Birthdays and Celebrations
Better Homes and Gardens Creative Cooking Library
Published 1963
Original price unknown
Found in a used book store
ZOMG! Crazycakes with neon frostings! Totally un-PC party ideas! Recipes like "Ad-lib burgers!" This the best book evAr... Lookit! They have neon frosting, I'm neon frosting, it's a match made in the ultimatey ultimate of heaven!
This cookbook is all about theme parties; how to throw them, what to serve, how to dress the table, how wonderful they were, but here's a little secret - themed parties never ever work. From the dawn of time, every single themed event has been a dismal failure for everyone except the party planners. Socrates' Hemlock Punch Soiree, The Last Supper, The Parisian Horsemeat Banquet of 1855 - not a single one of 'em ended well, if you catch my drift.
In fact, the parties described in this book would only work in the exquisitely groomed cul-de-sac of my mind. From the opening page's gumdrop-emblazoned Children's Birthday cakes to the Silver Anniversary Buffet at the end, each and every recipe and theme idea will shock and delight. In all the wrong ways.
Some day, I'll have a Valentines Day party, and I'll subject my friends to the wonder that is Valentine Ring Around.
Mash together one 12-ounce carton cream-style cottage cheese and two 3-ounce packages cream cheese till well blended. Soften 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water; dissolve over hot water; add 1/4 tsp salt. Stir gelatin mixture into cheese mixture.
Add 1 cup seedless green grapes, 1/2 cup broken pecans, 2 tablespoons chopped chives. Fold in 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped. Turn into a 5-cup ring mold, chill until firm. Unmold. Top with gelatin heart cutouts.
Gelatin Heart Cutouts
Dissolve 1 package cherry or strawberry or raspberry gelatin in 2 cups hot water. Pour into a shallow baking dish - gelatin should be less than 1/2 inch deep. Chill firm. Cut hearts with cooky [sic] cutter.
Yup, I'll make that for all my friends and then I won't have to worry about having friends ever again. It'll be just like that nice party Al Capone threw for Bugs Moran. Seriously, chives?
And the Dirtiest Recipe Name Award goes to... Swedish Spritz!
This cookbook is all about theme parties; how to throw them, what to serve, how to dress the table, how wonderful they were, but here's a little secret - themed parties never ever work. From the dawn of time, every single themed event has been a dismal failure for everyone except the party planners. Socrates' Hemlock Punch Soiree, The Last Supper, The Parisian Horsemeat Banquet of 1855 - not a single one of 'em ended well, if you catch my drift.
In fact, the parties described in this book would only work in the exquisitely groomed cul-de-sac of my mind. From the opening page's gumdrop-emblazoned Children's Birthday cakes to the Silver Anniversary Buffet at the end, each and every recipe and theme idea will shock and delight. In all the wrong ways.
Some day, I'll have a Valentines Day party, and I'll subject my friends to the wonder that is Valentine Ring Around.
Mash together one 12-ounce carton cream-style cottage cheese and two 3-ounce packages cream cheese till well blended. Soften 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water; dissolve over hot water; add 1/4 tsp salt. Stir gelatin mixture into cheese mixture.
Add 1 cup seedless green grapes, 1/2 cup broken pecans, 2 tablespoons chopped chives. Fold in 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped. Turn into a 5-cup ring mold, chill until firm. Unmold. Top with gelatin heart cutouts.
Gelatin Heart Cutouts
Dissolve 1 package cherry or strawberry or raspberry gelatin in 2 cups hot water. Pour into a shallow baking dish - gelatin should be less than 1/2 inch deep. Chill firm. Cut hearts with cooky [sic] cutter.
Yup, I'll make that for all my friends and then I won't have to worry about having friends ever again. It'll be just like that nice party Al Capone threw for Bugs Moran. Seriously, chives?
And the Dirtiest Recipe Name Award goes to... Swedish Spritz!
1 comment:
Hi I just found your blog!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this idea with the parasol cake. It's adorable!!! You really should start blogging again!! Thanks again for the great ideas!!
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