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Hank

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Mar 3, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/3/00

I am hosting a wedding buffet. I need to know how much food
it takes to feed 80-100 people.

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Ekitchennews

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Mar 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/4/00

What is your menu and what time of day is the affair?

>I am hosting a wedding buffet. I need to know how much food
>it takes to feed 80-100 people.
>

Sandy, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
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Tony Pelliccio

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Mar 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/4/00

In article <27acf7e8...@usw-ex0109-070.remarq.com>,
christia...@mindspring.com.invalid says...

> I am hosting a wedding buffet. I need to know how much food
> it takes to feed 80-100 people.

Go to the library and check out Julia Child's "Julia Child & Company" and
look at the buffet there. It's for relatively few people but it gives you
an idea of the portion that each person would consume, giving you a basis
to calculate your food needs on.

Tony

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Karen Anderson O'Mara

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Mar 6, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/6/00

Hank wrote:

> I am hosting a wedding buffet. I need to know how much food
> it takes to feed 80-100 people.

Too loaded of a question... need more information.

Who is getting married, what kind of wedding, where are you feeding people, what time of day, and are you doing all the cooking, catering something out,
serving booze and appetizers, etc.

Karen

RecipeQueen

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Mar 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/7/00

On Fri, 03 Mar 2000 22:45:28 +1600, Hank
<christia...@mindspring.com.invalid> wrote:

>I am hosting a wedding buffet. I need to know how much food
>it takes to feed 80-100 people.
>
>

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MM: Engagement Checklist
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Title: Engagement Checklist
Categories: Weddings, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Engagement Checklist:

1. Inform parents first. 2. Let friends know. 3.
Write to ( do not telephone) those who live at some
distance. 4. If required, contact local or national
newspapers to put the
announcement in their columns. 5. Carefully select
an engagement ring which will hold its value and
weather a lifetime's wear. 6. Decide on and plan
the celebration that is required:
: 1. none
: 2. small family party
: 3. large, formal gathering 7. Write thank-you
notes to those who have given presents. 8. If the
engagement is broken off, remember to cancel all
arrangements,
offer to return all presents and write to all
concerned. Typed by cjha...@msn.com

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MM: A Gourmet Shower
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Title: A Gourmet Shower
Categories: Weddings, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Here's another one for the bride or couple who seems
to have everything! Gourmet delights are everywhere,
so there is no end to the number of delicious treats
you can come up with for this party! Combine this idea
with the basket theme by having each guest bring his
food gift in a basket, decorative tin, bowl, or
imaginative container.

Consider really spoiling your guests and yourself by
making it a decadent dessert party. Use your best
linen, china and silver. Continue pampering everyone
by presenting them with chocolate swans or truffles
packed in tiny gold boxes to take home.

More-than-gourmet-Baskets:

Give gourmet popcorn tucked into a personalized
popcorn bowl or affixed to an air popper.

Prepare a sumptuous assortment of preserves, jams, and
honey snuggled in a wicker basket.

Select a waffle iron with a sweet variety of
delectable syrups-pure maple, boysenberry, raspberry,
etc.

Treat the couple to their own copy of a chocolate
lover's cookbook. Decorate lavishly with a supply of
Belgian chocolates and homemade fudge.

Line a breadbasket with a cheery checkered hand towel,
add a pasta maker and fill with an assortment of
special sauces, Italian olive oil, and fine vinegars.

Let your honoured couple know the scoop by presenting
them with a silver-plated ice cream scoop. Don't
forget to top it all off with the gooiest treats you
can find - fudge, caramel, and marshmallow toppings
with a jar of maraschino cherries for good measure!

Stuff your finest container with an appetizing
assortment of imported cheeses, tinned pates, caviar,
and sardines. Tuck in a variety of unusual crackers
and complete with a jar of stuffed olives. Typed in
MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com Source: Berverly Clark
Bridal Showers.

MM: A Recipe Shower
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Title: A Recipe Shower
Categories: Wedding, Shower
Yield: 1 Servings

A recipe shower is the place for all the cooks to
shine as each guest brings her favourite recipe
affixed to an items or two required in its preparation.

Send each invitation with its own set of instructions
and a recipe card to be filled out. Ask each guest to
neatly write out the list of ingredients and cooking
directions for one of her favourite culinary delights.
The gift she chooses should have something to do with
the preparation of her favourite recipe. The attached
cards will be later placed in a special recipe box
purchased by the hostess. Many recipe boxes come
already supplied with cute matching index cards for
recipes. Include these or make your own after
measuring the recipe box you want to use.

A recipe shower is a nice choice for a brunch or
dinner. You can make up menus to use as cute place
mats and give recipe holders as party favours!

Be sure that your gifts match your recipes. Here are
a few combinations to get you started:

Blueberry Muffins - two muffin tins wrapped in
over-sized bright napkins. Quiche - a cheese grater
and ceramic quiche dish Chocolate Chip Cookies - tow
cookie sheets holding a bag of chocolate chips, a
spatula, and colorful paper napkins. Belgian Waffles -
a Belgian waffle iron and a bottle of pure maple
syrup. Custard Surprise - six custard cups with tiny
custard spoons. Delicious Apple Pie - a ceramic pie
plate and rolling pin. Terrific Lasagna - a baking
dish and a manual pasta maker. Double Trouble
Chocolate Cake - mixing bowls with a battery-powdered
flour sifter. Typed in MMformat by cjha...@msn.com
Source: Showers by Beverly Clark

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MM: A Shower for a Bride Who Gardens
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Title: A Shower for a Bride Who Gardens
Categories: Showers, Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

If puttering with soil and seeds, landscaping the
backyard, growing fresh vegetables, caring for house
plants, designing a flower bed, or nurturing an herb
patch delights your bride-to-be, then consider giving
her a garden shower.

Weather permitting, the shower should be planned for
the garden. This setting could be in the backyard at
someone's home or on a restaurant's lawn and patio
banquet area. Be certain to have an alternate plan in
case of rain or extreme heat or cold. Also, be
prepared with tents (available to rent) to keep guests
and food in the shade.

Decorations:

Garden showers lend themselves to decorations provided
by nature. The outdoor setting is all you need to
create the mood. However, if the shower is indoors,
be ready to cultivate some convincing gardening
decorating schemes. The hostess's house will have to
sprout greenery for this shower.

