Our Cuisine Capers gathering on New Years Eve served a number of purposes…
- We had a newly remodeled kitchen to break in – mission accomplished
- We had to watch the Packers maul the Bears on national TV – mission accomplished
- We had to see Brett Favre play his last game – we hope that mission wasn’t accomplished, but it sure looked like it might have been judging from the sobbing breakdown he had in his post game interview
- And last but not least, we had to see in the New Year – mission NOT accomplished. We’re all getting too old to stay up that late.
Prep for this event started the day before, with Vic and Irene gathering at Victor’s house to start making food in Vic’s newly remodeled kitchen. A new Wolf cooktop, dual convection/microwave oven and convection ovens, a shiny new refrigerator, a huge, granite island and lots of other things were newly installed and completed right before Christmas…
Shrimp as prepped, cucumbers were peeled and sliced for serving with hummus, tenderloin was roasted for sandwiches, and cheesecake was made. Beer, of course, was also drank.
(The ironic thing which must be noted here is that we never made the shrimp because there was already too much food, and we completely forgot about the cucumbers. We did, however, drink the beer)
The next day we gathered to celebrate New Years Eve. We had WAY too much food. Thankfully that is mostly Vic’s problem, as the event took place at Vic’s house.
We had antipasto, olives, spiced mozzerella balls, parmesan twists, hummus, black bean hummus, olive tapenade, chicken satay, sliced tenderloin, lots of chips, a really good carmalized onion dip, and much more.
We also made some homemade pizza – a margherita, a pesto, and a pepperoni.
We had found a really interesting looking wine – a Sparkling Syrah. We picked it up on a whim and brought it to the festivities. It was really good and we will buy it again.
The Packers mauled the Bears, as was hoped. It was a good game, and we refrained from singing “The Bears Still Suck Polka” (too loudly, anyway), due to the delicate (pregnant) condition of the sole Bear fan in the crowd.
And today – leftovers and the Wisconsin Badger Bowl game.
Happy New Year to all.
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