[Sca-cooks] My dinner for the Royals at Estrella

[Heleen Greenwald]

Wow Papa!
sounds yummy!
Phillipa
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I was asked by His Majesty Atenveldt to make a little camp dinner for
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> First Course
> Vegetarian Dolmas (rice, mint, soy sauce, spices and honey
>                    wrapped in grape leaves and placed in a
>                    vinegarette)
> Antipasti Salad  (swiss cheese, artichoke hearts, tomatoes,
>                   purple onions, salami, green peppers, pitted
>                   black olives in Italian Dressing)
> Ciabatta Bread
>
> Second Course
> Grilled Portabellas  (Just salt, pepper, olive oil and garlic
>                       wrapped in aluminum foil and placed on the
>                       grill.)
> Assorted Grilled Sausages  (Bratwurst, Polish, Chicken & Apple,
>                             Chicken & Basil from a very good
>                             butcher)
> Sautee'd Greens Salad (Spinach, Kale, fried potatoes, fresh
>                        tomato, garlic, onions, toasted sesame oil,
>                        balsamic vinegar)
> over
> Parmesan Polenta
>
> Dessert
> Homemade Shortcakes with berry compote and homemade whipped cream.
>
> I'd also made a couple types of mustards as well as Maille mustard.
>
> The meal was not only served on time but I let TRM know that it
> would be served as soon as They got their guests together.
> When everyone sat down they were absolutely starving and when they
> left they were complaining that they were too full to eat all of it.
>
> I was a bit worried because nothing went wrong. And something
> ALWAYS goes wrong. I didn't figure it out until I brought some
> leftovers home. Only then did I realize I'd forgotten to trim
> the stems of the portabellas. I got a big chunk of dirt in my
> first bite. D'oh!
>
> But otherwise everything went well. This was all done on a
> camp grill and two-burner Coleman stove. Well, and I cheated
> and made the shortcakes at home.
>
> Gunthar
>
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