Over a week ago Tiki finished his history book, Story of the World Vol. 1. At the end of the book it suggests having a Roman Feast. Tiki took to this idea rapidly, perhaps because it meant a lot of food.
He sat down and came up with a menu plan and I helped him choose the meat dish. First we looked online for an ancient Roman recipe. What we found didn't look to appealing, mainly because they cooked with wine and I don't own any, it required pine nuts of which I'm not fond, or it required some type of fish I'm not going to find at the local grocery store. Finally I found a Roman cookbook at the library and chose a recipe that would have been plausible for the ancient Romans to make.
Tiki made a three bean salad, (it was supposed to be four but I despise garbanzo beans even more than pine nuts,) and while he was busy tossing the beans in their vinegar and oil Cheeko commented that he looked like he was on Iron Chef America. After laughing we corrected him and said it was Iron Chef Rome. Tiki also made a no-bake cheesecake. (Not the box kind, a home made one.)
Blue made the meat dish. It was chicken marinated in lemon juice, garlic, and rosemary, with strips of bacon on top. After marinating, Blue bbq'ed them. She's become quite the little bbq'er! The chicken was divine and it was unanimously decided to keep the recipe.
Tiki invited his grandparents to the feast. He greeted them at the door wearing a toga. Neeto wore a t-shirt she had made that said,:
I fought at the battle of Actium
XXXI
Roman Veteran
She also played The Emperor's Theme on the her keyboard and read a paper she wrote about Cleopatra.
We pulled out our couch, which is a futon, so that the children could eat reclining. The adults sat at the table and ate while sitting upright due to a fear of getting heartburn. Grapes, grape juice and Italian bread topped off our meal. We stuffed ourselves.
All in all it was a pretty nice evening. |
May. 14, 2007
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A Fine Feast!
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