Real, artificial, and paper plants should be used to
adorn the shower area. Any party goods stores will
have an abundant supply of paper floral decorations
and related items. In fact, this in one case where
you can incorporate the traditional paper watering can
into the theme shower. These three-dimensional
cardboard-and tissue cans come in varying sizes. You
can mix them with some inventive designs of your own.
For example, make a string of red tomatoes with
construction paper if your bride is dedicated to the
vegetable growing portion of gardening. And/or create
a lineup of connected, colr construction-paper
vegetables, and string them above the food table.
Make these decorations your self by drawing the
vegetables on pieces of construction paper. Remember
the folding cutouts you made as a child? Fold the
paper several times, and cut around the penciled
design. The finished product will open like an
accordion.

Ask your guests ahead of time for cuttings from their
favorite house plants. Offer to pick them up at their
house a few weeks before the party. Use the cuttings
to create newly potted plants and place them around
the shower area for the bride to take home after the
shower.

Silk, dried, and fresh flowers can also be used to
form center-pieces for the table and gift area. You
can also have the bride sit under a halo of flowers by
hanging a lightweight hoop from the ceiling over the
chair. Attach dried flowers all around the hoop.

Favors:

Purchase seedling-size starter pots from a garden
center. Fill each with rice or birdseed, or use
candy-coated almonds if the church does not permit the
tossing of rice or seed after the ceremony. Cover the
pot with netting, and fasten with a printed ribbon
with the bridal couple's names and wedding date.
Insert a small artificial flower in the center, and
you have an appropriate favor for the garden shower.

Another type of keepsake also uses the seedling pots.
A couple of weeks before the shower, fill them with
potting soil and plant a seedling. Tie the same
printed ribbon in a bow around the top of the pot.
Each guest will take home a nw living plant, just
edging up past the soil and symbolizing the new life
about to begin.

Hostess Apparel:

Cool, casual, and comfortable describes the way the
hostesses should appear at the gardener's party.
Sport bibbed jeans, a checkered blouse, and a straw
hat; or wear a patchwork shirt, a solid-colored skirt,
and a bandanna. You may also mix and match the two by
having some hostesses wear jeans and others wear
skirts. Everyone, including the guests, should wear a
single flower corsage. Select either fresh or sating
flowers in all different colors to add interest.
Cont......

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MM: Cont...For The Bride Who Gardens (2)
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Title: Cont...For The Bride Who Gardens (2)
Categories: Showers, Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Invitations:

You may use packaged store-bought invitations for this
shower. Find one with a farden theme. Remember, the
term shower is associated with April showers bring May
flowers, so plenty of invitations with floral motifs
are available.

However, in the vein of the self-made invitation, plan
something more creative. If you're having only a
modest-size shower, consider sending each guest a
single flower from the florist with a card inviting
her to the event and including the pertinent
information. An important consideration is that this
can be more costly than standard invitations. Add up
what it would cost you for printed invitations and
postage, and decide whether this alternative is within
your budget. If this method is too costly, try another
approach. Buy a packet of seeds for each guest-
window sill plants for a bride who will live in an
apartment, and outdoor garden or flower seeds for a
bride moving into her own home. On plain white paper,
write out the following message and place it with the
seeds in an envelope: "We are planting the seed of a
garden shower for (bride's name) that will bloom (date
and time) at (location)." "Enclosed is a packet of
seeds. When nourished properly, the seeds will grow.
Please start some for yourself and bring a pot with
the seedlings as part of your gift to the bride."

Add any further shower information. Be sure to
mention the wishing well if you are planning one.

Gift Ideas:

The gardening bride needs various tools to do her
work, whether sher plans to live in ahouse with land
for gardening or in an apartment with only her window
will as her garden area. Do not underestimate the
gardening opportunities for a bride who lives in an
apartment. Some towns have a Rent-a-Garden program.
A bride with her own house may need plenty of
gardening supplies. Find out what she may need, and
inform the guest prior to the shower. A bride who is
moving into an apartment can be given related items
such as books on gardening, house plants, a plant
stand and a colorful printed wall-hanging of a flower
or garden scene. In additions to the garden gifts,
think of accessories such as a blender or food
processor and canning jars to help prepare her
home-grown produce recipes. Rakes, edgers and cutting
shears are also possible tools. Floral sheets and
bamboo or wicker picture frames are two other
suggested items. The wishing well should be a
wheelbarrow bought by the hostesses. If the bride
will live in a house. Use a borrowed one if she is
going into an apartment. Fill the wheelbarrow with
garden-related items such as garden gloves, small
planting tools, flower pots, and tomato cages.

Menu:

Salad, deli meats, iced tea with fresh sprigs of mint,
and fruit should comprise the menu.
Turn the main serving table into a salad bar. Place a
huge bowl, full of three different types of lettuce,
in the center of the table. Garnish it with grated
carrots for color. Then surround the bowl with
several small plates full of salad accompaniments such
as green peppers, sliced onions, alfalfa sprouts,
sliced raw mushrooms, tomatoes, olives and cucumbers.
Serve cold cuts of ham, fresh turkey breasts, and
roast beef. It is less expensive to cook and slice
the meats yourself. Also, offer a few varieties of
sliced sandwich cheeses. Prepare watermelon full of
fresh fruit for dessert. cut the melon in half
lengthwise. With a melon scooper, carve out melon
balls and set the fruit aside. When the melon is
completely removed from the rind, load the shell with
the melon balls plus grapes, strawberries, pineapple,
blueberries and other fruits in season.

Salad Dressing Recipes for the Garden Shower:

Cider and Cream Dressing:

1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. cayenne
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 cup sour cream
Combine all ingredients. Makes 1 cup.

Down to Earth Cheese Dressing:

1/2 cup Roquefort cheese, crumbled
3 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp. wine vinegar
Blend the Roquefort and soft cream cheese. Beat in
cream. When blended, stir in the mayonnaise, lemon
juice, and vinegar. Makes 1 1/4 cups. Typed in
MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com Source: Bridal Shower
Handbook by Gail Greco

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MM: A Shower for the Second-Time Bride
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Title: A Shower for the Second-Time Bride
Categories: Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Previously, a divorced or widowed bride was not given
a bridal shower. But tradition has changed in this
regard. It is not unusual for a woman to be given a
prenuptial party when remarrying. This event, however,
is not presented in the traditional way. You will not
be doing as much decorating as a shower for the
first-time bride, nor will you be sending fancy
invitations, dressing in costume, or distributing
favors.

Simplicity is the key here. This shower should
reflect the tone of the wedding. As most second
weddings are small, design the shower in the same vein.

DECORATIONS: Flowers in vases and a table set with
china and sliver or decorative paper eating utensils
are ample adornments.

GIFT IDEAS:

Gifts should be inexpensive, but thoughtfully
selected. The bride probably has most of what she
needs for utilitarian purposes, so look to her
interests, home decor, and decorative accessories for
ideas.

