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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Comments (65)I've eaten dim sum in NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco. I was thrilled when a good dim sum restaurant opened in the neighborhood in Denver that has a high proportion of Asian residents, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Laotian. Our Japanese residents are mostly in the downtown area with Korean citizens living in both areas and in one of the suburbs, there are some very good restaurants in all these areas along with some very good Indian restaurants but good dim sum was lacking for many years until a small family restaurant in the Denver Asian area, there are long waits on the weekend days, Then about two years ago the same family opened a second restaurant, much fancier than the original, about twenty minutes from our home. The dim sum is just as delicious with a greater selection, on carts or to special order from a list, and the restaurant is very beautiful with large round carved dark wood tables as well as smaller rectangular ones, a very large live fish tank you can select from and beautiful etched glass panels dividing the space. I'm sure a lot weddings and special events are held there. A large raised area at the end can hold three round tables for 10 guests each. Not only is the food really good, the atmosphere lovely, but the family has also managed to maintain the same friendly and good service that is at there original location. No tea ggs though, maybe they are not a dim sum dish. But they are still on my to try list. Thanks for telling me about the congee, John, and it's fine that you are not an eggplant fan - I have recipes, just always looking for new ideas. Lee...See MoreNeed help arranging food for a memorial this Saturday
Comments (6)I'm also sorry to hear of your loss of two friends in such a short amount of time. I think the catering and Costco are good ideas for that many people, if it's pretty much you and your husband. I've done weddings for up to 600, and find that there are a couple of good websites for amounts. That said, my family tends to not eat the raw vegetables or salads as much as they do desserts, so I've adapted to fewer veggies and more sweets. Anyway, Growlies for Groups at bigrecipe.com has tables and amounts for various size groups and "big recipes" that serve a lot of people, you'll find links down the left side of the page. There are buffet charts here: http://www.angelfire.com/bc/incredible/Buffetchart.html Good luck, it's a very nice thing to do in memory of your friend. Do you have help cleaning up, setting up, etc? You might want to be sure you press some other friends into service just for that. Annie...See MoreWeek 105 - Share your favorite comfort food and memories
Comments (31)Yum to everything mentioned! I am waiting for my husband to get home with takeout, and this thread it not helping my patience! My comfort food is usually something warm and soft. Soup. Mashed potatoes. No specific recipe -- I think I tended to eat things that were warm and easy on the throat when I was sick, and that temperature/texture is what defined comfort food for me. I'm not sure that this is quite the same thing as comfort food, but I also get a warm, family sort of feeling from sharing fresh fruit. Stems from my father's immense delight at purchasing fruit/hearing that we enjoyed eating it. His family was quite poor growing up and could not afford much fresh food, so my whole life, my dad's always been immensely pleased to see his family eat well. Drives my mom bananas (pun intended) because she thinks he spends to much on food, but it makes him SO happy. The fruit basket at my parents' house is probably the best stocked in the country. Since that was normal for me growing up, I also always have fresh fruit in my house, and my husband is usually so delighted to help me eat anything I've washed/cut up. It's all very homey....See MoreFood Floof! The untouchables.....
Comments (69)My Mom called hers Perfection Salad. Her "recipe" was of course never measure anything LOL but was about 1 cup each of finely shredded green cabbage* & finely shredded carrots*, mixed with 1 can of pineapple tidbits, well drained. She would use 2 boxes of any of the citrus jellos made with about 1/4 cup less water than the box calls for with just a pinch of sugar. Make the jello, let cool but not congeal then mix in the slaw/pineapple. She would put it all in a retangular cake pan so it was about 1" thick. Chilled well, cut into about 3" X 3" squares and served on lettuce leaves. I think she was the only one who really liked it made with lemon jello. My Dad liked lime best, but my favorite was orange. And judging by how much got brought home from church dinners I think most people agreed with me. There was usually nothing left if she used orange! *I'd just buy a bag of pre-shredded coleslaw mix & use 2 cups....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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