Back to Back -- Guests for Lunch

Two luncheons

Two days

Six guests

We start with the centerpiece

Garden wisteria

On Monday . . . 

The lace tablecloth

Jim's grandmother's cutlery

white damask napkins in silver rings

Spode Blue Room plates

On Tuesday . . . 

Lace tablecloth

white damask napkins in silver rings 

(different napkins than Mondays)

Spode Blue Room Plates

(different plates because Mondays were still in the dishwasher!)

Jim's grandmother's cutlery

(the same ones I used Monday because those got washed by hand)

Monday's Menu . . . 

A salad trio --

Fresh fruit salad with maple nutmeg cinnamon syrup

Christmas Broccoli Salad

(Also known at Linderhof as "Plan B" salad and the "B" isn't for broccoli)

Oven Chicken Salad

(the one my Mom always served when "the ladies" came to her house for lunch)

Served with corn madeleines

Strawberry fool for dessert

And if you haven't had a fool, you should!

It's a great light dessert

And what isn't there to like about fresh local strawberries and whipped cream

(With a little bourbon thrown in!)

Tuesday's Menu . . .

The last of the strawberries in a strawberry salad

with onion and home candied pecans

and homemade poppy seed dressing

Sarah's Chicken

(which is what we call it -- every single time I see the recipe, it's got a different name -- but to us it's Sarah's Chicken because it's Daughter Sarah's favorite chicken dish)

Rhubarb meringue pie

I was going to do the fool again because it was so good . . . 

But when I went to get the needed orange for the fool recipe there was

fresh local rhubarb in the store . . . 

I love rhubarb but had never made a meringue pie with it --

it was good!

And on Friday . . . 

I have another and bigger group of ladies coming for lunch

It's one of those old fashioned

"Salad Luncheons"

where everyone brings a salad

(and I'll provide also bread, drink and dessert)

It's certainly been a company week at Linderhof!


I'm sharing with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch and Foodie Friday at Rattlebridge Farm