Three Kings Party

Logistics

• Have everyone eat in the same room if possible
• Soft music is nice
• Karaoke is fun
• Remove dining room table for better movement
• Encourage people to come through front door
• Give 45 minutes for drinks and appetizers

Food

Deserts

• Red Velvet Cake - Todd
  Use recipe from Martha Stewart, double the frosting recipe

Roast

• Buy boneless next time, age at least 3 days
• Cooking time approximately 6 hours
• 1 whole rib eye will feed 25 people

Sides

• A 1/2 pound vegetables per person _total_ is enough
• Mashed potatoes
  • Keep warm in crockpot
• Brussel Sprouts
  • Cutting in half is nice but not necessary
  • coat with EVOO, balsamic vinegar, and kosher salt
  • broil for 25 minutes
  • reserve balsamic/oil to dress
• Mac & Cheese is great with cream instead of milk
• Skip the mushroom gravy
• Horseradish sauce: 2 parts sour cream, 1 part horseradish, salt to taste

Drinks

• Water pitcher
• Sweet Tea-1 gallon ready (cold) with concentrate for back up
• Pitcher of a special cocktail TBD
• Beer (6 pack at most not usually consumed)
• Sodas- cokes, ginger ale
• Wine
  • Red Merlot (Woodbridge) - Mondavi wine
  • White- Chardonnay
• Ice
  • 20# for beer 7 sodas
  • 20# for drinks

Appetizers

• Veggies are nice
• Dip:sour cream, black pepper, garlic salt, dried chives

Other

• Condiments - some for every table