My trip to Berkeley is coming up quick! Question about the weather -- I
notice from their wedding web page the current weather is cold (to me). I
know we talked about this, but it's in the 60s and 70s! Bbbbbbbbbbrrrr lol

Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.

The Menu
..Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
Vinaigrette
..Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
..Mediterranean Couscous
..Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
..Roasted Potato Salad
..Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
..Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce

The chef catering it is supposedly well known. No matter. I know we'll
have a great time.

On Jun 15, 9:14*pm, "Cheryl" > wrote:
> My trip to Berkeley is coming up quick! *Question about the weather -- I
> notice from their wedding web page the current weather is cold (to me). *I
> know we talked about this, but it's in the 60s and 70s! *Bbbbbbbbbbrrrr *lol
>
> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>
> The Menu
> .Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
> Vinaigrette
> .Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
> .Mediterranean Couscous
> .Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
> .Roasted Potato Salad
> .Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
> .Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce
>
> The chef catering it is supposedly well known. * No matter. *I know we'll
> have a great time. *

You can't go to a wedding expecting to enjoy the food or drinks. Enjoy
the company and especially enjoy the folks who are enjoying the
drinks.

Cam
enjoys a drink on his deck.

"Cam" > wrote in message
...
>
> You can't go to a wedding expecting to enjoy the food or drinks. Enjoy
> the company and especially enjoy the folks who are enjoying the
> drinks.

Oh, I know. But this is a food group. I will definitely enjoy the
company and looking forward to meeting my cousin's new wife. She has to be
special for him to pick her.

On Jun 15, 9:27*pm, "Cheryl" > wrote:
> "Cam" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > You can't go to a wedding expecting to enjoy the food or drinks. Enjoy
> > the company and especially enjoy the folks who are enjoying the
> > drinks.
>
> Oh, I know. *But this is a food group. * *I will definitely enjoy the
> company and looking forward to meeting my cousin's new wife. *She has to be
> special for him to pick her.

Does she have malaria? I'd check. I got malaria in San Franciso in
the early '70's.
I've had 9 occurences since then. It shivers me timbers baby.

"A Moose In Love" > wrote in message
...
>
> Does she have malaria? I'd check. I got malaria in San Franciso in
> the early '70's.
> I've had 9 occurences since then. It shivers me timbers baby.

Malaria? Seriously?

Cheryl > wrote:

>My trip to Berkeley is coming up quick! Question about the weather -- I
>notice from their wedding web page the current weather is cold (to me). I
>know we talked about this, but it's in the 60s and 70s! Bbbbbbbbbbrrrr lol

Where you will be will not be as cool as it is in West Berkeley
(where I live), which is closer to the bay. It might cool off
after about 8:00 p.m., but the larger problem will probably be
mosquitoes if you're outside that late.

You can look on wunderground.com for a user weather station
that is close to your wedding location. Temperatures vary
alot.

Have fun --

Steve

"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...

but the larger problem will probably be
> mosquitoes if you're outside that late.

I never even thought about that! I will pack my Avon SSS.

Cheryl wrote:

> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>
> The Menu
> .Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
> Vinaigrette
> .Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
> .Mediterranean Couscous
> .Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
> .Roasted Potato Salad
> .Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
> .Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce
>
> The chef catering it is supposedly well known. No matter. I know
> we'll have a great time.
>
Sounds like a great menu to me! Not "fru fru" at all. If you're lucky
you'll be able to have a little of everything instead of set meals (beef
or chicken or vegetarian with only a particular side)
I'd want to try it all!

Cheryl wrote:

> The Menu
> .Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
> Vinaigrette
> .Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
> .Mediterranean Couscous
> .Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
> .Roasted Potato Salad
> .Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
> .Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce
>
> The chef catering it is supposedly well known. No matter. I know
> we'll have a great time.


Sounds good to me for wedding food.
gloria p

In article >,
"Cheryl" > wrote:
> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.

What does that mean?
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
On June 25, celebrating 65 years of annoying people.
Shop early and shop often. Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred.
Or cash. :-)

"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Cheryl" > wrote:
>> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>
> What does that mean?

Fru fru. A little fancier than my usual taste. I'm sure it will be good
but most of the flavor combinations don't appeal to me. *shrug*

In article >,
"Cheryl" > wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Cheryl" > wrote:
> >> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
> >
> > What does that mean?
>
> Fru fru. A little fancier than my usual taste. I'm sure it will be good
> but most of the flavor combinations don't appeal to me. *shrug*

OK, got it. :-) I was looking at the dictionary definition. Menu
too "fussy"? :-) I hope you'll report back on how it tasted to you.
Leetle bites of everything. :-) Have fun. We're going to another
wedding this weekend. Big family ‹ lots of grandnieces and grandnephews
coming of age.

froufrou |?fro??fro?| (also frou-frou)
noun
a rustling noise made by someone walking in a dress.
€ frills or other ornamentation, particularly of women's clothes : [as
adj. ] a little froufrou skirt.
--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
On June 25, celebrating 65 years of annoying people.
Shop early and shop often. Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred.
Or cash. :-)

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Cheryl" > wrote:
>
>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >,
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote:
>>>> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>>> What does that mean?
>> Fru fru. A little fancier than my usual taste. I'm sure it will be good
>> but most of the flavor combinations don't appeal to me. *shrug*
>
> OK, got it. :-) I was looking at the dictionary definition. Menu
> too "fussy"? :-) I hope you'll report back on how it tasted to you.
> Leetle bites of everything. :-) Have fun. We're going to another
> wedding this weekend. Big family ‹ lots of grandnieces and grandnephews
> coming of age.
>
> froufrou |?fro??fro?| (also frou-frou)
> noun
> a rustling noise made by someone walking in a dress.
> € frills or other ornamentation, particularly of women's clothes : [as
> adj. ] a little froufrou skirt.

