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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I made Thai food recently to celebrate my son-in-law's promotion. 12 people. We also had one vegan, one dairy-free, one sesame allergy and one nut-allergy person.

Appetizers - 
- Fish cake - Tod Mun Pla,
- Triple mushroom salad
- Creamy coconut soup - Tom kha kai

Mains -
- Chicken, potatoes, veggis, corn, and shallots in green curry  
- Pumpkin and eggplant in panang curry
- Whole fried fish in tamarind sauce

served with rice and assorted dips/sauces

Dessert was homemade mango ice cream.[/quote]

Great job, Indian home cook who spells veggies weird.  I recognize you and admire your cooking skills![/quote]

:lol: Thank you! Yes, this is one of the forums where I have posted for many years. :).

I do have very formulaic menus.  I rarely try out new dishes nowadays.   Over the years, I have maintained an exhaustive spreadsheet of all of my parties, including menus.  So, I have learned to avoid the many items that have bombed. I am sure I have posted similar Thai menus before (minus the fish)?  My SIL loves my fried fish and it is a bit performative to serve it - so I made it especially for him.

Cooking skills developed in my 20s, when we were too poor to afford restaurants and had to rely on recipe books to recreate restaurant quality meals.  Anyone buys recipe books nowadays? 
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