On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:36:57 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>Served everything, been properly grateful to ALL the contributors, and
>tried to remember that the person who couldn't follow directions
>probably has issues I don't know about, and was probably not trying to
>ruin anything for anyone.

Bingo! Who knows if she even had issues? Maybe she's been to enough
"dinner parties" where there wasn't enough food or someone fell
through at the last minute and she wanted to make sure there was
enough (if that's an "issue", so be it).

The idea of serving the gougères as an appetizer was excellent.
Sounds like Maxine rolled with the punches - but I would *not* have
rolled over and hidden my salad in the coatroom. I would have put in
the kitchen or wherever the prepared dishes were to be placed.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.