dearly departed dinner party

Ok, i'd written that we were going to have a "dinner party" of recipes from those in our families that have passed. I thought that perhaps you'd want an update on how that's going.

The "Paul's Favorite Spinach" dish was a massive failure. Oh, the recipe turned out just like i remember it from my childhood. But no one liked it. No one.

The "Sunburst Chocolate Cake" was a hit (but a bit dry).

Ama's Red Cabbage was a hit with the adults (me and Joe) but the kids didn't like it. Something about an unfamiliar vegetable..... or maybe just a vegetable. ;o(

We still have the recipe from Aunt Louise. Her "famous recipe" is Aunt Louise Waffles. While we were in Washington DC, staying at the Radisson with the breakfast bar, i tried on multiple occasions to make this for the kids. The "waffler" was in the lobby and we had ice cream in our room. The kids just had waffles with syrup or strawberry syrup. So much for passing on the Aunt Louise Waffle tradition. Alessandra thought that the syrup was more "healthy". I think that full sugar syrup and butter or ice cream-- it's about a draw.....

Tonight we're having Buddha's Delight, a Chinese dish that looked good to me. Alessandra says that she wants to make it and eat it. We shall see. She's not traditionally the "adventurous eater" (and that's putting it mildly...) but i keep thinking that eventually she'll outgrow it...

Maybe we need to start making new family tradition recipes. We'll start with Buddha's Delight. If it doesn't work out, there is always Mary Teriyaki (from Mary Steinmann Pathe)-- though she's not a dearly departed.... :-[