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What a WODERFUL work have you done, OM!!!!!!!!!!!
I like very much your shrimps and vegetables barbecue. But also your
crispy
hens!!!! I love just like this!
Very good!|

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Thanks sweetie! :-)

Hugs!

Veggie kebabs are always a big hit.
One guest commented that they were not boring vegetables. lol
I guess he's never had them prepared that way before.

I never make boring veggies. Even if I just steam some, I dress them
with a little olive oil or butter and lightly spice them. Dill weed is
usually my herb of choice (along with lemon pepper) to add flavor to
them.

I've also been known to add a little ranch dressing from time to time as
dad loves the stuff.
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"kilikini" wrote:

I've got some oversized pasta plates that are sitting on my table
along side the crock pot, the fondue pot, the coffee pot, the bean
pot and the pasta maker because I don't have room for them either!
LOL. My cabinets are barely 3 glasses deep. :~)

kili

I'm actually storing these on _top_ of one of my Black and Decker
storage cabinets. ;-) Those things are a godsend and I can snap one
together in about 30 minutes. This house had so little storage
space...

I got them at Lowe's for about $70.00 each and I bought several over
time as I could afford.

I'm married to a carpenter and have been asking for some kind of shelving
for over 2 years now. With the free wood he gets, you'd think he could just
put something together, but no, I'm still storage-less. :~)

Glad your storage cabinets are working out for you!

kili
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Omelet wrote:
In article , "Pandora"
wrote:


What a WODERFUL work have you done, OM!!!!!!!!!!!
I like very much your shrimps and vegetables barbecue. But also your
crispy hens!!!! I love just like this!
Very good!|

--
Kisses
Pandora

Thanks sweetie! :-)

Hugs!

Veggie kebabs are always a big hit.
One guest commented that they were not boring vegetables. lol
I guess he's never had them prepared that way before.

I never make boring veggies. Even if I just steam some, I dress them
with a little olive oil or butter and lightly spice them. Dill weed is
usually my herb of choice (along with lemon pepper) to add flavor to
them.

I've also been known to add a little ranch dressing from time to time
as dad loves the stuff.

I love dill on asparagus! I dress my steamed asparagus up quite frequently
with a lemon dill butter. It's good!

kili
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I love dill on asparagus! I dress my steamed asparagus up quite
frequently
with a lemon dill butter. It's good!

kili

What is a lemon dill butter?
I Am curious because I love asparagus. When it is asparagus season
(generally may, here) we steam them a little then we season them with butter
and parmesan. Then a little of grill to make the crust. and...GNAM GNAM...
)
Now I would like to know your recipe.

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Pandora

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I love dill on asparagus! I dress my steamed asparagus up quite
frequently
with a lemon dill butter. It's good!

kili

What is a lemon dill butter?
I Am curious because I love asparagus. When it is asparagus season
(generally may, here) we steam them a little then we season them with
butter and parmesan. Then a little of grill to make the crust.
and...GNAM GNAM... )
Now I would like to know your recipe.

Sometimes I put parmesan on the asparagus, too, and grill/broil to make it
crispy and browned, just like you do (which is also good with lemon!).
Other times, I squirt lemon juice over the hot asparagus, add butter and
sprinkle dill on. I never have fresh dill on hand, unfortunately, but dried
works. Add a dash of sea salt and it's delicious! You could also garnish
it with grilled lemon slices, I suppose, if you wanted to make a really
pretty presentation. :~)

kili
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Goomba38 wrote:

Omelet wrote:

I bought those oversized plates at Target. They are 14" across and made
from a heavy enameled plastic. They won't fit in my dish cupboards tho'.

They are chargers. Used mostly for decoration and under a small
appetizer/starter course dish, then removed for dining as one wouldn't
want to clank the dinner plate and charger together while cutting, etc.

I know that as that is what the box said.

