{"id":102,"date":"2008-11-16T10:19:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2009-06-18T12:40:55","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T19:40:55","slug":"a-birthday-dinner-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"A Birthday Dinner with Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

In these recessionary times, sharing dinner at home with friends is becoming a larger part of our social life.\u00a0 If it’s a friend’s birthday, so much the better.\u00a0 Our buddy Rudy from Las Vegas came to visit this weekend; since his birthday is Monday we invited our posse over to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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\nMary Anne, Lorri, Darrell, Rudy, Gail, Ed, Ditalini<\/p>\n

Ah, but what was on the table?\u00a0 Salad, green beans with bacon and onion, seasoned new potatoes, and grilled lamb chops.\u00a0 Ditalini prepared the salad, beans, and potatoes; I was in charge of the lamb.\u00a0 Since we prepared everything using the TLAR method (that looks about right), I’ll give you the TLAR version of the recipes:<\/p>\n

Salad: Ditalini used a package of mixed greens from the corner Safeway, a small can of mandarin oranges, drained, and a sweet & sour dressing she made from olive oil, vinegar, and sugar.<\/p>\n

Green beans with bacon and onion: Ditalini saut\u00e9<\/span>ed crumbled bacon and chopped onions in a frying pan.\u00a0 She boiled the beans until just done, drained them, then tossed them with the bacon and onion.\n<\/p>\n

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\nDitalini’s beans, just before serving<\/p>\n

Seasoned new potatoes: the seasoning was butter with thyme, parsley, bay leaf, and a little pepper, lightly saut\u00e9<\/span>ed in a small frying pan.\u00a0 Ditalini boiled the potatoes (skin on), then mixed them with the seasoning.\n<\/p>\n

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\nDitalini’s potatoes, just before serving<\/p>\n

Lamb chops: I marinated the chops for three or four hours in cheap red wine with some dried rosemary.\u00a0 I cooked them on a gas grill, about five minutes on each side.\n<\/p>\n

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\nCrouton’s chops, marinating<\/p>\n

Mary Anne and Lorri brought a carrot cake from Costco, Darrell brought wine, Gail and Ed brought appetizers, and Rudy had a great birthday dinner.\u00a0 What a great evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In these recessionary times, sharing dinner at home with friends is becoming a larger part of our social life.\u00a0 If it’s a friend’s birthday, so much the better.\u00a0 Our buddy Rudy from Las Vegas came to visit this weekend; since his birthday is Monday we invited our posse over to celebrate. Mary Anne, Lorri, Darrell, Rudy, Gail, Ed, Ditalini Ah, but what was on the table?\u00a0 Salad, green beans with bacon and onion, seasoned new potatoes, and grilled lamb chops.\u00a0 Ditalini prepared the salad, beans, and potatoes; I was in charge of the lamb.\u00a0 Since we prepared everything using the TLAR method (that looks about right), I’ll give you the TLAR version of the recipes: Salad: Ditalini used a package of mixed greens from the corner Safeway, a small can of mandarin oranges, drained, and a sweet & sour dressing she made from olive oil, vinegar, and sugar. Green beans with bacon and onion: Ditalini saut\u00e9ed crumbled bacon and chopped onions in a frying pan.\u00a0 She boiled the beans until just done, drained them, then tossed them with the bacon and onion. Ditalini’s beans, just before serving Seasoned new potatoes: the seasoning was butter with thyme, parsley, bay leaf, and a little pepper, lightly saut\u00e9ed in a small frying pan.\u00a0 Ditalini boiled the potatoes (skin on), then mixed them with the seasoning. Ditalini’s potatoes, just before serving Lamb chops: I marinated the chops for three or four hours in cheap red wine with some dried rosemary.\u00a0 I cooked them on a gas grill, about five minutes on each side. Crouton’s chops, marinating Mary Anne and Lorri brought a carrot cake from Costco, Darrell brought wine, Gail and Ed brought appetizers, and Rudy had a great birthday dinner.\u00a0 What a great evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,77,18,70,80],"tags":[120,251,102,259,121,114,112],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cookblogging","category-grilling","category-meats","category-salads","category-vegetables","tag-bacon","tag-cookblogging","tag-green-beans","tag-grilling","tag-lamb-chops","tag-new-potatoes","tag-onion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pixFB-1E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}