Pink Princess Day Luncheon

Sweeten with a little Mint Schnapps.

5 lbs. cooked shrimp, sliced in half, vertically
1 cup chopped celery
2 cups walnut pieces
6 cups unpeeled red apples, cored, and cut into chunks, rinsed in pineapple juice
mayonnaise

3 cooked chickens, skinned, boned, cut into recognizable chunks
5 cups chopped green pepper, and 3 cups chopped onion, sautéed
10 cans, sliced canned mushrooms, drained
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
7 cups cooked rice, made in chicken stock and butter, not water
mayonnaise mixed with rendered chicken fat from reserved skin
Serve warm.

10 cans drained tuna
1 jar sweet pickle relish
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup minced white onion
1 cup sliced black olives
1 T. paprika
10 cups cooked and well drained macaroni
1 large bottle Catalina French dressing
Miracle Whip

3 cups pineapple chunks, drained, reserve juice
3 cups orange wedges, in half
2 cups green grapes
2 cups red grapes
2 cups banana slices, rinsed in pineapple juice
1 1/2 cups shredded sweetened coconut
1 cup whole unsalted almonds
2 cups Miracle Whip blended with juice and fruit from 1 jar maraschino cherries
fresh pink rose petals as garnish

10 cups red potatoes, scrubbed, sliced, and boiled in highly salted water
1 pkg. bacon, chopped, and fried, reserve grease
2 small red onions, sliced thinly, each slice cut in half, with rings separated
2 jars chopped pimento, drained
1 doz. hard cooked eggs, sliced
1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup powdered sugar mixed with 3 T cornstarch

Dissolve sugar in vinegar, pour into hot bacon grease, cook for 5 minutes, then pour over hot potato slices and toss gently, to absorb. Add remaining room temperature ingredients, and serve.

1 cup morels, reconstituted, sliced in half vertically
2 cups baby ears of corn
1 cup baby carrots, quartered lengthwise
1 cup fresh asparagus tips
2 cups chopped Vidalia onions
1 cup new peas
4 cups cooked and drained bow tie pasta
3 cups commercial marinara sauce with 10 minced cloves of garlic, and 1 T dried basil
4 T olive oil

Mix all the above together, fill baking pan to half, then add a layer of ricotta cheese, add the rest of the mixture and top with 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese, and bake at 375º for 45 minutes. Serve immediately.

1 head each: blanched cauliflower and broccoli fleurettes
1 bag crinkle cut carrots
2 zucchini or cucumbers, cut into slices, (flute first with fork)
3 tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 each: romaine, endive, ice burg lettuce, chopped and mixed together
1 jar drained green olives
1 bunch cleaned green onions
1 package radish roses
3 yellow bell peppers, cut into strips

Arrange the ingredients in groups, or lines, (do not mix the elements). Blend 2 cups American potato salad with 1 cup mayonnaise with 6 hard cooked eggs in food processor until smooth. Stir in 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley and serve.

*1 pkg. each: clover rolls, white mountain rolls, party rye, party pumpernickel, mini bagels, (split), English muffins, split and toasted. Every level should have a mixture of all these choices.

*1 box each: Regular Triscuit, Matzo, sesame crackers. One kind on each level.

*1 each: cheese tortilla chips, Pringles in rippled, and pizza, pretzel chips.

*Sweeten regular Lipton tea with rose sugar.

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