St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Update

3 years ago

It looks like there will be twelve for lunch, just a few too many for one table (unless they are relatives used to being squished in), so I am adding a card table. (More on that, specifically not being able to find those extra card table size linens, later.)

I went over the menu with a friend who is coming and she said I had absolutely gone overboard on the amount and variety of food—- at which my dear husband, reading at the other end of the room, looked up and said dryly, ”surprise!”

Message received, although at this point I am fairly certain I was a starving serf in a previous life, and I‘ve pared it down:

Asparagus and bacon quiche

Wild rice and arugula salad with lemony vinaigrette

Savory cheese scones with Ballymoe relish

Pistachio Tiramisu with Kiwi

I’ve left off the chicken sandwiches with chive mayo, the ham and cheese toasties and the soda bread; the first two are unnecessary and the bread is harder to serve. I had already ordered the Ballymoe relish through Milk Street and thought savory scones would be a good compromise for a starch.

I made a batch of scones using Jojoco’s method (adding butter to the batter, not the flour) and achieved a wonderful tender crumb, so thank you again for posting that recipe. Over the past week I also made two loaves of soda bread; one was predictably scone-like and the other tasted more like the soda bread I remember— both excellent results and are now in my Notes recipe file.

I’m now on the hunt for a nice full shamrock plant or two to use as a centerpiece or on the sideboard.

Featured Answer

lisaam

3 years ago

I think thin small melon crescents and mint for the plate garnish since the kiwi will appear at dessert. just a few bites of fruit will be perfect and refreshing. blueberries will try to roll into the quiche.

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Jilly
3 years ago
Mmmm. :)

Now you have 13 for lunch. What time did you say?
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Kswl
Original Author
3 years ago
12 noon…. be there or be square!
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bbstx
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Your menu looks great!

Are you using oxalis for your shamrock plant? If so, where do you buy it?

Jilly, in the interest of not having 13 at table, please pick me up as you drive by!
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Jilly
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Absolutely, bb! Road trip! :D
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Funkyart
3 years ago
Everything sounds wonderful -- love asparagus this time of year! The wild rice and arugula salad sounds especially good to me. Was the recipe in the prior thread or is it one you just wing from experience?

I love soda bread but do not bake it (or scones) because I *will* over indulge ... but I did try wegman's soda bread and was pleasantly surprised. It doesn't stand up to homemade but it does have caraway and they sell in half loaves which works better for me.
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lisaam
3 years ago
The menu sounds intiguing and delicious.
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maire_cate
3 years ago
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The menu sounds perfect. Our local supermarkets sell oxalis this time of year. I usually buy pale green roses for a centerpiece or Bells of Ireland but they're too tall for a centerpiece and technically they're from Turkey.
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Fun2BHere
3 years ago
Sounds delicious!
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Annie Deighnaugh
3 years ago
Yum! Well done!
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teeda
3 years ago
Wonderful menu--enjoy!
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jill302
3 years ago
Menu sounds lovely. Have a wonderful lunch☘️
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jane__ny
3 years ago
Sounds great!!
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Kswl
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Thank you for the feedback—I wish everyone could come!

Yes, oxalis BBstx, and the local supermarkets have them as well as nurseries and store like Walmart. I babysat over the weekend for our grands and while in their town visited a target store to look for anything St Patrick related for the centerpiece. They had NOTHING, and when I asked about it was told that all had been sold more than a month ago! This brought home the fact that I have only a scant two weeks to prepare. 😳

I’m glad there is general approval of the menu, but have a question: I was thinking i would garnish each plate with mint and three slices of kiwi, which is basically ”the” fruit. Is that enough of a fruit presence or would you have melon wedges as well? I’d probably do honeydew for the color (instead of my original plan for cantalope) or I could serve smaller honeydew chunks and blueberries together— which woukd obviate the need for a sharp knife.
Kswl
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Funky, the recipe for wild rice and arugula salad is from the Cookie and Kate site. I always use tart dried cherries instead of cranberries in it and never add the feta as I have an aversion to cheese in salads. Otherwise I make it according to the recipe. The dressing is simply fantastic.