Labor Day Menu Wrap-up

The party was a rousing success! Far more people than I expected showed up and we had a grand time. The menu turned out pretty much how I planned except I left out the potato packets because I ended up with Amish potato salad instead. One thing that surprised me was how fast the Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno's were devoured. I had made half of them with my home-grown Bulgarian carrot peppers that are very flavorful but also very spicy. We learned that even a single seed left in them will make your eyes water. Even with the heat lottery going on we ended up making a second batch later in the night. I will be posting my new frozen peanut butter pie recipe today because this pie was devoured with as must gusto as the peppers. My husband was actually happy that my rhubarb pie didn't go over so well because that left more for him. I have to also thank those that brought other goodies. We had deviled eggs, veggie trays, chocolate éclair pie(cake? Not sure but I have to get the recipe), a wonderful little appetizer interestingly name "Hanky Panky" and a delicious watermelon. I also added a couple more drinks to my bar tending repertoire including alien secretions and illegal aliens. Both of these drinks included Midori which is a incredible melon (tastes more like honey dew melon than watermelon to me) liquor. The illegal alien recipe was born after we made margaritas and wondered what it would be like with a hit of Midori… well needless to say it was a hit and we decided it was so good it should be illegal.

I have been recovering most of this week from my long and tiring weekend. I had tons of fun but I needed a ton of sleep to get my energy back this week. You should see me make up for the slow week by posting these wonderful recipes from the party.