Easter Dinner at Linderhof

It was just the two of us for Easter

And actually Easter was spent with friends

at a dinner theatre in Kansas City

So we celebrated Easter

on Easter Eve

Just the two of us

But int he dining room

Sitting across from one another

So much better than the old one at one end and one at the other

. . . 

Because we have no footman to pass the salt

This is a much better arrangement!

Fresh orange tulips in a crystal vase

Grandmother's china

Jim's grandmother's cutlery

A damask napkin in a silver ring

My mother's company goblets

And a linen placemat -- a gift from a dear friend

A very traditional menu

Roasted asparagus

(and I love the silver asparagus server)

Ham

(prepared with a Jasper Mirable recipe -- Anna Nurse's Ham

It is a winner!)

It is a big ham, however, for two people

I foresee ham "everything" for many meals to come!

Not served on plates but served "family style"

A Lindt bunny because everyone needs chocolate on Easter

(And because it was just the two of us, I skipped salad and rolls --

we had more than enough)

But I didn't skip dessert

Easter dessert is either coconut or lemon

or lemon and coconut

or a lamb

This year I fixed a coconut cake

frosted as they did in England

with a middle and a top

(Who needs all that extra icing around the side?)

We're still eating cake!

It will be interesting to see what is finished first

the ham or the cake!

I hope everyone had a great Easter

We did!