New Years Party

This new years was especially exciting and fun. I threw a going away party for my inlaws and new years eve party at the same time. Bella wore her new jean jacket, and all went very well. I did have to work, but once I got home, I started the many appetizers on the menu: veggies, crab dip, crab stuffed mushrooms, mini-quiches, shrimp and grits in a pretty glass. For the sit down dinner, my friend Donna made a beautiful salad and I made Red Lobster biscuits (see recipe),

2 cups self-rising flour
8 tablespoons Butter Flavor Crisco
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Preheat oven to 450*.
Mix garlic salt, dry mustard and cayenne into flour. Cut in Crisco, until mixture resembles cornmeal. Fold in cheese. Add milk and mix gently. Drop by heaping tablespoonsful onto buttered cookie sheet. Brush tops with melted butter. 12-14 minMakes about 15

For a main dish, linguini and clam sauce with shrimp, and we ate dessert much later, Sharon made her famous mud sauce over ice cream. We played games including Scene it, Taboo, and cards. It was a very nice evening, and it made work the next day bearable. So now my inlaws are off to Florida until April.