2024 Good Friday 3/29/2024 & Easter 3/31/2024 Plans/Menus

[msmofet]

This menu isn't set/finalized yet. May still change.

Good Friday

Shrimp Cocktail and cocktail sauce
Matlaw's Clams Casino
Linguine with white clam sauce
Niçoise Salade
Garlic Bread

Easter Sunday

Breakfast:

Colored eggs
Italian Easter Meat Pie (Pizzagaina)
Sweet Pie

Lunch/Appetizers:

Stuffed Artichokes
Stuffed Mushrooms

Dinner:

Lamb
Lamb Pan-Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Spinach
Asparagus

Dessert:

Mini Cheesecake 6 inch
Cherry pie topping

 

[dragnlaw]

msmofet.... I'll bring a plate!

 

[cjmmytunes]

Me, too!

Haven't a clue as to what we're doing, may go to the same cousin's house that we did for Thanksgiving.

 

[Meryl]

Good Friday brings back memories of Hot Cross Buns. I made them last year for the first time, they turned out quite well.
We have different Easter specialities in Italy and the Friday before Easter isn't a national holiday like it was in the UK. It's just called Holy Friday, and we can't eat meat. The national holidays are Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Good Friday will probably be fried fish or shrimp from the deli with cabbage salad and a few French fries.

Holy Saturday will probably be pizza and a salad.

Easter will depend on the weather.

If it’s warm I’ll probably make a small potato salad with a ham steak and something lemony for dessert.

If it’s cold I ‘ll probably make a small cauliflower or potato gratin, asparagus, and ham steak.

I have some pickle juice that I’ve been saving for a few pickled eggs.

 

[rodentraiser]

Is today Good Friday? Shows you how much I pay attention to the calendar.

I have meatloaf in the oven right now, so that will be supper. As it's the end of the month, I need to go grocery shopping so I'm not sure what the next couple of days' meals are going to be. But I have 4 cans of pinto beans, tostadas, and cheese and a recipe for refried beans, so that may be dinner for the next couple of days till I figure out a menu for next month.

 

[dr morbius]

Is today Good Friday? Shows you how much I pay attention to the calendar.

Good Friday is March 29. Easter is March 31. However, for most of us who work a regular week, every Friday is a good one.

 

[rodentraiser]

OK, then! To be honest, I don't even know for sure what I'll be having tomorrow let alone at the end of the month. LOL

Thank you for letting me know though. So....forget having the meatloaf for Easter. I'm having that tonight.

 

[mseaglecook]

Our Easter Dinner:

Deviled Eggs
Potato Salad
Potatoes Romanoff (for the people who don't like potato salad)
Green Bean Casserole
Asparagus Casserole
Carrot Souffle
24 Hour Fruit Salad
Homemade yeast rolls

Almond Joy Cake

 

[Kathleen]

I think the current plan is fondue with friends for Easter. Something with fish for good Friday.

 

[msmofet]

I'm thinking of adding a homemade lemon meringue pie.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I'm thinking of adding a homemade lemon meringue pie.

These lemon bars from the folks at Land O Lakes pack a nice lemon punch.

Easy Lemon Bars

The flavor of lemon really comes through in these bars.

www.landolakes.com

 

[caseydog]

Easter is just another Sunday, to me. But, if the weather is nice, I'm sure I'll be cooking something good on the patio -- probably on the smoker.

CD

 

[msmofet]

I got a whole butterflied and rolled leg of lamb. On sale $9.99 a lb. ($5.00 off a lb. ). It was $70.00 for 7 lbs. I’ll cut into 3 pieces. Three lamb meals for three people. I think that’s a good deal.

 

[Kathleen]

I mentioned fondue with friends. I'm making a broth fondue. Does anyone have a TNT recipe for a broth? I have one that is tasty but feel I could do better. Also, some ideas about what I should add as dippers? I thought beef and chicken. Also some tortellini. Has anyone used canned quail eggs? Thoughts on them? Other thoughts about dippers?

 

[caseydog]

Right now, if the weather permits, I'm planing to smoke a brisket point. The point is the fattier end of a whole brisket. I already bought it, and it is vacuum sealed in the freezer. It is USDA Prime. Traditional Central Texas Dalmatian rub -- kosher salt and black pepper only.

I might make a batch of Lockhart's potato salad, too.

Spicy potato salad...

I met some cousins at Lockhart Smokehouse in the Dallas area for some real Texas brisket last weekend, and it was great. They also had a potato salad that I fell in love with, and decided to try and replicate. It had a spiciness very similar to cajun -- the kind that sneaks up on you. I could...

www.discusscooking.com

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

Kathleen if you can get button mushrooms, think those would do well in a broth.

 

[Meryl]

I'll probably bake our traditional Pastiera Napoletana, a delicious Easter dessert. For those of you who have never heard of it, it's a pie made with shortcrust pastry, filled with the following ingredients:
ricotta cheese
whole eggs beaten together with sugar
grano cotto (precooked wheat sold in jars), cooked in milk with a knob of butter and lemon zest, until you end up with a creamy wheat mixture.
sugar
vanilla essence
candied citron, chopped
orange blossom water essence
powdered cinnamon

As for lunch/dinner, it will be fish-based (no meat on Good Friday for Catholics here), probably spaghetti with a "frutti di mare" sauce (seafood), and other fishy dishes.

 

[Meryl]

As I said, I baked my Pastiera Napoletana.

The small one's for mum and dad, the bigger one's for us

 

[caseydog]

I've got everything set up to smoke my brisket, and plan to make my tater salad tonight, so it can sit in the fridge overnight. The weather is supposed to be a little cloud, but no rain.

A bit off-topic, but I ordered some things from Amazon today, and when I checked out, the delivery date was tomorrow -- Easter Sunday! I hope those employees working tomorrow get paid a lot of extra money... although I rather doubt they will.

CD