There is nothing wrong with using them as oversize dinner plates.
Trying to fit this meal on a regular plate would have overcrowded
and looked bad.
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Omelet wrote:

Final menu was:
Grilled spatchcocked cornish game hens, marinated in Vinagrette and
lightly sprinkled with some salt free lemon pepper, (I don't think that
CGH's need much help so did not want to over-do it), grilled veggie and
shrimp kebabs treated the same, (mushrooms and zucchini), Butternut
squash halves stuffed with a rice mix, (rice was cooked in ham stock
flavored with garlic, onion, ginger root and celery and I added some
thinly sliced small carrots and some fresh frozen peas), and a small ear
of white corn on the cob. For once, I picked small, fine ears instead of
the larger, fatter ones. I've found small kernels to be sweeter and more
tender and it was more of a treat than a major part of the meal.
Beverage was Martinelli's sparkling apple cider.

the meal, especially the rice stuffed squash looks delicious.

Thanks!

Those squash are a bit tricky to get intact out of the pot...
but they are worth it.
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"Nancy Young" wrote:

"Goomba38" wrote

They are chargers. Used mostly for decoration and under a small
appetizer/starter course dish, then removed for dining as one wouldn't
want to clank the dinner plate and charger together while cutting, etc.

(laugh) I'm such a rube. I didn't know you were supposed to remove
them. I've seen some gorgeous ones but I never bought them, I don't
set a formal table, ever.

nancy

They are handy for large meals too. ;-)
Those game hens were larger spatchcocked than I'd anticipated!
I was glad to be able to find them. The other alternative would have
been to use small serving platters.
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Thank you to you, my sweet honey! You gave me a good idea for a next friends
saturday dinner

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Kisses
Pandora

Be sure to take pics!!!! :-)
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Omelet wrote:

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Everything looks wonderful.

I woulda grilled the shrimp shells on.

I woulda plated the hens as halves.

I hate black plates. LOL

Sheldon

kilikini wrote:

I'm married to a carpenter and have been asking for some kind of shelving
for over 2 years now. With the free wood he gets, you'd think he could just
put something together, but no, I'm still storage-less. :~)

Yeah, but... whaddaya mean you're storage-less... you know where he
stores his wood. hehe

Sheldon

In article ,
"kilikini" wrote:

I got them at Lowe's for about $70.00 each and I bought several over
time as I could afford.

I'm married to a carpenter and have been asking for some kind of shelving
for over 2 years now. With the free wood he gets, you'd think he could just
put something together, but no, I'm still storage-less. :~)

Glad your storage cabinets are working out for you!

kili

My dad can build too... but never has the time. G
So I saved my pennies for these as I can put them together quickly
myself!

Roomy and have closed cabinet doors so things don't get dusty.

The are easy to keep clean too since they are plastic, and they don't
look bad at all!

I'll have to take a pic when I get a chance...

I feel yer pain kiddo!
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I love dill on asparagus! I dress my steamed asparagus up quite frequently
with a lemon dill butter. It's good!

kili

Mmmm now we're talkin'. ;-d

Dill also goes well on mushrooms, green beans and peas.

And Shrimps too as well as other fish.
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I love dill on asparagus! I dress my steamed asparagus up quite
frequently
with a lemon dill butter. It's good!

kili

What is a lemon dill butter?
I Am curious because I love asparagus. When it is asparagus season
(generally may, here) we steam them a little then we season them with
butter and parmesan. Then a little of grill to make the crust.
and...GNAM GNAM... )
Now I would like to know your recipe.

Sometimes I put parmesan on the asparagus, too, and grill/broil to make it
crispy and browned, just like you do (which is also good with lemon!).
Other times, I squirt lemon juice over the hot asparagus, add butter and
sprinkle dill on. I never have fresh dill on hand, unfortunately, but dried
works. Add a dash of sea salt and it's delicious! You could also garnish
it with grilled lemon slices, I suppose, if you wanted to make a really
pretty presentation. :~)

kili
--
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kilikini

I can get fresh dill at the Asian market for $.99 per large bunch, but I
usually buy about $5.00 worth and dry it in the dehydrator. While I like
fresh dill, it's easier to keep dry on hand and I think it's one herb
that does not suffer too much in flavor from drying imho.
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Omelet wrote:

14CornishHensPlated.jpg
http://tinypic.com/48qvjvl.jpg

Everything looks wonderful.

Thank you!


I woulda grilled the shrimp shells on.

I considered it... but it's SO messy to eat them that way!


I woulda plated the hens as halves.

I was trying to impress. ;-)


I hate black plates. LOL

They are not black.
They are dark teal.

Might want to adjust your monitor color.....


Sheldon

Cheers! ;-)
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