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Remains of Relish Tray
For the Mad Men party, I brought a dish that met two criteria: simplicity and WASPy-ness. Hence, the relish tray.
I picked the brains of my mom and aunt, who said that some items were essential: different types of olives, little pickles, and radish roses. I added small chicken salad sandwiches (cut into triangles) on pumpernickel bread, held together with toothpicks and a green olive. I also added pimento cheese spread (which is the least Jewish or otherwise ethnic thing I can imagine) and melba toast (Betty's only source of nutrients besides pineapple during her pregnancy, apparently).
I couldn't find pickled watermelon rind, however, which my Aunt Ann says would have been the piece de resistance for the relish tray.
I got way too drunk on gin gimlets to take pictures myself, though, so I have to rely on Jadrian's photo, taken after most of the food had been devoured, for visual evidence of my contribution to the party. It looked so pretty at first, though.
Remains of Relish Tray
For the Mad Men party, I brought a dish that met two criteria: simplicity and WASPy-ness. Hence, the relish tray.
I picked the brains of my mom and aunt, who said that some items were essential: different types of olives, little pickles, and radish roses. I added small chicken salad sandwiches (cut into triangles) on pumpernickel bread, held together with toothpicks and a green olive. I also added pimento cheese spread (which is the least Jewish or otherwise ethnic thing I can imagine) and melba toast (Betty's only source of nutrients besides pineapple during her pregnancy, apparently).
I couldn't find pickled watermelon rind, however, which my Aunt Ann says would have been the piece de resistance for the relish tray.
I got way too drunk on gin gimlets to take pictures myself, though, so I have to rely on Jadrian's photo, taken after most of the food had been devoured, for visual evidence of my contribution to the party. It looked so pretty at first, though.