Meal Planning

Food & Drink

This article got me thinking:

Two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler is taking the opportunity to plan a Texas-style menu for this year’s Masters Tournament dinner, according to reports.  Scheffler has the honor of arranging the menu for the “Masters Club” dinner, which was first held in 1952 in honor of golf legend Ben Hogan.

The tradition has carried over to today, when the current Green Jacket winner is given the task of planning next year’s dinner.

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to set your menu for such an event. Assume that you’d have excellent chefs (like they have at Augusta National) who could create pretty much anything you specified.  You should have four courses:   a soup and/or starter, antipasto/fish, main course and dessert.

Mine is below the fold, to give you an idea.

1. Soup (choice of)::  New England Clam Chowder (as served at The Mooring Restaurant in Newport R.I.)

OR:

Minestrone (as served at Riccardo Trattoria in Chicago)

2. Fish:  Chilled Cape Rock Lobster (bite-sized chunks) served with melted Irish butter and crusty French baguette slices

 

3. Main (choice):  Texas BBQ Brisket and Pulled Pork (as served at Hard Eight)

 
…with the usual sides of cole slaw etc.

OR:

Mixed Grill (South African style)


…sometimes with a pork- or lamb chop added, in case there’s not enough meat on the plate — but noooo! chicken (never chicken) because it’s a red meat dish

4. Dessert:  Fruit Zabaglione


…also called “the sexiest dessert ever”.  I’ve had a different one (a lot more complicated to make, recipe / prep on request), but it’s hard to argue with it as a finisher.

Have fun with yours…

Update:  after reading y’all’s suggestions, here is a pic of my mouth:

12 comments

  1. 1. Tex-Mex vegetable soup.
    2. Grouper slab, 8 oz, nothing fancy – just budda.
    3. Porterhouse steak, 24oz.
    4. Tiramiso w/ Vanilla ice cream.

  2. 1) New England Clam Chowder, appetizers raw oysters, mixed green salad
    2) Lobster bake/clam bake New England style
    3) aged Porter House steak or Strip Steak with creamed corn from J Gilbert’s, variety of potatoes
    4) Dessert my mother in law’s Apple pie and/or blueberry pie

    1. I have to agree with JQ with the following comments.
      I agree with Kim about the Clam Chowder from the Moorings. We have dinner there every year at the Boat Show in September. But I would add Popovers ( Jordon Pond recipe ) Served Hot and Fresh. Butter and Strawberry Preserves.
      Getting new England Lobsters ( 1 3/4 to 2 lbs each) to Augusta for the Masters in April is a problem. I recommend Beals Lobster Pier in SW Harbor for the Task. https://bealslobster.com They open for Pier operations April 1st. otherwise https://bostonlobstercompany.com
      and corn on the Cobb Steamed still Un shucked is Traditional along with baked ( Maine – not Idaho ) )Potato.

  8. Elk Tenderloin grilled rare with soy/ginger/wasabi dipping sauce
    Terrine of barred owl
    Fillet of Wolf
    Napoleon Brandy and Cigars for dessert

    Go as anti liberal as possible.

  9. No soup for me!

    Starter: Mejillón de Galicia mussels in white wine, fresh herbs and butter with fresh bread,

    Fish: Diver Scallops (2) Newburg with saffron pasta pearls and grilled artichoke hearts, more bread,

    Main: Elk tenderloin medallions with Montana Huckleberry Sauce, roasted Maris Piper potatoes with Marrow Herb Butter and King Trumpet Mushrooms.

    Dessert: Bananas Foster with Vanilla Rum Sauce, topped with chopped candied pecans.

    Gentlemen will have cigars and Terrassous Rivesaltes Vin Doux Naturel 18 Year Old in the study. Sazerac Cocktails for the ladies in the drawing room.

  11. Starter = BBQ Shotgun Shells and Bourbon, maybe some fried cheese
    Antipasto = Bacon wrapped jalapeno shrimp (smoked) with crab-stuffed fried jalapenos, with cold beer
    Main Course = Smoke Brisket (Blacks, in Lockhart), Prasek’s smoked sausage, potato salad (my wife’s recipe), baked beans (again, my wife), cheapest dollar store white bread and/or cornbread, pickles and sliced raw onions on the side, more cold beer and ice tea for the ladies
    Desert = apple pie, pecan pie, cherry pie, bourbon, maybe some bread pudding too

    It’s like most of you guys have never been to Texas. Jeez. What part of Texas themed did y’all miss?

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