We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
some advice for a very nice supper.

In article >,
Ozark Baby > wrote:

> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

Roast cornish game hen as the main entree' always goes over well, at
least around here.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

Ozark Baby wrote:
> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.
Why don't you ask him about his diet plan. Most of us diabetics have one
and some of us even follow it.

I've never made egg custard so don't know what all is in it. The eggs
certainly won't hurt him.

Most diabetics restrict their intake of carbohydrates so that should
give you some ideas. In my case I can eat limited amounts of pasta,
preferably whole wheat, I eat only brown rice and whole grain breads as
they are slower to digest and give my system time to adjust to the added
carbs. Lots of diabetic recipes on the web, some quite good.

"Ozark Baby" wrote

> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

Since you know little of his version (they are not all the same) keep to a
fairly low carb (minimal rice, pasta, beans, breads) diet and go high on the
fresh veggies.

Something like a baked chicken (stuffing fine, he'll eat around it so please
dont plate it beforehand but put it on the table for a serve yourself sort
of thing), green bean cassarole is fine if desired, a salad with vinegar/oil
dressing (no sugar!), fried okra, fried mushrooms, baked eggplant with olive
oil and grated romano.

For a reasonably classy nosh, mixed nuts, fancy olives, and cheese slivers
work well. Have some stone ground nice crackers (he probably can eat those,
but not ritz etc types). Mix these nice on a lazy susan with extra dishes
filled with chex-mix party stuff.

I list it this way as you said 'somewhat classy' which to me doesnt mean
bringing out the caviar ;-) Just decent fun stuff.

"Ozark Baby" > wrote in message
news
> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

Don't get CRAZY Diabetics eat regular food and compensate by testing their
blood sugar.

As a matter of course ASK HIM/HER if he/she has any diet restrictions.

Its just that easy!

Dimitri

"Ozark Baby" > wrote in message
news
> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

Depending on how severe his case is, an ordinary meal may be OK. Perhaps
you could ask someone in his family if he has to watch carbs closely.

Something nice if he has to watch carbs: hot tender cooked cauliflower
whipped with milk, butter, salt, and pepper like potatoes. It has few carbs.
Frozen California mix (carrots, cauliflower, broccoli) can also be cooked
tender and whipped this way for a more colorful dish.

You could also make a low carb cheese cake. Make the "graham cracker crust"
using ground pecans and diet sweetener instead of graham cracker crumbs and
sugar. Use the quick cheese cake recipe shown on Knox gelatin boxes, with a
diet sweetener according to the sugar equivalency shown on its package
rather than sugar. If using aspartame based sweetener, remember it does not
tolerate heating very well.

On Oct 17, 6:06*pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

I agree with Om, altho I would just do a nice roasted chicken,
mashers/ peas/salad- it has Sunday dinner written all over it!!LOL!!

merryb wrote:
> On Oct 17, 6:06 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>
> I agree with Om, altho I would just do a nice roasted chicken,
> mashers/ peas/salad- it has Sunday dinner written all over it!!LOL!!

I too would prefer a nice roasting chicken to Cornish game hens. I don't
find much remarkable about them and they're overly fussy to eat.
Serve the meal family style and the guest can take or leave what he
wants or doesn't. Offering a meat,gravy, something starchy, a couple or
three veg will assure he has enough variety to pick and choose from.

Ozark Baby wrote:
> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that?

Custards typically contain substantial sugar... perhaps you can find a
recipe that uses a sugar substitute.

Goomba wrote:

> merryb wrote:
>
>> On Oct 17, 6:06 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
>>
>>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>>
>>
>> I agree with Om, altho I would just do a nice roasted chicken,
>> mashers/ peas/salad- it has Sunday dinner written all over it!!LOL!!
>
>
> I too would prefer a nice roasting chicken to Cornish game hens. I don't
> find much remarkable about them and they're overly fussy to eat.
> Serve the meal family style and the guest can take or leave what he
> wants or doesn't. Offering a meat,gravy, something starchy, a couple or
> three veg will assure he has enough variety to pick and choose from.

I'd do Mimi's Sticky Chicken.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:29:18 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>Ozark Baby wrote:
>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that?
>
>Custards typically contain substantial sugar... perhaps you can find a
>recipe that uses a sugar substitute.

the recipe I use has very little sugar actually. We have sugar
substitute anyway...Splenda.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:24:51 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>merryb wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 6:06 pm, Ozark Baby > wrote:
>>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>>
>> I agree with Om, altho I would just do a nice roasted chicken,
>> mashers/ peas/salad- it has Sunday dinner written all over it!!LOL!!
>
>I too would prefer a nice roasting chicken to Cornish game hens. I don't
>find much remarkable about them and they're overly fussy to eat.
>Serve the meal family style and the guest can take or leave what he
>wants or doesn't. Offering a meat,gravy, something starchy, a couple or
>three veg will assure he has enough variety to pick and choose from.

