The menu is:
Chicken a la King
Toast
Light Rolls and Butter
Bettina Salad
Salad Dressing
Cheese Wafers
Strawberry Sherbet
Hickory Nut Cake
Candied Orange Peel
There were a few changes to the menu. Firstly, I skipped the candied orange peel. We didn't need more sugar. Secondly, I could not find strawberry sherbet, and I feared raspberry would be too sour. So I bought strawberry ice cream (although I forgot to serve it!)
The chicken dish was quite tasty - chopped chicken, from a roast I made that afternoon, in a cream sauce. My husband said it was a little bland. It was served on toast. The rolls were delicious and easy enough to make. This made pull apart rolls, which I didnt expect! The Bettina Salad worried my husband. It's a bed of lettuce, with a slice of pineapple, half of a pear, salad dressing in the hollow of the pear, whipped cream on top, a maraschino cherry, two walnut halves and two marshmallows. Yeah. It surprisingly wasn't terrible! I ate the components separately, and the pear plus salad dressing plus whipped cream was quite tasty. The cheese crackers were also on the side of the salad. This was also the first time I'd ever made a boiled salad dressing. Annoyingly, I had to reduce the recipe by three quarters, as the original recipe called for 12 servings and I needed 3.
The cheese crackers were easy enough to make, but I dont think that making a cheese spread and baking SIX CRACKERS is really a worthwhile use of my time. Just sayin'.
The cake went well, and easily. Although I subbed in walnuts as I couldn't find hickory nuts. Oh, and the frosting was delightfully easy, unlike last time's kerfluffle.
Round up, cheese wafers aren't worth time, and Bettina Salad is odd and awkward to eat. But everything else is worthwhile.
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