#decadent dinner

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Another decadent dinner, Marisa Berenson in Barry Lindon her best performance from far and a great Stanley Kubrick's film.

[ellymaymoody]

Decadent Dinners: April 1935

The year is 1935.

Inspiration and recipes for this month's Decadent Dinner have mostly been taken from The Silent Hostess - a cookbook published by the General Electric Company in 1932, when refrigeration was deemed to be "cool".

There appear to be five staple trends for 1930's dinner party food:

1. Jelly it.

2. Present your food in a "fancy ring mold".

3. Devil it.

4. Layer it.

5. Add cream.

(If in doubt, then do all five methods).

Our starter consisted of Tomato Jelly Salad served with a Molded Chicken Salad decorated with radish roses. These were both pretty revolting, and unless you like aspic/savory jelly (jello for those US readers) then I'd give this a miss.

For main course I served a Deviled Meatloaf with creamed cauliflower and twice baked potatoes. This was like an edible brick weight in the stomach.

Pudding was "pineapple Surprise" - a mixture of tinned crushed pineapple, marshmellows, macaroons, dates and whipped cream - all chilled to set in your (GE) refrigerator. Here's a similar recipe I found online: Pineapple Surprise.

I can honestly say this was some of the most interesting and yet revolting food I have ever cooked.

Well done guests.

[ellymaymoody]

Decadent Dinners: March 1922

The year is 1922.

We are dining from a menu inspired by The Great Gatsby to a soundtrack provided courtesy of the very amazing 1920s radio network.

Tonight we are serving:

Pastry Pigs served with a Dijon Mustard & honey dip

Spiced roasted ham served with Harlequin salads

Lemon cake

All washed down with gin rickeys.

Be my Guest.