invert the wrapped brie on to a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper and coat with the egg wash.
At this point the Baked Brie can be stored in the refridgerator for up to 4 days, when you are ready to finish the cooking of the Brie, pre-heat your oven to 350', bring the Wrapped Brie back to room temperature, place in the hot oven and cook for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Do not serve immedistely, but place on your serving platter and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
Serve with Crackers or French bread

Chicken Cordon Bleu

Chicken Cordon Bleu
Chicken Cordon Bleu

This recipe can be served as an entree or cut into bite size pieces as an Hor'sD'oeuvre

Awaiting recipe

Petite Fours and Croissant

Petite Fours and Croissant
Petite Fours

Petite Fours and Croissant

Recipe to be submitted

Mini pickled Okra sandwiches

Mini pickled Okra sandwiches

Mini Pickled Okra Sandwiches

This recipe can be made up to 2 hrs in advance, due to the Cream Cheese acting as a barrier and preventing the Bread from absorbing the liquid from the Pickled Okra--simply make your sandwiches, cover them with a slightly damp piece of paper towel , then some Saran Wrap and refridgerate for up to 2 hours. The Cream Cheese mixture also works well with Cucumber Sandwiches.

1 Loaf of Bread
8 oz cream cheese
2 T Dill.Herb Spice Mix (Tastefully Simple)
1 Jar of Pickled Okra
Bring the cream cheese to room temp and add the Spice mix.
Remove the crusts from the bread and roll out with a rolling pin.
Take 2 pieces of bread apply some of the cream cheese add the Okra cut in to desired shapes and serve.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Recipe to be submitted

5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

This recipe is dangerous, Why? because you are only 5 minutes away from Chocolate Cake at any given time of day.

4 T Flour
4 T Sugar
2 T Cocoa
1 Egg
3 T Milk
3 T Oil
# T Chocolate Chips (otional)
a small dash of Vanilla Extract
1 Large Coffee Mug

Add all of the dry ingredients to the mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and again mix well. Add the chocolate chips ( if using ) and vanilla extract, after you have mixed well, place the mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1,000 watts ( high ). The cake will rise over the top of the mug, do not be alarmed! Allow the cake to cool a little and then invert on to a plate. This recipe can serve 2 ( if you want to feel slightly more virtuous ).
Recipe by Tina Faust