Comments on: Easter Dinner At the Sharrard House

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:01:48 +0000

Easter is a wonderful time and the meal is special. Traditionally my family always has ham and easter eggs and the regular fare. I do carry on that tradition. What I miss - are my grandparents influence. There were always special Easter dishes that we were delighted to eat and they were delighted to serve. Dessert was special and all those recipes have been lost.

My grandmother had an apricot bar cookie that was to die for. If I find them I’ll let you know.

Happy Easter everyone.

By: Mom

Mom — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:39:44 +0000

I’ve been making deviled eggs for over 40 years and have never used a pastry bag. The ones made with a pastry bag look really nice, but they taste just as good if you use a little metal spatula and spread the filling in the egg white and then smooth it off.

You forgot to mention that Uncle Luther’s hogs used to eat up all the pecans while they were roaming free. Your grandmother would get very upset when she saw the pigs eating the pecans that she hadn’t had a chance to get out and gather. I’m sure they added some good flavor to the meat also.

Are you going to do a Charlotte Russe for dessert? That was always a favorite of your grandfather.

By: jwsharrard

jwsharrard — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:07:41 +0000

Jo— Come on over for dinner if you’re bringing the Angel Food Cake with you.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:09:55 +0000

Made with whole wheat flour?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:23:47 +0000

I think Angel Food Cake is an Easter dinner dessert must!

By: courtney

courtney — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:40:13 +0000

Thanks.

It all sounds so good. I agree that I am my own worst critic, and have a hard time shutting up.

Luckily we planned on doing brunch. Due to church schedules I figure this will work best. I also feel brunch lends itself to more prep work than a dinner. Logically I have all my bases covered a frittata (mushroom/onion or spinach) for protein, waffles for startch with strawberries on top, a green salad or fruit salad, and possibly some sandwhich stuff for the meat eaters, (boar’s head ham and roast beef with cheese) and maybe a veggie (roasted asparagus)?

I figure we can do it buffet style too which takes some pressure off.

Dessert is still in the air as that sounds like a lot of food so already. I’m torn between icecream and biscotti and another light cookie, or a cheesecake, I’ll probably decide the Saturday before depending on how busy I am.

I think writing it down for someone besides myself to look at helps.