I'm having a dinner party on Monday!

[xfer]

I ran into an old friend that Bill and I used to work with and invited him and his wife over for dinner. I'm not getting home until 7:30pm, so it's going to be a late dinner even if I find stuff to cook that doesn't take ages.

Any suggestions? I think I'm going to include green beans, as it's one of the few vegetables Bill will eat, and I can put him to work making them (they're easy) while I do the other stuff (Bill doesn't cook).

They're emphatically pro-meat, so no need for only vegetarian food. I'd like to avoid lasagna. Throw out some ideas!

 

[Baliset]

They're emphatically pro-meat, so no need for only vegetarian food. I'd like to avoid lasagna. Throw out some ideas!

WIENAHS!

 

[TheNewChupe]

there is a grain of sanity in user: Baliset's suggestion:
i say Oktoberfest theme, with Brats & kraut, oom pah pah music, and beer wenches.

 

[xfer]

i'm vetoing those suggestions. please do post more, though.

 

[TheNewChupe]

you're acting more German than you think-sky.

 

[KingoftheSausages]

I recommend

 

[mindspell]

Here is the menu of my most recent dinner party:

salad:
-cucumber-over dried tomatoe salad

soup:
-crab, sweet spices (cayenne, saffron, garam masala) and ginger juice soup

entree:
-Duck and black bean curry

Main course:
-Mint, cilantro, yogurt marinated lamb

Desert:
-sweet Naan and citrus flan

Enjoy!

 

[FuSoYa]

holy shit xfer has some competition here now.

 

[FuSoYa]

-sweet Naan and citrus flan

"specially selected because of its melodious rhyme scheme."

 

[xfer]

that sounds very good, but i'm mostly avoiding Indian for this particular dinner.

 

[KingoftheSausages]

I prefer to avoid eating indian. to my mind, Bangladeshis are best, with a light chicken gravy.

 

[xfer]

so far, this thread has not lived up to its purpose.

 

[mindspell]

that sounds very good, but i'm mostly avoiding Indian for this particular dinner.

Then what are you looking for? Anything asian, italian, french would do?

I can make suggestions in all of them... How about middle eastern?

 

[TheNewChupe]

i gave, you rejected.

 

[avi]

since it's meat-oriented, I ain't sayin shit 'cept that I made an awesome vegan cilantro pesto pizza for a dinner guest not too long ago



(and yes I know vegan pizza is an oxymoron, but you gotta concede to the guest)

 

[KingoftheSausages]

you know what, I happen to know someone with lots of moles...

 

[xfer]

anything not particularly fancy that a non-cook can help me with.

 

[The Dope]

Just buy a whole side of beef and BBQ that motherfucker.

And put some potatoes and ham in with the green beans. Or maybe cook black-eyed peas.

 

[mindspell]

Meat oriented it is then:

-Morel-shitake consomme

Entree:
-German beef tartar

Main course:
-coriander seed, cumin seed, cayenne crusted pork tenderloin
-Oven roasted vegetable

Desert:
Goat cheese cheesecake.

Everything here is easy to do, you got about half an hour prep time

 

[TheNewChupe]

pizza making is easy for non-chef oriented people to do. and it's kind of communal- mostly all they have to do is cut up stuff. you can even have the crust ready to go before said non-chef-types get there. and the cilantro pesto pizza sounds good.