What's Good for Easter?

[Jackie]

This is the section for newcomers to ask questions. I'm not exactly new here but I have a new question...

I'm looking for a good easy menu to serve for Easter. There will be 15-17 people and I'm the main cook. So, I'm looking for something kind of easy.

Anybody have a suggestion?

Thanks,
Jackie

[Innkeeper]

A whole ham; some kind of sweet potatoes or winter squash; corn bread; potato salad w/egg (can be bought prepared); Pinot Noir.

[TheEngineer]

I would second hand the PN for general use.

But what about sparklers. I love sparking wines during any feastivities.

[Kcwhippet]

We're having everything but ham - seriously. There will be 14 folks to feed and 12 aren't big fans of ham, so I'm doing a 13 lb turkey, 4 lbs of braised lamb shanks and a 5 lb boneless prime rib. Going to open a Pinot and a Cab - don't know which ones yet.

[Thomas]

All I can say is I am glad we aren't entertaining...

Each menu sounds good to me for a crowd.

[TheEngineer]

Good Gawd KC..all you are missing a partridge in a pear tree........ oh wrong holiday...but that is a lotta cooking!

[winoweenie]

Looking at these replies it's evident who's the massacist in the group. WW

[Jackie]

Sounds really delicious. Lucky people who are invited!

[browny]

what about salad from fresh vegetables with cheese and mushrooms?

[Kcwhippet]

Nobody coming to our table would eat salad with all the other stuff there. No turkey this year. Lamb shanks in the slow cooker w/ garlic, onions, celery and carrots. Roasted boneless prime rib. Sides will be steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and green beans, garlic mashed potatoes and shoe peg corn w/ cheese sauce. Since no turkey just going with something Cab based to drink, maybe a Meritage of some sort (99 Insignia maybe). However, there will be no salad. I just don't see that as part of this meal.

[winoweenie]

Love your thinking Whipster! WW

[Jackie]

Wow. Am I invited? Wish I were closer!

Jackie

[browny]

(04-04-2014 10:46 AM)Kcwhippet Wrote:  Nobody coming to our table would eat salad with all the other stuff there. No turkey this year. Lamb shanks in the slow cooker w/ garlic, onions, celery and carrots. Roasted boneless prime rib. Sides will be steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and green beans, garlic mashed potatoes and shoe peg corn w/ cheese sauce. Since no turkey just going with something Cab based to drink, maybe a Meritage of some sort (99 Insignia maybe). However, there will be no salad. I just don't see that as part of this meal.

well, the menu says itself that it is enough of meat and vegetables. maybe, just to add some dessert..

[TheEngineer]

I think KC's idea of a dessert would be something from the old country that comes out of a bottle, Irish or Scotch preferably!

[winoweenie]

IK pulling up 2 or 3 year old posts so you can comment isn't what this boards' about. Browny Fits the profile perfectly of a youngster wanting to connect with someone in the wine world. We've gone thru a bushel of them since the inception of Wines.Com. WW By the Bye Eng it wasn't Whipster who brunged up the ideer of dessert but our newbie Browny WW

[Innkeeper]

It's only one year and it is Easter season.

[Kcwhippet]

You're speaking my language, Eng.