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At last, the menu

by Gillian Polack

It’s time!

Today I give you the menu of the Prohibition banquet and the final drinks list. From then on you get recipes, including two cocktail recipes that didn’t quite make it but that you’ll love anyway and maybe some alternate recipes that I can’t resist.

The Prohibition banquet’s formal title was “A DINNER To Celebrate the Unreal, the Surreal and the Extra-Ordinary”

Olives Stuffed eggs Pim olas Nut and cheese relish
Fruit Cocktail
Bouillon de Boeuf
Roast turkey
Pommes Gaufrettes Seasonal vegetables
Sherbet
Cheese Platter
French Neapolitan Ice Cream
Apple Moscovite
Cream mints Demi Tasse

Vegetarian Dinner

Olives Stuffed eggs Pim olas Nut and cheese relish
Fruit Cocktail
Cream of Almond
Eggs Creole
Pommes Gaufrettes Seasonal vegetables
Sherbet
Cheese Platter
French Neapolitan Ice Cream
Apple Moscovite
Cream mints Demi Tasse

Now you know not only what was on the final menu, but how we got there. From tomorrow I’ll start giving you recipes.

It’s not every recipe that was used, I’m afraid. This year was different to previous years and for some things (bread rolls, beef consommé) I didn’t have to provide recipes at all. If there’s something on the menu and you want a recipe for it and there is none on the blog, then please ask. I can find you something from a cookbook – it won’t be tested, but it will give you a feel for how that item was cooked at that time, which is the crux of it. The trick is to keep an eye out for the recipes you want that I haven’t blogged. Ask me and I shall blog. Simple, really.

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Posted in recipe tests on October 6th, 2008

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2 Responses to “At last, the menu”

  1. Yaritji Says:
    October 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    The Sherbet was delicious! And the French Neapolitan Ice Cream was moreish :)

    It was a great banquet.

  2. Gillian Polack Says:
    October 7th, 2008 at 6:35 am

    I’m glad you loved it. I’m even more glad you came. It was terrific to see you again (even though you laughed at me when my face was turned into culinary art) :).

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