That sounds easy enough and good.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I really appreciate it.

Dimitri wrote:
> "Ozark Baby" > wrote in message
> news
>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>
> Don't get CRAZY Diabetics eat regular food and compensate by testing
> their blood sugar.
>
> As a matter of course ASK HIM/HER if he/she has any diet restrictions.
>
> Its just that easy!
>
> Dimitri


I totally agree, Dimitri! I don't know why people get all weirded out about
what to cook for diabetics. If they've got their health under control
either via diet or meds, they eat just like anyone else. And if all else
fails, ask what they can and can't eat!

BTW, I didn't grow up in a household where dessert was part of every meal.
I can't comprehend it. Some diabetic cookbooks and low calorie "meal plans"
are absolutely consumed with the idea of having cake or pie with every meal.
I don't understand the idea. Maybe that's why I've never been fat. LOL

Jill

In article >,
Ozark Baby > wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:29:18 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
> wrote:
>
> >Ozark Baby wrote:
> >> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> >> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> >> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> >> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that?
> >
> >Custards typically contain substantial sugar... perhaps you can find a
> >recipe that uses a sugar substitute.
>
> the recipe I use has very little sugar actually. We have sugar
> substitute anyway...Splenda.

That ought to work. Rather than guessing though, I suggest you ask your
pastor what his food preferences are. That way, you increase the odds
that you'll make him an enjoyable meal.

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:06:48 GMT, Ozark Baby wrote:

> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
> some advice for a very nice supper.

ixnay on the penis-shaped pasta. well, depending on the pastor.

your pal,
blake

On Oct 18, 9:45�am, Ozark Baby > wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:29:18 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
> wrote:
>
> >Ozark Baby wrote:
> >> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
> >> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
> >> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
> >> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that?
>
> >Custards typically contain substantial sugar... perhaps you can find a
> >recipe that uses a sugar substitute.
>
> the recipe I use has very little sugar actually. We have sugar
> substitute anyway...Splenda.

You're very welcome.

Stan Horwitz wrote:

>> the recipe I use has very little sugar actually. We have sugar
>> substitute anyway...Splenda.
>
> That ought to work. Rather than guessing though, I suggest you ask your
> pastor what his food preferences are. That way, you increase the odds
> that you'll make him an enjoyable meal.

As a guest I would hate to be asked *my* preferences for a meal. I want
to be the guest, not the center of attention or dictator. I would feel
as if I were organizing their hosted meal. Awkward!
I would just offer a well rounded meal and assume they'll have enough to
choose from to suit themselves.
If the guest has such bizarre dietary requirements that it would be
difficult to feed him, I'm sure he'd have let them know when accepting
the invitation in the first place?

As for Jill and the dessert issue- special meals are often made more
special with the inclusion of desserts. This has nothing to do with how
you were raised to not have them or how fat you are. It has to do with
celebrating the special meal with something out of the ordinary.

blake murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:06:48 GMT, Ozark Baby wrote:
>
>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>
> ixnay on the penis-shaped pasta. well, depending on the pastor.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Blake, the new school fund raiser here- macaroni shaped in all the big
university mascots. Ok.. it is different from the cookie dough the other
schools are selling. <shrug>

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:35:14 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>Blake, the new school fund raiser here- macaroni shaped in all the big
>university mascots. Ok.. it is different from the cookie dough the other
>schools are selling. <shrug>

Got a url for that? I hate the cookie dough.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

sf wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:35:14 -0400, Goomba >
> wrote:
>
>> Blake, the new school fund raiser here- macaroni shaped in all the big
>> university mascots. Ok.. it is different from the cookie dough the other
>> schools are selling. <shrug>
>
> Got a url for that? I hate the cookie dough.
>
>
http://www.funpastafundraising.com/

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:01:34 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:35:14 -0400, Goomba >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Blake, the new school fund raiser here- macaroni shaped in all the big
>>> university mascots. Ok.. it is different from the cookie dough the other
>>> schools are selling. <shrug>
>>
>> Got a url for that? I hate the cookie dough.
>>
>>
>http://www.funpastafundraising.com/

Thanks, I'll pass it on to the PTA or after school program.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:35:14 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:06:48 GMT, Ozark Baby wrote:
>>
>>> We are going to be having our pastor over for supper next week and I
>>> need some advice on what to serve. He is a diabetic and I would like
>>> something that is very good and somewhat classy. I was thinking about
>>> baked egg custard for dessert. What do you think of that? I do need
>>> some advice for a very nice supper.
>>
>> ixnay on the penis-shaped pasta. well, depending on the pastor.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Blake, the new school fund raiser here- macaroni shaped in all the big
> university mascots. Ok.. it is different from the cookie dough the other
> schools are selling. <shrug>

i've heard that yalies are pricks, but which school has a penis for a
mascot?

your pal,
blake