Appetizers
Carrots, Celery, Cornichons - Tuesday
Carrots bought at Iowa Food Coop Tuesday, Prepped Tuesday Night
Celery bought Sunday, prepped Tuesday
Bought Sunday or Tuesday (depending on availability and quality, last type purchased, not great (inexpensive))
(Classic Cheddar Cheese Ball removed) Spicy Cheese Spread - Tuesday
Still thinking about this or just the cheese dip that goes over well, consult with Shannon
Underground Meats Summer Sausage? (if available) - Thursday
Buy Tuesday, Cut up Thursday
Cheese
Crackers
Buy Sunday
Bread
Buy butter on Sunday, Can do this Monday
Lefse - Bought (unless someone wants to send me some)
Buy Sunday
Rolls (La Mie?)
Investigate La Mie on Monday, or find other alternatives
Mains
Pulled Pork (Wednesday)
Need to find about how much I should make per person. Have Pork shoulders from Lucky George (bought today) defrosting)
Maybe 10 pounds? ((5 oz /16)*2 (weight loss) * 15 Guests
Check freezer for more meet, just in case
Smoked Potato Salad (Tuesday, Wednesday)
Examine recipe Sunday,
Extra potatoes picked up from Grade A, technically yesterday
Ordered potatoes from Iowa Food Coop for Tuesday Pick up, smoke Tuesday night?
Baked Beans (Wednesday, Thursday)
Decide on recipe Sunday
Mac & Cheese (Thursday)
Decide on recipe Sunday, probably Cooks Illustrated baked mac and cheese? maybe something else
Cornbread (Thursday)
Go for a good old standby, (cooks Illustrated)
Hard Cider Gravy - Thursday (1 Burner) - replace chicken fat / butter, with pork fat
done before, should be easy. Maybe buy some cider to pair with this?…or just drink
Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes - Thursday, stove top (at times 2 burners)
Maybe go to Costco for potatoes, Hy-vee probably fine.
Fruit Salad - Mom
Macaroni Salad - Nancy
Desserts
Apple Pie (Slow Food Central Iowa)
Pick up Wednesday? I think
Pumpkin Pie (Slow Food Central Iowa)
Pick up Wednesday? I think
Ice Cream - bought
Gotta decide what, maybe I’ll get lucky and Black Cat will have some, if not, purchase something of quality (vanilla)
Cookies - Isaac Bringing
Pie? - Maybe Mom, not sure per discussion
Chocolate Pie - Kim