We just finished our Anniversary dinner(it was Wednesday but we waited till week end...) and I have to say--I outdid myself this year!
now last year we had our church wedding for our 5th anniversary and we had cajun fried turkey and jambalaya and a wonderful catawba/peach manischevitz wine punch(with gingerale) with peaches and melon floating in the bowl....(very pretty coral colored punch)
we had a red-velvet/almond flavored wedding cake and the groom's cake was deep chocolate with mocha icing... followed at midnight by a shot of Henry McKenna or Irish Mist....
FANTASTIC! (even the priest brought along a designated driver!)
But this year...welllllllllll.......YOU decide! here is my menu(and yes I did it all myself...)
Hor d'oeuvres:
toasted Italian bread points with smoked oysters, kippers, and crabmeat
'garden herb' Triscuits with Vermont extra-sharp hunter's cheddar, and pepper-jack with pepperoni
sauteed portabellos in sherry and butter
cream sherry on the rocks with lime
Salad:
spring bitter greens and butter lettuce with black olives, feta cheese crumbles, grape tomatoes and sweet vidalia onion dressing
Main course:
melt-in-your-mouth-tender ribeyes--marinated in burgundy, ginger, garlic and hot salsa fresca, seared in the left over mushroom butter^
broiled until medium rare
sauteed peeled shrimp in butter, garlic and lemon juice
all served with warm flour tortillas and butter and salsa fresca(tomatoes, tomatillas, cilantro, green and hot peppers, onions, in lime juice and a touch of olive oil)
Bass ale
Dessert:
pecan cheesecake
chocolates
more cream sherry.....
espresso with scalded cream
Ok, ---now I can die happy.....
sooooo....what is your favorite? What would you choose for your last meal?
Ravyn