My upcoming dinner party - George Washington's Birthday - Discuss Cooking

JoMama · 02-02-2009, 08:40 PM

I love having themed parties and dinners ... just another reason to celebrate 'something' ... LOL. Here's my next gathering of friends - a small dinner group.

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Happy Birthday George!

Please join _____ & _____ for dinner!

Sunday, February 22nd

Cocktails at 5:00 p.m.

Dinner at 6:00 p.m.

We are celebrating George Washington’s birthday

& __________ is doing all the old-style cooking.

________ is cooking up a feast from fabulous recipes found in the City Tavern Cookbook.

The City Tavern is known as America’s first gourmet restaurant.

It opened for business in December 1773 in Philadelphia.

Some previous City Tavern clientele include: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Richard Henry Lee, Peyton Randolph, & Paul Revere,

The evening’s menu:

Cocktail ~ Hot Cider with Rum

Appetizer ~ Mustard Eggs (a cousin to deviled eggs)

Soup ~ Clam Chowder

Salad ~ Cucumber & Cream Salad

Entrée ~ Traditional Beef Stew

Bread ~ Yorkshire Pudding

Desert ~ Apple-Cranberry Cobbler

Our guests are asked to just come & enjoy … no cooking for our guests!

Please RSVP to ________ at ________.

Uncle Bob · 02-02-2009, 08:48 PM

Nice!

but...but no Cherry Pie???

larry_stewart · 02-02-2009, 08:51 PM

No more cherry tree to get the cherries from

toni1948 · 02-03-2009, 06:59 PM

Very nice, JoMama. My car should run out of gas in front of your house on the 22nd of February.

MexicoKaren · 02-03-2009, 07:43 PM

I really like your invitations, and the menu sounds delicious. I once had a recipe for a baked bread pudding made with cherries that I served for a Washington's Birthday party. I haven't been able to find the recipe again, but I imagine you could make a nice rich bread pudding (maybe with croissants) and just fold in cherries. It sure was good.