So I wasn’t getting any reserves for the brunch the morning after prom, and then finally at the last second, I got one group of 8, and another of 4 adults & two kids – so a good, right-size crowd. Not so big that I had to panic getting everything ready in the slight disarray after prom. None of my tools were in quite the right places, and furniture to move. But also not so few people that it wasn’t even worth it.
I made broccoli, ham and ham & broccoli quiches. Used up lots of odds & ends of cheese I had around – some Gruyere, some feta, some Jarlsberg that was already grated. A nice green salad with this dressing from the Sunday Times Mag; I just used a scallion instead of a shallot, and added a few pinches of sugar. Roasted potatoes – they were the most expensive part really – a 2# bag of little red ones from the co-op was $3.50 or so; a 2# bag of fingerlings from this week’s market was $5; and another 2# of small yellow ones from the first outdoor market last week was also $3 something – so like twelve bucks for potatoes!
And I made 2 sweets – biscuit cimmy buns, and a strawberry cobbler from an old Food & Wine – both things I’d made a million times. I had the un-dippable strawberries left, so plenty for the cobbler.
Max – the organizer of the party of 8 – brought her wine-broker husband, and he mixed mimosas, and I got to sit down with them and drink one, and eat my quiche. There was just enough cobbler to leave for prom girl, who was coming back later for more clean up.