Gift certificates to her favorite stores will give her
the opportunity to buy something she really wants or
needs.

Another way to shower the bride who has everything is
to present her with service-oriented presents. In
other words, pledge that you will do something for her
such as chauffeur her to various stores for a month,
or agree to do her grocery shopping for a designated
period of time.

MENU:

Plan a luncheon get-together. Serve food that is
light instead of a complete meal, such as your
favourite quiche, a pasta dish, garden salad, and
fruit. Bake or buy a small sheet cake with Best Wishes
and the bride's name on top.

SECOND-TIME SHOWER PROTOCOL:

A shower for the second-time bride should never be a
surprise. As a hostess. It is your responsibility to
inform the bride that you want to shower her. she may
try to talk you out of it, feeling that she had her
shower(s) already. Explain that a shower is what you
really want to do, not something you feel obligated to
do.

It is proper to ask the bride what kinds of gifts she
really needs, and then to tell guests.

Invite only close relatives and friends. A mailed
invitation is preferred, but it does not have to be a
printed card. Source: Bridal Shower Handbook by Gail
Greco Typed in MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com

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MM: Basket Fillers
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Title: Basket Fillers
Categories: Weddings, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Basket Fillers:

Kitchen Basket: Pile a colander or fruit basket with a
variety of small kitchen goodies. Look for a grater,
mushroom brush, potato peeler, pot holders, and
kitchen magnets, all in bright and cheery colors.

Bathroom Basket: Use a cute wastepaper basket to
carry nice soaps, bath salts, loofah sponges, fragrant
lotions, and luscious bath oils. Cushion your
surprises with unusual washcloths or guest towels.

Laundry Basket: Find the cutest hamper or laundry
basket you can and stock it with clothes pins, soap,
bleach, spot remover, starch, and a travel iron.

Gourmet Food Basket: Spoil the bride-to-be with an
assortment of delicious food. You can center your
basket around a particular food. Select a coffee and
teas baskets, a pasta basket, a sweets basket with
cookies and marmalades, or a wine and cheese basket.
The possibilities are endless.

Spice Basket: Be responsible for the spice in her
life by starting your girlfriend off with a tempting
selection of spices. Choose pretty bottles to scatter
throughout the basket or place in a spice rack.

Baking Basket: Take a large mixing bowl to hold
teaspoons, a measuring cup, spatula, egg beater, flour
sifter and a miniature muffin tin.

Picnic Basket: A few guests may want to pitch in for
this one. Either assemble your own or indulge in one
already made up.

Hobby Basket: Add this basket to your list if the
bride has a favorite hobby such as painting, playing
tennis, or gardening.

Sewing Basket: Even the bride who is all thumbs will
appreciate having the basics in her new household.
Supply a sewing basket with a measuring tape,
scissors, thread, straight pins, and a jar of buttons.
For the bride who loves to sew, add personalized
labels for her to sew into her creations (can be
ordered from sewing stores.)

Wedding Accessories Basket: Help the bride gather the
necessary items she will need on her special day.
Using a pastel wicker desk tray, choose one or more of
the following items to get her started on her
accessories: a cake knife and server set, toasting
glasses, a special pen and lace-trimmed guest book, a
frilly garter, and a dainty handkerchief. To make your
search a breeze, send for a free catalogue to Beverly
Clark Collection of Exquisite Bridal Accessories,
12021 Wilshire Blvd., #208 Los Angeles, CA 90025 or
phone (213) 396-1992. Typed in MMFormat by
cjha...@msn.com Source: Beverly Clark Showers.

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Brides Lunch Punch Molds
by Hazel
32 servings
Amount Measure Preparation
3 ounces lemon jello
1 cup hot water
8 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 quart pineapple juice
1 pint lemon juice
1 quart ginger ale
Mix jello and hot water. Add remaining ingredients
and place in molds. Freeze. Place in Brides Lunch
Punch before serving.
Will add 32 cups to punch when melted.

--
Cindy- Recipe Researcher
http://forums.msn.com/cooking

Brides Lunch Punch
by Hazel
172 servings
Amount Measure Preparation
6 boxes lemon gelatin powder, 3 oz. each
6 cups hot water
12 quarts water
24 quarts pineapple juice
3 quarts lemon juice
12 quarts ginger ale
12 cups sugar
Melt lemon jello in hot water.
Mix all ingredients except ginger ale and chill.
Add ginger ale before serving

--
Cindy- Recipe Researcher
Into a really LARGE mixing or salad bowl combine:

1 1/2 CUPS HELLMANN'S MAYONNAISE

3/4 CUP MAJOR GRAY'S CHUTNEY. (IF THERE ARE FRUIT

CHUNKS IN THE CHUTNEY, SLICE THEM AS THINLY AS

POSSIBLE.)

1 TEASPOON CURRY POWDER

2 TEASPOON GRATED LIME PEEL

1/4 CUP FRESH LIME JUICE

1/2 TEASPOON SALT

Blend well and then gently fold in:

4 CUPS COOKED, SMALL CHUNKED WHITE MEAT OF

CHICKEN

2 CANS CHUNKED PINEAPPLE (13 1/4 OZ. SIZE OR NEAR),

DRAINED

2 CUPS DIAGONALLY SLICED CELERY

1 CUP THINLY SLICED GREEN ONIONS, TOPS AND

BOTTOMS

1/2 CUP TOASTED WHOLE OR SLICED BLANCHED

ALMONDS

Chill for 4 to 6 hours.

Serve on crisp, chilled salad greens.

Guaranteed to bring rave reviews

TIP: Can be prepared the night before. Just be sure to toss again

before serving, and be sure to go all the way to the bottom of

the container to mix in all juices when tossing for the final

time.

Yield: 8 to 10 generous servings.

Bridal Shower Cake:

3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 cups white sugar
3 cups sifted cake flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Directions:
1 Grease two eight inch round cake pans. Preheat
the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2 Cream butter or margarine well. Beat in sugar
until smooth.
3 Sift flour with baking powder and salt, and
add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat
well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in egg whites
carefully. Pour batter into prepared cake pans.
4 Bake for about 25 minutes. Cool. Cover with
white butter icing, and decorate as desired. Makes
15 to 20 servings.
Makes 8 inch layer cake

MM: Bridal Shower Game
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Title: Bridal Shower Game
Categories: Wedding, Shower
Yield: 1 Servings

Wedding Scramble:

Find out just how your guests would go about
organizing a wedding by having them unscramble the
following list of necessary wedding "ingredients." All
the tangled names are things and people commonly found
at both ceremony and reception. the first person
finished wins. If no one finishes in 10 minutes, award
the prize to the person with the most correct answers.