I'm going up to Connecticut next weekend for a wedding and look forward
to reporting back. It will be a "mixed wedding" as the groom is half
Italian and raised Jewish, while the bride is WASP. Wonder what the food
will be. I'm kinda confident that there will be an open bar though.

Goomba wrote:

> I'm going up to Connecticut next weekend for a wedding and look forward to
> reporting back. It will be a "mixed wedding" as the groom is half Italian
> and raised Jewish, while the bride is WASP. Wonder what the food will be.

A sixteen-ounce steak. Remember the "pound of flesh" from Merchant of
Venice?

Bob

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:26:41 -0400, "Cheryl" >
wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Cheryl" > wrote:
> >> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
> >
> > What does that mean?
>
> Fru fru. A little fancier than my usual taste. I'm sure it will be good
> but most of the flavor combinations don't appeal to me. *shrug*

FWIW - not my style either, but I won't turn it down when it's free.


--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
> My trip to Berkeley is coming up quick! Question about the weather -- I
> notice from their wedding web page the current weather is cold (to me). I
> know we talked about this, but it's in the 60s and 70s! Bbbbbbbbbbrrrr
> lol
>
> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>

Berkeley can be positively hot in the summer. Not unusual to have high 90s.
Usually the summer days are high 80s and the nights a very pleasant low 60s.
Being so close to the Bay you get pretty mild summers up there.

> The Menu
> .Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
> Vinaigrette
> .Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
> .Mediterranean Couscous
> .Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
> .Roasted Potato Salad
> .Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
> .Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce
>
> The chef catering it is supposedly well known. No matter. I know we'll
> have a great time.

Sounds like a good menu.

Paul

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:14:07 -0400, "Cheryl" >
wrote:

> My trip to Berkeley is coming up quick! Question about the weather -- I
> notice from their wedding web page the current weather is cold (to me). I
> know we talked about this, but it's in the 60s and 70s! Bbbbbbbbbbrrrr lol
>
> Ok, so their menu looks a little fru fru to me.
>
> The Menu
> .Mixed Green Salad with Goat Cheese, Mixed Berries and Orange-Vanilla
> Vinaigrette
> .Tropical Orzo Pasta Salad
> .Mediterranean Couscous
> .Gypsy Recipe Vegetable Paella
> .Roasted Potato Salad
> .Chicken Breast with Mushroom Tarragon Cream Sauce
> .Herb-Brushed Roasted Tenderloin with Tarragon Pinot Noir Sauce
>
> The chef catering it is supposedly well known. No matter. I know we'll
> have a great time.
>
What did you order, or is this a buffet? The vegetable paella got my
attention so I looked it up. I don't know why they didn't make it
vegetarian and sub out the chicken stock with vegetable stock, but
here's a sample.

Roasted-Vegetable Paella
Southern Living, APRIL 2004
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/re...pe_id=60 5958

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Serve with a tossed salad or gazpacho.


3 cups chicken broth
1 1/4 teaspoons saffron threads
1 large red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 large green bell pepper, cut into strips
1/2 pound zucchini, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 large onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
3 plum tomatoes, chopped
1 1/2 cups uncooked Arborio rice
Lemon wedges (optional)

Bring chicken broth and saffron threads to a boil over medium-high
heat; reduce heat, and simmer mixture 20 minutes.

Toss together bell pepper strips, sliced zucchini, and 1 tablespoon
oil; place in an even layer in a 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan.
Sprinkle evenly with oregano and thyme.

Bake at 400° for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender, stirring once.

Sauté onion, garlic, and jalapeño in remaining 1 tablespoon hot oil in
a large skillet over medium heat 20 to 25 minutes or until onion is
caramelized. Add tomatoes, and cook, stirring often, 3 to 5 minutes
or until liquid is absorbed.

Add uncooked rice and chicken broth mixture to skillet; bring to a
boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 to 30 minutes, stirring once
after 15 minutes. Stir in bell pepper and zucchini, and cook 5
minutes.

Serve with lemon wedges, if desired.







--
Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:14:07 -0400, "Cheryl" >
>>
> What did you order, or is this a buffet?

I never saw an option to order, and I don't know if it's buffet. Probably
not.

The vegetable paella got my
> attention so I looked it up. I don't know why they didn't make it
> vegetarian and sub out the chicken stock with vegetable stock, but
> here's a sample.
>
> Roasted-Vegetable Paella
> Southern Living, APRIL 2004
> http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/re...pe_id=60 5958
>

Thanks for the "taste". Looks just ok to me.