A Dinner Party for the Ages and Ageless!

- cokes and cola

- cheese head string cheese, cr. cheese, Parmesean Cheese

- Quaker Quakes and oatmeal bread

- bread, oatmeal bread and mini bagels

- lemon and onions

- G.F. Chicken nuggets and fish stix

- Hamburg

- pizza

- pretzels

- orange juice

There are so many way to organize and cross-reference this list.

Barb and I went food shopping about a week ago and somebody left their list in an impulse magazine rack at the check out.

 I read it, re-read it and tried my hardest to wrap my find around this list.

You can group liquids together; cola, cokes, orange juice.

There are multiple cheese products; cheese head string cheese, cr.(eam) cheese and, presumably, Parmesan Cheese.

There are two vegetables; Onions and lemons.

There are two pressed and formed food-esque items; fish stix and G.F. chicken nuggets (We can only guess what "G.F." stands for) and I'll even put Hostess Pies and Quaker Quakes into this group.

They also love their carbs; pizza, pretzels, bread, oatmeal bread.

   Or you could group things in a different manner, perhaps "Things to make a meal".

   Let's see.... what could we have for dinner tonight? We'll add some class to our dinner by making a three-course meal.

   As a something to nibble on before our dinner party kicks off, we'll have a platter of pretzels and Quaker Quakes on a beautiful Dale "The Intimidator" Earnhardt commemorative plate.

   If anybody is thirsty, feel free to offer them your diverse selection of beverages; Cokes, cola and orange juice.

   We'll start with an appetizer of 3-Cheese Alaskan Halibut Mini-Bagel Bruschetta; torn up string cheese, cream cheese and Fish Stix (the "X" marks the spot for tastiness) on mini bagels toasted to perfection with a dusting of the finest Kraft Parmesan Cheese.

   Next, we'll move on to the first course, Chicken Nugget Pizza. A delicious Market Basket deep-dish pizza with chicken nuggets artfully arrayed in the shape of the Talladega Speedway.

   For the second course, get ready for Hamburg Surprise! The surprise is ONIONS! A pound of 93% lean ground beef simmered in lemon juice , with a dash of O.J. We'll make a casserole by layering oatmeal bread, hamburg, veins of string cheese with a crumbled Hostess Pie crust. Bake for 15 minutes or until heated all the way through.

   For dessert, we have everybody's favorite, Deep-Fried Cookie Mix! Heat up that vat of partially hydrogenated soybean oil - we have to watch our Trans Fats, don't we? - and toss in cabbage-sized balls of Cookie Mix. Let them sizzle until they are a dark brown on the outside and gooey on the inside.        

* Here's a fun tip; if your guest are gamblers, make a game out of dessert. Get a fondue-pot style fry-a-lator and  put it in the center of the dinner table. See who can make the farthest, half court shot of Cookie Mix in to the fry-a-lator. Takes bets. If your friends are like mine, they're only in Gamblers Anonymous to shut up a spouse - they'll need this non-track-related betting outlet. It's not gambling if it is between friends, right? *

     I hope your dinner party is a hit. 

I bet, it will be!