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Jude

wrote:
> I'm with aem. This is one of those dishes that becomes famous only
> because it doesn't stink as bad as it sounds. Don't quite know why
> it's so popular -- it's cheap? it's fast? it's weird? -- but I've never
> actually heard of anybody making it for *themselves*: it's always for
> a pot luck. Made by . . . don't kill the messenger, kids . . .
> ite-whay rash-tay.

LOL! Hence the Jello Salad on my lovely table.

Wanna know what I made, and what folks ate? (3 of us, 6 guests.)

Starters:
Veggie tray with spinach dip, plus chips and crackers. They ate the
chips with the dip, nobody touched the veggies. Whole bag of chips and
2 sleeves of crackers finished.
Olive assortment - they picked at them a little.
Blue cheese stuffed celery with hazelnuts. Semi-popular.
Devilled eggs. All gone by dinnertime.

Main Meal:

Shrimp and Pineapple Kebabs with homemade tomatoey BBQ sauce. All gone.
BBQed chicken and mahi-mahi with homemade dark more traditional BBQ
sauce. Untouched by the guests other than 1 piece of chicken eaten by
BFs brother.
Hamburgers, brought by the BFs dad, who's "a picky eater". Eaten by all
6 guests for dinner.
Grilled veggie skewers - made 1 per person plus a few extras. I think
maybe 3 were eaten.
Grilled, marinated portobello caps - Eaten by us, 2 eaten by guests.
Cornbread. Almost untouched.
Homemade baked beans. Well received.
Potato Salad, brought by BF's stepmom. Well received.
Ramen Noodle Salad. Brought by BF's mom. Well received.
Strawberry Jello Pretzel Salad. The 9x13 pan was almost empty by the
end of the meal.

Dessert:
Homemade crumb-topped blueberry pie. Untouched!!!
Individual sized oreo cheesecakes. A few eaten as dessert, but most of
them were happily taken home as party favors.
Store-bought apple pie, brought by the BF's mom. Half gone.
Coconut cake, brought by BF's stepmom. Half gone.

Beverages: Pink wine - gone; beer- gone; lots of soda consumed. Iced
tea and homemade lemonade untouched.

I love my BF, but his family has just a touch of redneck in the genes,
I'd say!!

Next time, I'll but the damn premade junk at Costco instead of wasting
2 days cooking!!

>
> Personally, I'd rather bring a Greek Salad. Yeah, nobody'll look at it
> and guess it sucks, but that's perfectly okay with me.

Bet that woulda gone uneaten, too. I think it's all the sugar in the
dressing that makes this one popular.

BTW, I noticed some decent sounding variations on this salad theme, but
do realize hers was prebagged romaine lettuce with shredded carrots in
it, and a box of grape tomatoes tossed through. NOT an oriental salad!!
This might be not-too-bad with some of the other items mentioned, like
scallions and baby corn and red peppers and broccoli ....but then
again, if I'm doing that, I'll make my asian soy-ginger-sasame oil
marinade and dressing, not ramen noodle powder and sugar!!!