My Mama's Brunch Recipe ..or simply Great to Feed a Crowd

4 slices bacon (cut in pieces)
1/2 lb. dried beef (cut in pieces)
1-2 cans sliced mushrooms
16 eggs , scramble
1/4 t. salt
1 c. evaporated milk
1/4 c. butter
White Sauce:
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. flour
1 qt. milk white pepper

Cook bacon until done, but soft. Remove bacon and add beef, mushrooms, and fry a little. Make white sauce and add bacon, beef, and mushroom mixture. Scramble eggs. Grease a large casserole. Layer mixtures starting with sauce and end with sauce. (It comes out 3 layers sauce and 2 layers eggs). Cook one hour at 275 degrees Serves 12 as a main course or 20 for brunch, when there are several other dishes.

* For brunch I love to serve it with cinnamon rolls and a salad with avocado and grapefruit with poppyseed dressing. Can be made the day before and refrigerated. Is great for a big family breakfast!

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OR Aunt Mary, Uncle Bill, and Cousin Laura Lou?

True Blood Dinner Party or Holiday? Could be either....use treasures from your attic , red roses on their last leg from the grocery store ( for that lush decadent look) , and your silver for an extra bit of posh. Clean , crisp, and lush ~
P.S. ALWAYS use lots and lots of candles...there are never too many.
Mix heights . Use candelabras, candle sticks, and votives.

RED VELVET CUPCAKES

This goes in my Holiday Survival Kit ~
Love to have handy in my home 24/7 for unexpected guests!
Delicious with Cream Cheese Icing ...homemade if possible.

1 stick unsalted butter (softened)
1 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 oz red food coloring
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon baking soda

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare the muffin pans with shortening or non-stick spray. Bake without paper cups.

Cream together the butter and sugar until well blended and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time and blend well. make a paste with the food coloring and cocoa. Add the paste to the butter mixture and blend thoroughly.

Add the salt and butter to the mixture.

Add the flour, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda in that order, mixing after each addition.

Pour the batter into the pans, filling at least halfway. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until it comes out toothpick clean.

Remove and turn out the cakes onto a wire rack to cool.
Serves 24

Beautiful spruce picked out ~ Alex in attic ~ bringing boxes of Christmas tradition down ~an elegant velvet stocking made by my grandmother McKenzie for her youngest granddaughter ~ ornaments from both my grandparents houses and my parents, and precious ones made by my children in kindergarten....red felt stockings lovingly made for my children by my mother. Such memories each time I open a box. Here's the charming Christmas china ! Now I just need 3 little nieces to come by for hot chocolate and cookies ....time to decorate the tree with Auntie..

Create a Chic Shot Bar

* Chic shot bars are sizzling hot in Paris! Place shot glasses in a large glass
container filled with crushed ice. Serve vodka or tequila. Have plenty
of lemons, limes, sugar, and salt on hand. Warning: Will be very
popular! My favorite French CD’s: Hotel Costes #6 by Stephane
Pompougnac and Hotel St. Tropez.

Easy Entertaining at Home

*Entertain at home and recreate your favorite restaurant. Want Italian? Begin the evening with lowlighting, a tray of Bellinis, a sumptuous platter of antipasto, a little Frank Sinatra if you wish, heavy white dinner napkins, white plates, and a starched white tablecloth. How about decorating the dinner table with lots of fragrant fresh basil intermingling with lemons and lots of votive candles . . . and the most fabulouso . . .takeout delivered from your fave trattoria.

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Fun Holiday Party Tips

*Have fun unexpected activities . . . a purse psychic, a mendhi artist, roller skating waitstaff, or rent an old fashioned photo booth . . . everyone loves instant pictures with their friends! Want to do something REALLY special? Have a kissing booth for the birthday recipient and capture pics of each guest kissing them! They will adore it and everyone will loosen up!