CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats, Dairy		Polkadot, Lisa, Menu, Holidays	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Lemon lime soda
		Maraschino cherries
		Warm dinner rolls
		Seedless green grapes
		"Chicken in Pastry #2"
		Salad-in-a-bag
		Croutons
		"Raspberry Dressing"
		Minute rice
		"Three Berry Sauce"
		Vanilla ice cream
		Chocolate cake
		Chocolate icing
		Candles
		Vanilla icing
		Various hot drinks

INSTRUCTIONS

COCTAILS
FIRST COURSE
MAIN COURSE
DESSERT
Neil's 30th Birthday - a romantic dinner for two, with dessert for possibly
more, if visitors drop by.
Have dinner on the back porch. Use the Waterford and the Lenox.  Have
colorful summer flowers & tall candlesticks.  Use a pale green tablecloth &
decorate with white Christmas lights.  Dinner should be late, so that the
candlelight & Christmas lights have an effect.
For Coctails: Serve soda with a maraschino cherry & some cherry juice.
For the First Course: Warm the dinner rolls in the oven for a few minutes &
serve in a bread basket. Serve the washed grapes on a nice plate in the
center of the table.
For the Main Course: Serve the chicken, rice, & salad all on the same
plate, so that the salad dressing can dribble over onto the chicken. It's
good that way.
For Dessert: Presumably there will be more people at this point, so serve
dessert buffet-style. Depending on how many people there are, the good
china may not be a good idea... Have a kettle of hot water, and then a
variety of coffee, tea bags, & hot chocolate.  Serve the ice cream with
three berry sauce dribbled on top.  The cake should be a regular cake-mix,
cooked in a heart-shaped pan & frosted with regular chocolate frosting. Use
vanilla & pink & purple food coloring to write a happy birthday message.
Source: Lisa Clarke
From: Lisa Date: 08-19-96 (18:14) The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste
of home. 1-973-822-3627
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #712 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
97

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