My upcoming dinner party - George Washington's Birthday

[JoMama]

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!​

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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]

Nice! but...but no Cherry Pie???

 

[larry_stewart]

No more cherry tree to get the cherries from

 

[toni1948]

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

 

[MexicoKaren]

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.

 

[MexicoKaren]

OK, I got inspired to look for the recipe - I'm pretty sure this is it:

White Chocolate and Cherry Bread Pudding Recipe at Epicurious.com