[Sca-cooks] Vigil buffet for my squire

Susan Lin susanrlin at gmail.com
Thu May 31 19:49:04 PDT 2012


Sounds great - congratulations!

Shoshanah

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at gmail.com>wrote:

> This weekend will be the first time any of my squires have been elevated
> to knighthood.  We just found out about it last weekend so things have
> been a bit of a rush. Naturally he wanted me to do the vigil buffet.
>
> Not having much time to plan or cook things from scratch I've had
> to kind of do some shortcuts. So, nothing fancy here but I hope it is
> nice. My basic premise is for everything to be able to be eaten with
> the fingers, no soups or salads or such, and it can all be room temp.
>
> Luckily I do have some things prepared. So the tentative menu:
>
> Cold chicken legs, marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, rosemary, garlic
> salt & pepper and baked.
>
> Cold homemade sausages: chicken/roasted garlic/red wine,
> chicken & apple, pork & venison.
> Served with spicy and sweet mustards.
>
> Chorizo & cheese empanadas (he wanted something Spanish)
>
> Grilled tri-tips with a spicy rub.
>
> Mini-quiches: lorraine and cheese.
>
> Spanish olives.
>
> Spanish cheeses with candied walnuts
>
> Phylo cups filled with a cherry/peach compote
>
> Cream puffs, because he loves them.
>
> Shortbread cookies with lemon curd.
>
> Fresh fruit.
>
> Orange Barley Water
>
> There have been offers from other people to bring:
>
> Gazpacho (per his request)
>
> Prinz Biskit
>
> Apple tarts.
>
> Most of the stuff I'm doing is homemade so I hope that makes up for
> the rushed nature and non-periodness of most items.
> Still, I think he will be pleased with it. I just hope enough people come
> out to eat it all!
>
> Gunthar
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