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.
The platter itself looks very decorative even without the food. We had plain white ones but once the food was on them you can't see that anyway. All your food looks delicious. I might look around for holiday themed platters for next year. Even plastic washable reuseable would be great. I would have filled a platter too, not just put a few lonely pieces in the middle. We had a pasta salad along with other things and Ana (age 3 1/2) loved it and had three helpings.
ReplyDeleteIt was a Christmas-y setting, with the tablecloth and plates and lighting. Even with summer temperatures, there was a definite Christmas vibe. I'm not a fan of pasta salad, but that's a good appetite for a little girl!
DeleteI think the platter plates are meant for the Pony! Though it appears you used yours well.
ReplyDeleteEverybody else used theirs better. There was so much that I didn't take. Like Little Smokies in BBQ sauce, and cheese dip with chips, and chicken wings. I didn't see The Pony's platter, but I'm sure it had a lot of the Smokies. No chicken wings, because The Pony doesn't like bones in the chicken!
DeleteThose plates are big, but tis the season to over-eat! And it would be rude not to fill it!
ReplyDeleteOf course! I was just being polite!
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