2023 Good Friday/Easter

[msmofet]

This is a tentative menu.

Good Friday

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

Easter Sunday

Breakfast:

Colored eggs
Italian Easter Meat Pie (Pizzagaina)


Lunch/Appetizers:

Stuffed Artichokes
Stuffed Mushrooms
Shrimp Cocktail and cocktail sauce

Dinner:

Turkey OR Eye Round Roast OR Lamb – TBD after I check sales
Stuffing – IF making turkey
Mashed Sweet potato (Praline Topping) – IF making turkey
Gravy (Turkey, beef, or Lamb)
Baked OR Mashed Potatoes
Asparagus
Carrots (maybe glazed)

Dessert:

Mini Cheesecake, (6 inch) with cherry topping
Mixed Berry Cobbler

 

[GinnyPNW]

Oh, my gosh! And you still have not sent me directions to your house!!!

 

[Aunt Bea]

Good Friday will most likely be fish/seafood with cabbage salad and a few fries.

Holy Saturday will probably be pizza and salad.

My little Easter feast doesn’t change much.

Ham steak
Kielbasa
Cauliflower Gratin
Maple glazed carrots
Cabbage salad
Pickles, olives, horseradish

Dessert will most likely be a piece of dark chocolate or a Kozy Shack tapioca pudding cup or both.

 

[msmofet]

Good Friday will most likely be fish/seafood with cabbage salad and a few fries.

Holy Saturday will probably be pizza and salad.

My little Easter feast doesn’t change much.

Ham steak
Kielbasa
Cauliflower Gratin
Maple glazed carrots
Cabbage salad
Pickles, olives, horseradish

Dessert will most likely be a piece of dark chocolate or a Kozy Shack tapioca pudding cup or both.

Sounds wonderful. Would share your Maple glazed carrots recipe?

 

[Aunt Bea]

Sounds wonderful. Would share your Maple glazed carrots recipe?

Not really a recipe.

I cut and simmer the carrots until tender, drain them, put the pan back on the burner to dry them, season with S&P, add equal amounts of butter and maple syrup, toss, and serve. A little butter and maple syrup go along way.

I like to use real maple syrup but these days I settle for sugar-free maple flavored syrup.

If you have leftover carrots take two cups and buzz them in the blender. Follow your favorite recipe that uses a 14oz can of solid pack pumpkin for bread, cake, pie, etc…

 

[msmofet]

Thank you

 

[dragnlaw]

Son, etal, heading to Quebec to visit with dad and his bro. I might make some cute bunny shaped bread buns I made once before. They should travel well and the kids enjoy them. I'm assuming 'tout le gang' will be at dad's for the Easter meal.

For myself? who knows? Every plan I make will change a thousand times before the day.

 

[taxlady]

Meat on Good Friday? I'm a heathen, so what do I know. I looked it up on Wikipedia,

Members of many Christian denominations, including the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Oriental Orthodox, United Protestant and some Reformed traditions (including certain Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches), observe Good Friday with fasting and church services.[5][6][7

 

[dragnlaw]

taxy, nobody mentioned meat on Good Friday? Not sure what you mean.

 

[taxlady]

taxy, nobody mentioned meat on Good Friday? Not sure what you mean.

It's in the title of the thread.

 

[dragnlaw]

taxy, nobody mentioned meat on Good Friday? Not sure what you mean.

Still don't see where someone mentions meat on Good Friday

It's in the title of the thread.

2023 Good Friday, Easter - is the title of the thread.
LOL beginning to wonder about your late night postings.

 

[taxlady]

Still don't see where someone mentions meat on Good Friday

2023 Good Friday, Easter - is the title of the thread.
LOL beginning to wonder about your late night postings.

You are right that there were actually specific days mentioned for the dishes. I guess you didn't notice that I mentioned in the dinner thread that I had a migraine (it isn't gone yet) and the stupid.

 

[dragnlaw]

Awww, poor you.

 

[cookiecrafter]

Some churches are lifting dietary restrictions this year. Saw it on the news a few weeks ago. I'm sure some people will keep a traditional observance.

 

[taxlady]

Some churches are lifting dietary restrictions this year. Saw it on the news a few weeks ago. I'm sure some people will keep a traditional observance.

I think that was just for Saint Patrick's Day, which fell on a Friday this year. It was so people could enjoy their corned beef and cabbage.

 

[cookiecrafter]

I think that was just for Saint Patrick's Day, which fell on a Friday this year. It was so people could enjoy their corned beef and cabbage.

You're right. Good Friday/Easter are really serious holy days.

 

[msmofet]

People with health issues are exempt. The nun at our church says God is forgiving.

 

[Aunt Bea]

People with health issues are exempt. The nun at our church says God is forgiving.

The whole system is based on forgiveness.

"I asked God for a bike but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked God for forgiveness." - Michael Corleone

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Better to ask forgiveness than permission.

 

[taxlady]

Better to ask forgiveness than permission.

I dunno about better, but it's often easier to get forgiveness than permission.