Looking ahead to 2008...

Due to the Superbowl, there won't be a Chinese Groundhog Gras this year.
Now we're looking ahead to Abe Lincoln's Birthday Party on Feb 17.

December 16, 2007!

Thanks to all for another successful (albeit wintery) COOKIE & TREAT SWAP.

As promised, the recipes are HERE!

Julie's Super-Intense Brownies were found online, here!

Diane's Christmas Bark
1 sleeve Saltine Crackers
1 cup butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
21oz semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350.
Place crackers in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet with sides.
Melt butter and brown sugar in a medium saucepan, then cook over med-high heat for 3 minutes (until bubbly), stirring constantly.
Pour butter-sugar mixture over the crackers and spread evenly.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with chocolate morsels. When they start to melt, spread evenly over entire layer of crackers.
Sprinkle chopped pecans on top and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Remove from fridge and break into pieces. Yum!

October 27, 2007

Theme: Mad Science

Who was there/what they brought:
Julie: chocolate chip pumpkin bread
Scott & Maria: Lucifer's Lemon Lentils
Jason & Amy: Sweet & Salty Bugs
Jay & Kelly: Bloody Eyeball Cake
Shawn & Kaylie: Dracula-Got-Them-First Cupcakes & Bowl-o-Eyeballs
Amy & Stamatis: Mad Monster Mash Muffaletta, Squash Soup, Speciman CT-427, Lizard Liver & Bile Berries test tubes

Lucifer's Lemon Lentils (actually Ismail Merchant's) can be found here (scroll down)

it's coming baaaaaaaack!

look for news soon on an august bbq!
theme will be jamaican/carribean.

2007 PLANNER

LOOK NO FURTHER FOR UPCOMING DATES and THEMES!

Feb 25: The Oscars! THEME: Hollywood Food
March 18: Erin Go Bragh. THEME: the Potato
April 22: THEME: Foods of Your Forefathers (a recipe from your own nationality/heritage/family)
May 20: Get Ready for Summer! THEME: RAW foods

HAPPY ELVIS' BDAY!!!!

who was there: what they brought

rick: apple butter baked beans
dana: boston creme pie (after valiant blue suede shoe cookie attempt)
zach/sarah: amaretto fluff with dipping fruit
michael: "elvis pretzel" (pretzel-crusted jello & strawberry-topped dessert)
diane/ed: peanut butter & nanner cupcakes
stamatis: biscuits & gravy, plantains & peanut sauce ala indochine
amy: sweet & sour meatballs a la king

PRIZES!!!
Dana kicked butt on the quiz, for a lovely elvis paint-by-number

AMY's MEATBALL RECIPE
(special thanks to Tana for the recipe)

ingredients:
2 jars heinz chili sauce
1 large jar concord grape jelly
24 frozen meatballs (in this case, trader joe's turkey meatballs)

place all ingredients in a pot.
you might try a crockpot, if you've got one, since you're going to cook them for awhile and you might want to keep them warm.
mix thouroughly.
heat over low heat for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
make sure sauce is well mixed, it should be a very deep red-brown.
keep meatballs warm up to the time of serving.
serve with white bread for sopping up the extra sauce (or maybe making a small sandwich).