New Year’s Eve/Day menu

karadekoolaid said:
New Year's Eve is a big thing here. Why? Because Venezuelans just love a party.
Last year, NY eve was a dreadful affair. We went to a friend's house ; there were 7 of us. Our friend's sister thinks she knows how to cook and made the most appalling salad with cantaloupe melon, onion and something else. Her boyfriend got kissed as a poot by 10.30. The year before, 2021-22, I was 35,000 ft above sea level, flying over to the UK. At least I had a glass of champagne at 12 midnight.
Soooo... this year, we're doing a New Year's Eve party.
Menu is:
Smoked salmon with cucumber jelly and curry mayonnaise.
Crespelle lasagna - ie. lasagna made with crepes instead of pasta
Grilled courgette/zucchini salad, with marinated bocconcini and Parma ham (thank you, Emeril Lagasse!)
Green salad with nuts and raisins and a passion fruit dressing
Tiramisú
Apple olive oil cake

And plenty of Scotch whisky!
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Cucumber jelly! 👍 (Another bookmark...)
 
It's going to be Asian snack fusion on New years eve.

Savory:
Vegetable soup w chilli oil
Gyoza ( chicken & vegetarian)
Spicy crab bao
Vegetable spring rolls
Chicken satay & peanut sauce
Spicy meatballs
Devilled eggs ( because my husband loves them)

Sweet:
Custard bao
Pisang goreng ( fried banana) instead of Oliebollen ( Dutch new years doughnuts).
Alcohol free sparkling white wine.
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I do trust your palate but jelly and mayo? 😬
If you have time put your mayo concoction on here so I can give it a fair crack of the whip.
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I can see that working. Tomato jelly works well in a prawn cocktail (which contains mayonnaise). The fresh taste offsets the creamy taste of the mayonnaise.
 
Morning Glory said:
I can see that working. Tomato jelly works well in a prawn cocktail (which contains mayonnaise). The fresh taste offsets the creamy taste of the mayonnaise.
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I remain open to the idea but not entirely convinced.
But as a kid I did like jelly and double cream at the same time so maybe 🤷‍♀️
I have you marked up as someone who doesn’t like mayo though so I don’t entirely trust your judgment on that one 😂
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I remain open to the idea but not entirely convinced.
But as a kid I did like jelly and double cream at the same time so maybe 🤷‍♀️
I have you marked up as someone who doesn’t like mayo though so I don’t entirely trust your judgment on that one 😂
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It's not that I don't like it. I have a mild allergy/ intolerance of it (although I do think it is overused in sandwiches). It makes me feel slightly sick after eating it. But I can and do appreciate it's appeal. James Martin (chef) has the same issue.
 
Morning Glory said:
It's not that I don't like it. I have a mild allergy/ intolerance of it (although I do think it is overused in sandwiches). It makes me feel slightly sick after eating it. But I can and do appreciate it's appeal. James Martin (chef) has the same issue.
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Whats the allergy to?
Or is it a fat digestion issue. I had a friend that would upchuck if the fat content was too high. That included her own birthday cake! 😮
 
I’ve finally tested negative, so assuming that trend continues, we’ve tentatively decided to go to a small party that some friends of ours are throwing for NYE. I think there will just be a bunch of vegetarian snacky things there (since there will be a lot of vegetarians in attendance), which should be nice. We’ll take a couple bottles of bubbly over.

For new years day, I suggested latkes, since we haven’t had them in a while. I like to divide the grated potatoes into 3 bowls, and then I add grated zucchini, rutabaga, and beets to them - you get really pretty red, green, and gold latkes that way.

Husband also bought some of those heat-and-eat appetizers that we’ll probably snack on throughout the day.
 
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