What's the deal with these holiday platter plates??? Val does not need to overdo the feasting during the holiday season. It's hard enough with a regular size plate. But these PLATTER size paper plates will be her downfall.
At the Christmas Eve festivities at the home of my sister the ex-mayor's wife, I was subjected to the dreaded PLATTER PLATE! I'm not saying I wished for a small "dessert" type plate. Just a plate of normal size. But who am I to NOT completely fill a platter plate? It would be rude, don't you think, to only put a couple baby tomatoes or a single piglet in a blanket on one of those platters! So Val made sure to use all the space available. It was the polite thing to do!
Far be it from Val to be impolite! Let's start at the upper left, the 10:00 o'clock position. I have two pizza snacks. They are made on mini rye bread. A combination of sausage, cheese, and Worcestershire Sauce. I don't know the recipe. It's something Sis learned in middle school Home Ec (before they started calling it FACS-Family And Consumer Sciences). They are delicious! She gave me some to bring home. They are chilling in FRIG II's freezer.
Next we have some broccoli florets, and cauliflower, to go with the Hidden Valley Ranch dip. Then a meatball. Hand-formed by Sis, and flavored with something I suppose is teriyaki sauce. Delicious. Then a baby tomato for the dip. And something I no longer recognize, though I think maybe it was a cheesy potato. After that are two wontons filled with a sausage/cheese mixture. Sis also had a taco version, which I resisted. In the middle is a piglet in a blanket. And a couple mini sausages and cheese cubes.
We all had a good time at this yearly soiree. I did not win any games. No prizes. I'm just thankful I could make it from the car, across the yard, and up the steps into the house.
I gotta say, I don't regret my full platter plate.
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