"ravinwulf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:18:38 GMT, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >Very nice however the purpose of Valentines day is not a cooking contest.
> >
> >The purpose and focus is towards your SO. How can you spend the most time
> >with him/her and make them feel "special"
>
> Wow. Feeling a bit snarky today, are we?
>
> FWIW, I think that planning and preparing a really nice meal for
> someone you love =is= a way to make him/her feel "special". It's
> certainly not the only activity on the agenda for the evening, but it
> happens to be the one I'm working on atm, as well as being the only
> one that's really appropriate to discuss on this forum. <g>
>
> Regards,
> Tracy R.

Gotta agree with Tracy on this one. My SO has been living in a hotel in
D.C. for the past several months (on business). He *really* wants a "extra
special" home cooked meal when he comes home this weekend. I've already
started getting ready for our Valentines day meal. I've got 2 different
stocks cooking as I type this. Chicken stock for a butternut squash and
apple soup and veal stock which will be made into a demi-glace that I need
for a port, shallot and balsamic reduction sauce that I will serve with beef
tenderloin. Starting with crac cakes with red bell pepper coulis followed
by the squash soup. Herbed Potatoes Anna with the grilled beef tenderloin
(I am testing the butter roasted brussel sprout recipe in the latest Fine
Cooking tonight to see if this might also be included). I haven't yet
decided on dessert.

Kate