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White House Dinner Menu for Royal Visit of the Queen

May 07, 2007 18:54

I thought this might interest the community. Behind the cut is the menu for President Bush's dinner Monday for Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, as released by the office of the first lady:

Spring pea soup with fernleaf lavender

Chive pizzelle with American caviar

Newton Chardonnay Unfiltered 2004

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Dover sole almondine

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cheese, lettuce, olives, artichokes, caviar, almonds, mint, mustard, fish, lamb, sauces, chives, vegetables, peppers, lavender

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retrofire May 8 2007, 00:42:10 UTC

What are rose blossoms?

winemedineme May 8 2007, 00:52:05 UTC

Exactly what they sound like. They're usually very tiny, and they are edible.

winemedineme May 8 2007, 00:52:54 UTC

Unless it COULD be some sort of dessert... I look forward to reading more about the menu, personally.

erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? retrofire May 8 2007, 01:27:22 UTC

Rose blossom cream desert - rose petals essence desert recipe

Rose petals of course are edible - but rarely eaten raw - one way to use is to add fresh and biologically clean rose petals to cream BEFORE whipping - keep in fridge for a few hours - cover well to avoid the cream to adopt other scents from the fridge.

then separate all rose petals from the cream and whip your cream as usual. you will enjoy a very special and very exotic / erotic whipped cream., add sugar - in this case preferably white sugar as you please.

Select strictly rose petals that are grown without any use of chemicals, without any chemical fertilizer, without herbicide or pesticide. Best is you use rose petals from your own rose garden.

Collect rose petals of fresh opening rose blossoms and harvest the rose blossom in full before mid morning - best very latest 9-10AM. That is the time rose petals have the most intense rose essence content in their rose petals. Hence such a rose-cream best is served as desert for lunch or latest very early afternoon.

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Re: erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? winemedineme May 8 2007, 01:29:38 UTC

Oooh, thank you!

Re: erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? oliandy May 8 2007, 01:55:21 UTC

Sounds lovely! How many rose petals would you add to the cream? (approximately)

Re: erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? retrofire May 8 2007, 02:17:44 UTC

I don't know - I would imagine the more the better. I also found a recipe for rose butter but it doesn't strike me as a good idea.

It seems to be a British thing:
Having fallen out of favour in Victorian times, when edible flowers were enjoyed by the British upper classes for both their culinary uses as well as their medicinal qualities, they now seem to be enjoying a comeback. Flowers are cropping up in professional kitchens and even behind the bar where they're being used to make glamorous cocktails such as Rose Martinis.

Re: erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? oliandy May 8 2007, 02:21:54 UTC

Thank you!

Interesting about the rose return. I know rose blossoms are used to make jam in Russia and other places (Turkey, for example). It's quite good (very delicate and VERY sweet) and it seems to be effective in treating certain infections of the mouth.

Re: erotic whipped cream for Her Majesty? yavaniel May 8 2007, 01:55:28 UTC

OH MY! The house we just moved into has a rose bush that is turning out to be a prolific bloomer - especially so when I leave it alone. Now, can we ship the kids off to Grandma's for the weekend........

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