1. MORGO___________________________________________

2. GRIN____________________________________________

3. GREALCMNY_______________________________________

4. RESHUS__________________________________________

5. TAREGR__________________________________________

6. SMIEDSIBRAD_____________________________________

7. STIGF___________________________________________

8. WORFSEL_________________________________________

9. KACE____________________________________________

10. TENBAMS_________________________________________

11. REBID___________________________________________

12. CREI____________________________________________
THE CORRECT ANSWERS: 1. Groom 2. Ring 3. Clergyman 4.
Ushers 5. Garter 6. Bridesmaids 7. Gifts 8. Flowers 9.
Cake 10. Best Man 11. Bride 12. Rice

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MM: Crystallized Roses and Leaves for Rose Garden
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Crystallized Roses and Leaves for Rose Garden
Categories: Cakes, Weddings, Decorations, So_living
Yield: 30 Roses

3 T Meringue powder
16 oz Powdered sugar; sifted
1 c Water
30 md To large roses with stems
2 16-oz pkgs superfine sugar
48 Rose, violet, or pansy
Leaves

Beat first 3 ingredients until smooth and cream, about
4 to 5 minutes. Cover.

Trim stem to 3 or 4 inches from one rose. Wrap stem
with florist tape. Spoon a half cup meringue mixture
into a bowl, keeping remaining frosting covered. With
a small, soft paintbrush, coat rose petals with
mixture. Separate larger petals from closed bud to
form an opening rose.

Brush mixture around the tight center bud without
opening. Sprinkle rose with sugar and shake lightly to
remove excess. Dry on rack at least 8 hours. Do not
refrigerate or cover. Repeat with remaining roses and
leaves. Leaves should be dried for at least 3 hours.
Yield: 30 roses and 48 leaves.

Note: Crystallize roses and leaves up to 48 hours
ahead, if desired. Select only partially open roses
which are fresh. Keep in water, chilled, until ready
to crystallize.

Adapted for Southern Living 1997 Annual Recipes

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MM: Flowers on a Budget
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Title: Flowers on a Budget
Categories: Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Use single flowers in bud vases as centerpieces for
the reception tables.

Keep the number of flowers in each arrangement to a
minimum.

You and your attendants carry a single flower.

If your ceremony site is not a church, have the
ceremony flowers transferred to the reception site.

Plant and grow your own flower garden, and arrange
them yourself. (However, this requires a great deal of
time, and shouldn't be attempted if you're having a
large wedding.)

Carry a simple nosegay in place of a large, cascading
bouquet.

Use the most popular and inexpensive flowers of the
season in your arrangements.

Have potted plants and flowers at the ceremony and
reception sites that you can later use to decorate
your home.

You and your attendants can carry wildflowers.

Buy flowers in bulk from a nursery and arrange them
yourself.

Ask if anyone else is marrying at your site on the
same day. Contact them and see if they's like to
share the costs of decorations.

Buy silk flowers and arrange them yourself. They can
be expensive at times, so keep your eye on prices.

Source: Bride to Bride
Typed in MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com

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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Crystallized Flowers
Categories: None
Yield: 1 Servings

1 oz Gum arabic crystals (or
-powder)
4 tb Rosewater
Superfine sugar (castor
-sugar)
Fresh edible (unsprayed)
-flowers** or leaves
Wax or silicone paper
sm Paintbrush
sm Screwtop jar

(from _Cake Decorating_ by Judy Kelsey, with modifications suggested
by Martha Stewart, who uses egg whites to do this)

1) Place the gum arabic and the rosewater in a screwtop jar and leave
for two or three days for the gum arabic to dissolve. When the
crystals have dissolved, the mixture will look like thin honey
(viscous and pale gold).

2) Prepare a shallow bowl filled with superfine sugar (which is much
finer than regular granulated sugar and looks prettier on the
flowers).

3) Cover a tray with waxed paper or silicone paper.

4) Hold a flower (or leaf) by its stem and very carefully paint it
with the gum arabic mixture. Don't coat it too heavily. Paint both
sides.

5) Hold the wet flower over the bowl of sugar and (using a teaspoon)
sprinkle it evenly with sugar. Turn it over and do the back side, too.

6) Shake off the excess sugar (tap your hand on the side of the bowl)
and then place the coated flower on the wax- or
silicone-paper-covered tray.

7) Leave to dry for 3-4 days. I leave mine in my gas oven. With the
pilot light's warmth, they are usually ready in a couple of days. BE
CAREFUL if you do this. I foolishly pre-heated my oven without
thinking and blackened a batch of lovely pansies and johnny-jump-ups.
:-( Now I tape a sign on the oven control to remind me that I have
"FLOWERS IN OVEN!"

8) After the flowers or leaves are dry, clip off their stems and
place them in an airtight container. I use a shallow Rubbermaid
container and put layers of waxed paper in between the layers of
flowers.

9) Stored away from light and heat, these are supposed to stay usable
and retain their color for a year. I have only kept them for a couple
of months, so I can't say from experience. They are VERY FRAGILE,
however, so be careful not to drop them or the container they are
stored in.

These look absolutely wonderful on a frosted cake, but they can be
served as little (fat-free) treats on their own with a nice cup of
tea or coffee. Depending on what type of flower you use, they can
either taste like a very exotic perfume, or like little sugar
candies. Mint leaves are fantastic this way!!

**Some edible flowers suitable for candying include pansies,
johnny-jump-ups (viola tricolor), violets, primroses, and dianthus.
Many people candy rose petals, too, but I haven't had any luck with
these looking good.

Other edible flowers for other purposes (salads, etc) are daylilles
(buds, flowers, and tubers), marigold (calendula officinalis only!),
nasturiums, sunflowers, and zucchini flowers. Posted to fatfree
digest V97 #178 by "Lisa T. Bennett" <lben...@coe.uga.edu> on Aug
13, 1997

MMMMM

DID YOU KNOW . . .
Tying the Knot

The expression "tie the knot" comes from the Roman times when the
bride wore a girdle that was tied in knots, which the groom had the
fun of untying.

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MM: Doing Justice to the Legal Bride (1)
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Title: Doing Justice to the Legal Bride (1)
Categories: Wedding, Shower
Yield: 1 Servings

The theme and ideas are geared towards the bride-to-be
who works in any aspect of law. She may be a judge,
an attorney, a court stenographer, a secretary, or a
file clerk.

Decorations:

Brides who are in this category should be placed on a
pedestal. Find a barstool or other high chair and
have her sit behind a counter if possible, as a judge
overseeing court. She can open her gifts in that
position, allowing the guests to have a better view of
what is inside each package. One of the hostesses
should sit in a side chair as a witness with the
responsibility to keep th gift tags with boxes and to
prepare the paper bouquet.

