Thread: Follow up to the Housewarming party

On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> millionaire shortbread.
>
> Punches were: Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> Kris

Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...

On Feb 8, 6:02*pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> > (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> > I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> > The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> > when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> > millionaire shortbread.
>
> > Punches were: Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> > alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> > anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> > Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> > tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> > pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> > salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> > crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> > Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> > Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> > Kris
>
> Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
> Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...- Hide quoted text -
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I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris <[email protected]>
wrote:

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>I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

I grew up 60 miles from there.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
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> I grew up 60 miles from there.
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> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Really? Where?

Kris wrote:
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> I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...

My father in law lived in Holland MI when for a while when he was a kid.
From the stories he told I thought he had spent his entire childhood
there, but it turned out to have been only one year. But that was back
in about 1910.

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:10:44 -0800 (PST), Kris <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
>>
>> I grew up 60 miles from there.
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>Really? Where?

In Allegan County. Pullman.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Feb 8, 8:45*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:10:44 -0800 (PST), Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >On Feb 8, 6:50*pm, sf *<s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:54 -0800 (PST), Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI...
>
> >> I grew up 60 miles from there.
>
> >Really? Where?
>
> In Allegan County. *Pullman.
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

Not far! The next time you're visiting childhood friends and I buy
another house, we'll try this housewarming thing again.

lots of houses getting very warm in australia right now!

On Feb 8, 3:34*pm, Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 6:02*pm, merryb <msg...@juno.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 8, 9:46*am, Kris <shanno...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Well, after asking lots of questions about prep for this party
> > > (freezing lemon bars or not and light-coloured punches...) I figured
> > > I'd report back the day after. To those who are interested...
>
> > > The lemon bars froze just great! The lemon filling was even softer
> > > when thawed, it seemed. *I also had raspberry crumb bars and
> > > millionaire shortbread.
>
> > > Punches were: Peach white wine sangria and apple sparkler non-
> > > alcoholic. I also had bottles of Pellegrino for those who didn't want
> > > anything sweet. No spill stains discovered yet!
>
> > > Just for the record, here's what else I had: blue cheese spinach
> > > tartlet, creamy crabbies (from this group!), pepperoni asiago
> > > pinwheels, baked brie with carmelized onions in puff pastry, smoked
> > > salmon platter,cheese board with grapes, tuscan white bean dip,
> > > crudites and sour cream dip,
>
> > > Whew! It went well, but I'm a little tired today.
>
> > > Thanks to all who helped me figure out how to choose my refreshments.
>
> > > Kris
>
> > Hmm, guess my invitation got lost in the mail
> > Glad to hear your party was a success- it sounds like a great menu...- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
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> I didn't think anyone lived in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI... - Hide quoted text -
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I'm in the Seattle area, so it would have been a long trip...