"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Barry wrote:
>
>> Times have changed though...We do live in a 'Hot' climate here in Oz..
>> The
>> reverse to the 'Northern Hemisphere... (some of us celebrate the old
>> traditional Christmas in Oz during 'July')
>
> Informal meals seem to be the rule of the day for summer, and that applies
> to Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere -- for the most part. However,
> there are those who'd like to see a more formal affair, and I think that
> Barry listed most of the things that would naturally grace a formal dinner
> table in hot weather: Poached salmon, cold chicken/turkey, cold ham, and
> grilled seafood.
>
> My brother lives in Australia, and one year he asked me for guidance on
> what would be a good menu for a formal holiday meal in the summertime.
> (Most years he grills his catch of the day along with some other seafood,
> and has a party on the patio, as seems a common Christmas practice there.)
>
> Thing is, we in the USA don't *have* any tradition of formal holiday meals
> in the summer; our summer holidays seem to revolve around cookouts. But a
> cursory perusal of my old Gourmet cookbooks turned up chaud-froid, which
> seemed to fit the bill nicely, so I tried to craft a menu around it.
>
> Here's the menu I suggested to my brother (who was serving four adults and
> two children):
>
>
> Cold cream of zucchini soup
> Lightly-boiled asparagus with vinaigrette dipping sauce
> Cold ham covered with chaud-froid
> Gingered cucumber salad
> Moroccan cooked carrot salad
> Tossed salad with a variety of dressings
> Chocolate meringues with orange sherbet
>
>
> Bob
>

Our meal is to serve around 18-20 people (including 6-8 Children ) There
are at least 5 of us that will be preparing different parts of the menu...

It is Christmas eve here in Oz..I roasted a small 'stuffed' leg of Turkey
(seasoned with Cranberry's and Apple Seasoning), Roasted Potatoes and
Butternut Squash (a variety of pumpkin to us in Oz) and made a Gravy/Sauce
with the bits and pieces in bottom of roasting dish using the 'seasoned'
water off the green peas we also had.. All washed down with some Oz white
wine..and Champer's... :-)

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Bigbazza (Barry)..(The Boy from Oz)