A legal ledger should be used at the guest book.
Ledgers are available in most stationery stores. Ask
the guests to write their best wishes in lega puns
such as "Best Wishes for a ticket to a long, happy
marriage," or "Congratulations on a lengthy courtship
that is finally going to be legal."

Place an American flag by the guest-of-honor's chair,
and place a large Bible nearby to add to the
atmosphere.

The wishing well may be a large Scale of Justice. You
can borrow this symbolic statue holding two scales
from a laywer. Attorneys often have one these statues
decorating their offices. Some gifts will fit on the
scale; arrange other gifts underneath it.

Favors:

On a table next to the judge's perch, arrange
miniature plastic gavels, one for each guest. Gavels
are available at party supply stores. After
purchasing them, cut six-inch squares of tulle (fine
white netting) and fill each square with three
tablespoons of rice, birdseed, or candy-coated nuts.
Gather the four corners of the netting and secure them
to the gavels with printed ribbon that includes the
names of the bridal couple and the wedding date.

Hostess Apparel:

To further complement the legal theme, the hostesses
can dress in black robes similar to a judge. Black
graduation gowns (without mortar boards) may be rented
at a costume or graduation supply house and will
really set the mood and distinguish the party hosts.
You may want to have the bride dress in a white
graduation gown.

Invitations:

Prepare invitations to resemble a legal document,
using legal transcription paper available at
stationery supply stores. You might use this
pronouncement:

You are hereby subpoenaed to witness the showering of
gifts upon (bride's full legal maiden name). the
bride's court will be held at twelve o'clock on the
12th day of April, (write out the year).

The honorable bridesmaids (list each name) will serve
you at (insert address).

If you ar unable to attend, please give notice to
(name of hostess and phone number). Otherwise, we
will expect to see you in court.

Buy envelopes to fit the invitations.

Gift Ideas:

Household itmes can be given as gifts, but ask guest
to bring court-related paraphernalia for the
wishing-well. Here are a few possibilities: a set of
red pens, yellow legal-size pads, a letter opener. Any
desk supply that would be used in a legal office will
also suffice. If the bridal party chooses to chop in
for a wishing well gift, you may suggest a leather
briefcase.

Entertainment:

Have some fun with the bride by putting her on trial.
Accuse her of not really knowing everything about her
future husband and have here answer questions about
her intended groom in order to be vindicated. A few
days before the shower, call the groom and the groom's
mother. Ask them for information about the groom's
life. You will be surprised how much the bride does
not know about her man. Develop at least 12 questions
to make the quiz interesting. The charges against the
bride may be dropped if she answers 6 out of 12
questions correctly.

Have a court stenographer to record the entire shower
and read it back after the gifts are all opened for
more laughs. Typed by cjha...@msn.com Source: Bridal
Shower Handbook

Cont.....

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MM: Legal Shower (2)
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Title: Legal Shower (2)
Categories: Shower, Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Recipes for the Legal Shower:

Truth or Consequences Punch: -

1 can (12 oz.) of frozen lemonade
1 can (46 oz.) of unsweetened pineapple juice
1 fifth white wine
2 fifths inexpensive champagne
1 (10 oz.) package of frozen whole strawberries
ice cubes

Mix lemonade, pineapple juice, and wine in punch bowl.
Just before serving, add ice, champagne, and
strawberries. Makes enough to fill one punch bowl.

Legal Tender Chicken:

1 boneless chicken breast half, skin removed
freshly ground pepper
2 tbsp. ketchup
4 mushrooms sliced
Parchment paper available from kitchen supply stores

Place the chicken on a square piece of parchment
paper. Sprinkle with pepper. Place ketchup and
mushrooms on top. Fold and seal the parchment around
chicken. Bake 15 minutes in 425 degree oven.

Make one chicken breast per guest. Bring all chicken
breasts, still wrapped in paper, to the table. Have
guest remove the paper and explain to them that the
paper helps seal in the juices and nutrients.

Serve the chicken with buttered spinach noodles, rolls
and cooked vegetable, and garden salad.
Typed by cjha...@msn.com Source: The Shower Handbook
by Gail Greco.

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MM: Games: Bridal Gown Designer
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Title: Games: Bridal Gown Designer
Categories: Weddings, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Bridal Gown Designer:

This one calls for some imagination, so let's see how
creative your guest can be! Divide the group into two
or three teams and place each in a separate room.
Supply each of the three teams with several rolls of
toilet paper. The teams select their own "bride" and
prepare to design an original gown for her out of the
toilet paper they have. No tape or pins allowed. Give
your designers about 15 minutes to complete their
creations and then have everyone except the team
brides reassemble in the living room. Call out each
team's entry to model for the real bride. She has the
honor of choosing the winning team which has fashioned
the most creative dress. Each member of the winning
team receives a small prize for her efforts. Typed in
MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com Source: Beverly Clark
Showers. Wilshire Publications.

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How Much Wine and Champagne?

Dinner wines and champagne: 3 to 3 1/2 ounces per person
Appetizer and dessert wines: 2 to 2 1/2 ounces per person

One case of 12 (4/5 quart) bottles of champagne will yield about 100
glasses
or will provide 4 to 5 servings for 20 to 25 guests. Five cases to 100
guests is the usual rule.

Champagne is best served chilled at 40 degrees.

Appetizer wines: Sherry, dry Vermouth, dry Port
Dessert wines: Port, muscatel, Tokay, Champagne (sweet), Sherry
(cream),
Madeira (sweet), Sauterne, Marsala, Malaga

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MM: How To Make a Garland
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Title: How To Make a Garland
Categories: Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

How to Make a Garland:

Cut your greenery to a uniform length-three to six
inches is good. Bunch several lengths of greenery in
your hand, then wrap them with florist wire, leaving
some wire hanging. Add another clump of greens so
that it overlaps the first, and reinforce it with
wire. Continue adding bunches an wrapping with
florist wire until the garland reaches the desired
length.

Add fresh flowers at the last minute, once the garland
is in place. (Garlands can be made a day or two ahead-
simply mist and place them in plastic bags punched
with holes. Store in a cool place.)

Source: Big Wedding on a Small Budget
Typed by cjha...@msn.com

MM: How To Tie Pew Bows
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Title: How To Tie Pew Bows
Categories: Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

To make your own pew bows, allow ten yards of ribbon
for each bow. Starting in the middle, fold the ribbon
back and forth, always turning it over in the center
so thr right side is showing. Then tie the center
tightly with florist wire, leaving three inches of
wire exposed to fasten the bow to the pew.

