Back row Left: Leslie Kelly, Toni Ebert, Patrice Datovech, Iris Grundler,
me,
Peggy Ols, Charlene Dillingham, Judy Willis, Debby Griffith
Seated from left: Chris Buffano, Donna Dlubac, Georgianne Mitchell,
Donna Dorsch
Not pictured:
Kim L.(swap only) Ann Hallock, arrived late (due to work)
and missed the "formal picture".
....and Moose!
There's Ann! Second from left, back row.
me
The opportunist waiting for cookies to drop.
The Cookies!
Peggy won the Best Presentation prize this year,
which was a ceramic Santa Tray.
Peggy's Presentation:
Pecan Lace Sandwich cookies
with orange buttercream, (which are delicious!) in a golden sleigh.
It really perked up the table.
Iris, who is an architect, usually wins this prize.
This year Iris' presentation deserves an "honorable mention".
Iris made the Chocolate Pistachio Trees,
notice they are situated in a large chocolate bowl.
(I'll see if I can get Iris to write down her instructions.)
...another Honorable Mention is Donna's cookies
which are: Cinnamon Hazelnut Biscotti
They look especially appealing, although all the ladies
knocked themselves out and deserve a round of applause.
Thank you girls!!!
2006 Menu
Hot Hors d Oeuvres served in chafing dishes:
Mini Quiches and Cocktail Wieners (my party staples)
**Meatballs in a Rosemary Teriyaki sauce.
Mushroom and Onion Tarts w/ feta cheese
Hot Cream Chipped Beef Dip,
served with french bread slices
(no picture)
"Super Tuna" in bowl on platter
surrounded by mini rye and pumpernickel
(Super Tuna is what I call it when I add
hard boiled eggs, red onions, celery, pickle relish)
Cheese platter with red grapes and crackers,
brie, sharp cheddar, monterey jack and swiss
Vegetable tray with Tzatziki dip, celery, tomatoes, carrots red pepper, cucumber,
broccoli
Sodas, Wine, Kahlua
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**Rosemary Teriyaki sauce
This is my favorite short rib recipe, it
worked perfectly for meatballs.
My recipe:
Homemade Teriyaki sauce which simply consists of:
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup mirin (seasoned sweet rice wine,
available in the Asian section)
2 tablespoons sugar
(I doubled the above recipe for the amount of meatballs I had)
Then to that I added a heaping tablespoon of fresh garlic and a heaping
tablespoon of ground rosemary.
Marinate the meatballs overnight in the sauce, then cooked them in it.
This sauce makes short ribs 'to die for'!
But I figured it could easily be used on meatballs.
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Thank you to my beautiful daughter Stephanie,
the greatest daughter in the universe--->
for being our photographer, so that I could have fun at my party...
And to Chris' daughters Katie and Ashley for decorating
my gingerbread cookies. You both did a beautiful job!
See this cookie exchange party
featured next year in the December 2007 edition
of Country
Woman magazine!
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