I am having our British club party at my home, a sit down meal for about 30, luckily I don't have to make all the food, but I will need something for the table centers and I seem to remember doing a snowy scene years ago using soap powder for the snow. Does anyone remember doing that, and if so, what do you mix the powder with to make it go hard? Failing that I could use royal icing. I had an idea of putting 3" white pillar candles in my dessert glasses which are on stems, with the red and white mints down inside the straight side of the glass. Bought the candles, got home and found they only just fit in the glasses so there is no room for the mints. Darn, so now I am thinking of making a snowy base on a glass plate and setting the candle in the middle. Whilst at the dollar store I saw marshmallow snowmen and thought I could stand a few around each candle in the snow. I probably will have 4 or more tables in the family room and dining room to seat everyone, so I need some inexpensive ideas.
The other thing is Thanksgiving. I am hosting that this year but decided to save some work by ordering the turkey, potatoes, gravy and stuffing from the local supermarket, ready cooked, probably as cheap as buying it and having the oven on most of the day. It will need reheating for about 1 1/5 hours. Does anyone know any way of tarting up the bird so it looks more homemade, i.e. is there something I can brush, or put on it for the reheating time. I will have to do the veg, bread rolls and desserts. This time there will only be 6 of us. As the chat list is so quiet I expect lots of ideas. :-) Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