Once the center is secure, pull each loop of ribbon
while twisting it so that th loop faces forward. Let
the remaining ribbon stream down. Source: Big Wedding
on a Small Budget Typed in MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com

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--
Cindy-Recipe Researcher
http://communities.msn.com/cooking

Marriage Humor:

Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.

Bachelor: the only man who has never told his wife a lie.

Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting
married,
they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast
for
me. -- Dick Martin

In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the
enemy.

In marriage, the bride gets a shower. But for the groom, it's
curtains!

Joint Checking Account: a handly little device which permits my wife
to beat
me to the draw.

Love: An obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

Marriage is a mutual relationship if both parties know when to be
mute.

Marriage is a rest period between romances.

Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and

suffering. Marriage is a trip between Niagara Falls and Reno.

Marriage is an institution - but who wants to live in an institution?

Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...

Midnight Snack for the Newlyweds
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Title: Midnight Snack for the Newlyweds
Categories: Gifts, Ms_living, Snacks, Weddings
Yield: 2 Servings

Colored card stock
Wooden box with a lid
Cold pack
1 Cloth dinner napkin
2 Cloth cocktail napkins
Parchment paper or glassine
Assorted snacks*
Paper candy and muffin cups
Adhesive label or tape
Twine or cording or ribbon
White glue or a hot-glue gun

Recipe by: Martha Stewart Living *Snacks: Tin of
caviar (with caviar spoon), toasts, cheese straws,
cookies, chocolate truffles, Champagne grapes or other
fruit
Make a label for the bride and groom on piece of
colored card stock; design it on a computer or
it by hand. Place a cold pack the box
and cover it with a cloth napkin, draping
over the sides. Put snacks like cookies,
chocolate truffles, and fruit in the paper candy and
muffin cups. Bundle snacks like cheese straws and
toasts in glassine and tie with twine. Roll the
remaining cloth napkins and tie with twine or
tape. First place caviar on top of the cold pack, then
arrange the other snacks around the tin. Fold the
napkin over the contents and secure with adhesive
label or tape. Lay a one-yard-length of ribbon across
the center of the lid width-wise; leave about 10
inches on one side; remainder hanging off the
other side. Glue ribbon down in a few places. Place
label in the center of the box lid, over the ribbon,
and glue in place. Allow glue to dry. Place lid on
box. Then bring ribbon underneath the box, and tie in
a bow on one side (the bow will be on the front side
of the box rather than the top). Refrigerate until the
bride and groom arrive (or ask the hotel or inn to
refrigerate the box until just prior to their
arrival). Information from Winter/Spring 1998 special
issue of Martha Stewart Living Weddings. Formatted by
Lynn Thomas dcq...@prodigy.com. Source: Martha
Stewart Living <www.marthastewart.com>.

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MM: Options To the Traditional Wedding Reception
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Title: Options To the Traditional Wedding Reception
Categories: Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Breakfast: If you marry early in the morning, you
might have a breakfast gathering at a local
restaurant. You can have the wedding cake for
dessert. Alcoholic beverages are unnecessary this
early in the day.

Lunch: This would take place between 12 and 2 p.m.
Have either a buffet or sit down meal with cocktails.
Serve wedding cake for dessert.

Tea: Usually held between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., you
would serve only coffee, tea, or punch. Hors
d'oeuvres are available for snacking, and the climax
of the party is the cutting of the cake.

Cocktail: Starts between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and is
similar to a tea reception. The difference? It just
starts later, and alcoholic beverages are served.
There's usually an open bar for the guest.

Dinner: Usually starts between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., and
a cocktail hour may precede the dinner. Guests are
served a full meal- either sit down or buffet style.
Alcoholic beverages are available (unless it violates
strong personal beliefs). The cake is cut and served
after dinner, or wrapped in napkins for the guests to
take home. Typed in MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com

-----Pictures During the Ceremony:

*Guests outside church
*Bride and father getting out of car
*Ushers escorting guests
*Groom's parents being seated
*Bride's mother being seated
*Musicians
*Groom and groomsmen at altar
*Attendants walking down aisle
*Bride and father walking down aisle
*Bridal party at altar
*Bride and groom exchanging vows
*Ring ceremony
*Bride and groom kissing
*Bride and groom coming up aisle
*Bride and groom outside church
*Bride and groom getting into car
*Other

Source: Wedding Planner Typed by cjha...@msn.com

* Exported from MasterCook *

High Tea - Queen Alexandra's Sandwiches

Recipe By : TWO FAT LADIES SHOW #FL1B03
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Two Fat Ladies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
8 ounces poached chicken -- minced
Mayonnaise to bind
Salt
Black pepper -- freshly ground
Tabasco pepper sauce
20 thin slices brown bread
10 thin slices roast lamb or boiled
-- tongue
Punnet of mustard and cress or watercress
-- leaves
***FOR THE MUSTARD BUTTER***
12 ounces unsalted butter -- room temperature
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons mild french mustard

To make the mustard butter, beat all the ingredients together to a
smooth
paste. Store in a jar in the refrigerator.

Mix the chicken and mayonnaise with a fork, and season with salt,
pepper
and Tabasco. Spread half the slices of bread with the mustard butter.
Lay slices of lamb or tongue on the bread and spread with the chicken
mixture. Add mustard and cress. Top with the remaining slices of bread
to make sandwiches, trim the crusts and cut into dainty squares.

Converted by MC_Buster.

MM: Questions To Ask the Caterers
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Title: Questions To Ask the Caterers
Categories: Weddings, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Questions to Ask the Caterers: -

Do they cater for special dietary needs, for example,
diabetics or vegetarians (very important if the meal
is to be a set menu)?

Do they provide wine-waiter service, whether or not
they provide the wine?

If they are to provide the wine, do they charge for
bottles of wine ordered but not opened?

How much notice of final numbers do they need?

Can they organize the cutting of the cake for the
guests?

Do they take care of all the clearing away?

When is the bill to be settled?

If the reception is at the bride's parents' home, do
they bring the food ready-cooked or do they require
use of the kitchen?

Source: Collins Pocket Reference Weddings Typed by
cjha...@msn.com

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MM: The Western Bridal Shower
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Title: The Western Bridal Shower
Categories: Showers, Weddings
Yield: 1 Servings

The bride who enjoys equestrian activities should be
showered in a western motif. She may be an avid or an
occasional horseback rider, or she may just have an
affinity for horses. The theme can also be applied to
the bride who is planning to honeymoon in a
traditionally western ranching state.

