Well, I know if you're on the thread, flatware will come up! :-)
While we're talking about it, what IS the proper setting for hurricane recovery dinners?
I think the top drawer plastic cutlery and paper plates, the nice thick ones. But you do have to have linen napkins.
The paper goods will give a festive, "we are just roughing it" atmosphere to your party but the linens say "even when roughing it, there are some depths to which we will not descend"
Candles are a requirement but if you really want to have a "wow, she is really a hurricane survivor" tone, oil lamps are better.
Simple, wholesome food will do and you laugh gently saying "I just rustled up the beef wellington before all the meat went bad". And seafood is always welcome after storms. If you have friends in from NY, hit up your neighborhood male cajun with flattery and he will give you some e'touffe and you can pretend you made it. I do that all the time.
I'm hoping to win the bid for some silverware tomorrow at the auction. I MUST HAVE it.
We just said good night to our neighbors that had been one of the cars in the Great Evacuation. We made fajitas and I managed to put together a decent black bean salad. And of course, we polished off about 3 margaritas each.
I'm going to sleep good tonight. =)
We used paper plates with my Southern Living flatware. The right flatware will make a dogbowl fit for a king. LOL.
My local news is saying that it is possible for Rita to swing around and head back to the Gulf and become a TS
What the heck is that about?