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Sometimes a nice dinner can be appetizers, served with champagne. This isn’t something we typically do, as champagne is a bit of an extravagance, but there was a good sale on at a local liquor store.
Can you believe French Mumm champagne was $15 off for a steal of $28 ? We contemplated putting is aside for a special occasion…….then thought….what the hell. Then I spied a Taittinger and it was in the cold case. Perfect….we didn’t have to wait for the chill down.
So, the menu consisted of tropical fruit salad of mango, papaya, kiwi fruit and pineapple.
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Toasted sesame and everything bagels from the bakery with sides of cream cheese and Vita lox
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Marinated mushrooms and artichokes.......
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Brie and Fontina cheese followed. By this course I wasn't even looking for the camera :-)
Right. It was grand and it was fun. And that is what we like about planning, cooking and consuming our meals. The fun. Now, we are cutting back a bit, both on calories and economizing....I love a sale...and you can find some mighty nice deals out there if you look.
I believe lox is on sale this week!
Man, I adore lox! It never comes on sale here - and we're the land of lox!
ReplyDeleteAppetizers and champagne sound lovely to me right now. Your choices are impeccable.
ReplyDeleteWC -Don't you hate that when a specialty from your area is never on sale. Like oysters here - expensive, and we are just a stones throw from the coast.
ReplyDeleteLox went on sale for $4 for a 5 ounce package. It's so good.
Thank you Donna! I sent you an email earlier.
Is lox what we in GB call smoked salmon? It looks like it. I ADORE fizz! And the idea of a picky dinner, lots of little bits of this and that - YUM! We're smack in the midst of the garden of England so cherries are on sales *dribble*
ReplyDeleteLate Governing Body meeting last night, so we had supermarket pizza and 'slaw ... neither as good as they could have been!
Jo - yes I believe so, smoked salmon cold is a treat, isn't it? And I love appetizer night dinners for just the reason you said...pick a bit of this and that.
ReplyDeleteSainsburys pizza? We shoped there lots when we visited years back.
I could survive on apps & champagne...at least for a little while ;)
ReplyDeleteGirlichef - c'mon over! Give me a reason, just one reason, to pop open a bottle!
ReplyDeleteNo, Tesco pizza - good though! x
ReplyDeleteTesco...really. I guess it's been so long since we'd been over there that I remembered Tesco as being in Ireland.
ReplyDeleteYou must be swamped with work now. Take some chill time!
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