Decorations:

Colors will play an important part in decorating for
this shower. The earth tones (brown, dark green,
rust, and red) which you might see on a prairie range,
should dominate. Serve the food and drinks using
paper plates and cups in these colors on a matching
checkered linen tablecloth. Have guests sign their
names in the white spaces on the checkered cloth with
a fabric ink marker. Later, the bride can embroider
the names as they were written and keep the tablecloth
for use in her home.

Favors:

Buy unpainted wooden rocking horse ornaments at a
local craft supply store. If your store doesn't carry
the ornaments, ask the proprietor to order them.
Paint the horses white and add a bow at their necks
with ribbon in the color of the bridesmaids' dresses.
Paint the bride's and groom's names and their wedding
date on the rocker part of the ornament. Slip a piece
of the same ribbon through the ornament's hanging
loop. Display the favors on a pegboard and place it by
the bride's gift area.

Hostess Apparel:

Jeans or denim skirts, topped with colorful gingham
blouses and scarves at the neck, will create a
comfortable outfit for the hostesses. Lasso the
guests to dress the same way with a request in the
invitation. Add that anyone wearing a cowboy hat gets
an extra helping of the goodies.

Invitations:

Design a complementary invitation for this shower by
selecting plain stationery either in light blue (to
suggest denim) or an earth-tone color. Prepare the
invitation as a note to a friend, in prose style. Use
color-coordinated envelopes.

Gift Ideas:

The presents can be of a general nature, depending on
the bride's needs. Ask your guests to wrap their gift
boxes in checkered cloth napkins or bandanas, using
double-sided tape, and securing the package with
ribbons. The bride will be able to reuse the fabric
from these wrappings.

Create a wishing well by building a small picket
fence. Buy the fence sections from a garden center.
Saw off the pointed bottoms, unless they're
flat-bottomed stakes. Six or eight sections may be
enough, depending on the number of guests. Place the
sections in a square or rectangle and secure the
sections where they meet in the corner. Stand the
fence on the floor. Wishing well gifts may be placed
inside the newly created corral.
A few ideas for this wishing well include barbecue
tools, a country-western cookbook, vinyl tablecloths,
saddle soap, horsehair brushes, neckerchiefs, and
horseshoes.

Menu:

You can hold a barbecue outdoors in warm weather. If
it's too chilly outside, use a gas grill outside to
cook your entree. Remember, never barbecue indoors,
as the fumes can be toxic.

Appetizers: Pottery spinach dip
: Sliced carrots, cucumbers, and celery
: Buttered popcorn

Beverages: Apple juice
: Cranberry juice
: Grapefruit juice

Entrees: Orange and honey chicken
: Baked pasta and cheese
: Prairie Vegetable Bake
: Old-fashioned baked beans
: Apple muffins

Dessert: Spice cake

Recipes for the Western Shower:

Pottery Spinach Dip:

1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and
drained very well 1/2 cup scallions, finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
2 cups mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 loaf unsliced round pumpernickel or rye bread

The day before the shower, combine all ingredients
except the bread. Hollow out the bread like a bowl,
reserving bread cubes for dipping. Just before guests
arrive, place the spinach mixture into the bread.
Serve the bread cubes, carrots, cucumbers, celery, or
other raw vegetables. Prepare at least two of these
dips, using rye bread for one and pumpernickel for the
other.

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Title: Western Bridal Shower Continued...(2)
Categories: Shower, Wedding
Yield: 1 Servings

Orange and Honey Chicken:

3/4 cup bread crumbs
1 tbsp. orange rind, grated
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Chicken ( 3 lbs.) cut into pieces
1/2 cup orange juice
1 Chicken bouillon cube
1/2 cup boiling water
4 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup honey

Mix together bread crumbs, orange rind, and pepper.
Dip each piece of chicken in orange juice, then coat
with the crumb mixture. Place coated chicken on a
lightly greased foil-lined 9 x 14 inch pan. Store in
the refrigerator. On the day of the shower, bake the
chicken at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Dissolve the
bouillon cube in boiling water; add butter and honey.
Stir until the butter melts. After the chicken has
baked 30 minutes, baste with honey glaze. Bake 35 -
40 minutes or more, basting several times with the
glaze. Makes 12 servings.

Baked Pasta and Cheese:

1 package (16 oz.) shell macaroni
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. pepper
4 cups milk
4 cups (16 oz.) cheddar cheese, grated

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook pasta as package
directs. Meanwhile, melt the butter in large
saucepan. Stir in flour and pepper and gradually add
milk. Bring to boil while stirring constantly.
Reduce heat. Simmer mixture 1 minute. Remove from
heat. Immediately stir in 3 1/2 cups of cheese. Pour
1 cup of the mixture into bottom of a large, shallow
casserole or baking dish. Add the pasta. Pour
remaining mixture into the casserole and stir until
pasta is well covered. Sprinkle the remaining cheese
over the top. Bake 15 minutes or until cheese is
golden brown. Makes 12 servings.

Prairie Vegetable Bake:

2 cups zucchini, sliced about 1/4" thick
1 cup onion, thinly sliced
2 small tomatoes, sliced
1/3 cup dried bread crumbs
pepper
1 tomato, cut in wedges
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated

In a 1 1/2 quart casserole, layer half of the
zucchini, onions, sliced tomatoes and bread crumbs,
sprinkling liberally with pepper. Repeat the layers.
Top with tomato wedges. Cover and bake 1 hour in 375
degree oven. Uncover and sprinkle with cheese. Return
to oven until cheese melts. Makes 6 servings.

Knee-Slappin' Baked Beans:

4 cups navy beans
1/2 lb. fat salt pork
1 1/2 tbsp. brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 tsp. dry mustard

Two days before the shower, wash the beans and soak
overnight in cold water. The next morning, drain,
cover with fresh water in saucepan and simmer until
skins break. Turn into casserole dish or bean pot.
Score the pork and press into the bedans, leaving 1/4
inch space above the beans. Add sugar, molasses, and
mustard. Add boiling water to cover. cover and bake
in 250 degree oven for eight hours, without stirring,
but adding water as necessary to keep beans covered.
Uncover during last half hour to brown. Store in the
refrigerator overnight. On the day of the shower,
return the beans to the oven, cover and heat until
warm enough to serve. Makes 8 servings.

Country Spice Cake:

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup whole milk
whipped cream

Two days before the shower, sift together the first
five dry ingredients. Cream sugar and shortening, and
beat in eggs until light and fluffy. Add milk
alternately with the flour mixture. Bake in two
greased 9 inch layer pans at 375 degrees for 25 - 30
minutes. Let cool. Wrap in plastic and leave sitting
out on the counter. On the day of the shower, cut
into square pieces and serve with dollop of whipped
cream. Typed in MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com Source:
Bridal Shower Handbook by Gail Greco

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MM: Theme: A Shower for the Teacher
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Title: Theme: A Shower for the Teacher
Categories: Wedding, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Decorations:

Create a classroom atmosphere. Place the bride's
chair in front of a desk and hang a blackboard on the
wall behind her. Write a message about the teacher or
school administrator in whit or colored chalk on the
blackboard. The message could be something as simple
as Congratulations (bride's name), or you could list
the guests.

Apples should be the basis of your decorating scheme
for this shower. Put a large, red apple on the
bride's desk, and arrange clusters of apples all
around the shower area. In addition to the fresh
fruit, you can buy wooden apples at stores that sell
homemade crafts.

Favors:

For many years, black and white marbled Composition
notebooks have been used in elementary to college
levels. They have become as much of a symbol of
education as the red apple. They're also now produced
in miniature, just right to fit into a purse or shirt
pocket. These smaller notebooks will form the basis
of the favor for this shower.

The books are inexpensive and may be found where
school and office supplies are sold. Buy one for each
guest. Order ribbon printed with the bride's and
groom's names and the date of their wedding. Tie a
piece of the ribbon around each book; open the book to
the middle section and wrap the ribbon around to the
outside where you can fasten it into a simple bow.
You may also add an optional small pencil to the
favor. Have it printed with the same information as
the ribbon and slip it through the bow.

Be sure to tell the ribbon printer what you are
planning to do with the ribbon. He will allow enough
extra ribbon between the printing to fit around the
notebook.

You can fill some of the pages of the notebooks with
relevant doodles. Draw a heart on one page, for
example, with typical school-day scribbles like Karen
loves Kevin, (using the names of the bride and groom).

Hostess Apparel:

Teachers really never wore uniforms. However, during
the flourishing days of the one-room schoolhouse, you
usually found the instructor in a floor-length skirt,
a white blouse with a rounded collar and a colored
scarf tied in a bow at the neck. This would be a
relatively easy outfit to duplicate if all of the
hostesses have long skirts. If not, wear shorter
skirts with a blouse and scarf.

Invitations:

To complement this theme, design the invitations to
resemble miniature blackboards. You should use black
construction paper and white ink to suggest the look
of chalk. Although you can write on construction
paper with chalk, it is not suitable for the
invitation as it can rub off too easily.

Cut the paper 5 1/4" wide by 4" high to form the bogus
blackboard. Next write your shower message with the
white ink. Start at the top center and write. A
Shower Lesson for (bride's name). On the next line,
state the date and time, followed by the shower
location on the third line. Leave space for any other
party information. In the margins, you can write
short notes to guests, such as It's a Surprise or
Please wrap your gifts in red and green paper. These
notes should be angled diagonally to the invitation as
though an afterthought.

Check a stationary store for an envelope that will
match the size and the color of the blackboard
invitation. A black envelope addressed with white ink
would be appropriate. So would a white envelope
addressed with black ink.

Gift Ideas:

Here are a few belongings a teacher can always use.
They will make excellent wishing-well gifts. Basket
of wooden apples, blank notepads, book bag, gummed
stars, lunch box, map pointer, pencils, desktop
school-year calendar, yardstick.

Menu:

The only food you can really say is universally eaten
or associated with teachers is any kind of fare served
in a cafeteria. There are hundreds of entrees that
fall into this category. So the general rule in
preparing food for this shower is: Anything goes.
However, it would be appropriate to prepare a menu
comprised of a teacher's favorite recipes. Prepare
them for the shower and label them so that guests will
see you have created a complementary bill of fare.

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Title: Theme: Teacher Shower
Categories: Wedding, Shower
Yield: 1 Servings

Recipes:

Chicken Tarragon and Chives:

1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms
4 tbsp. butter
6 boned, skinned chicken breasts, split
2 tsp. seasoned salt
2 tbsp. leaf tarragon, crumbled
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup dairy sour cream (not imitation sour cream)
1/2 cup chopped chives

Wash and dry the mushrooms. Cut them in half and
saute for 8 minutes in half of the butter. Remove
them after cooking and set aside. Add the remaining
butter to the pan. Then sprinkle the breasts with the
seasoned salt and brown them thoroughly.

Remove the mushrooms to the pan; sprinkle with
tarragon; add the wine. Cover and simmer for 45
minutes.

Remove the chicken to a heat-proof platter and keep it
warm in the oven while you stir the sour cream into
the pan juices. Pour the sour cream mixture over the
chicken, sprinkle with chives. Makes 6 servings.

Rice N Spice Dish:

1 medium onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
1 1/3 cup Minute Rice
1 1/3 cup beef bouillon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup seedless dark raisins
1/2 cup slivered almonds
2 tbsp. chopped parsley

Saute onion in butter in a large skillet until tender,
but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and
saute for 3 minutes. Add the bouillon, salt and
raisins. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat.
Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in the almonds
and parsley; fluff with a fork. Serves 4 Typed in
MMFormat by cjha...@msn.com Source: Bridal Shower
Handbook by Gail Greco.

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MM: Theme: A Shower for the Teacher
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Title: Theme: A Shower for the Teacher
Categories: Wedding, Showers
Yield: 1 Servings

Decorations:

Favors:

Be sure to tell the ribbon printer what you are
planning to do with the ribbon. He will allow enough
extra ribbon between the printing to fit around the
notebook.

Hostess Apparel:

Invitations:

Cut the paper 5 1/4" wide by 4" high to form the bogus
blackboard. Next write your shower message with the
white ink. Start at the top center and write. A
Shower Lesson for (bride's name). On the next line,
state the date and time, followed by the shower
location on the third line. Leave space for any other
party information. In the margins, you can write
short notes to guests, such as It's a Surprise or
Please wrap your gifts in red and green paper. These
notes shuld be angled diagonally to the invitation as
though an afterthought.

Gift Ideas:

Menu:

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MM: Theme: Teacher Shower
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Title: Theme: Teacher Shower
Categories: Wedding, Shower
Yield: 1 Servings

Recipes:

Chicken Tarragon and Chives:

Remove the mushrooms to the pan; sprinkle with
tarragon; add the wine. Cover and simmer for 45
minutes.

Remove the chicken to a haet-proof platter and keep it
warm in the oven while you stir the sour cream into
the pan juices. Pour the sour cream mixture over the
chicken, sprinkle with chives. Makes 6 servings.

Rice N Spice Dish:

1 medium onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
1 1/3 cup Minute Rice
1 1/3 cup beef bouillon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup seedless dark raisins
1/2 cup slivered almonds
2 tbsp. chopped parsley

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