Elizabeth : Elizabethan Ruffs with Bloody Mary Dip
Mix Tomato paste, horseradish sauce, pureed celery, vodka, and seasonings. Serve with Ruffles potato chips.
Saving Private Ryan: Saving pastrami on Rye-an
Slice small circles of rye bread and toast. Cover with boursin cheese and top with pastrami.
Life is Beautiful: Roberto Crostini
In one pan, sauté 1 bunch stemmed spinach in 2 tbs. olive oil until tender. Remove. In another pan, sauté ¼ cup chopped
prosciutto (Italian ham - hee hee!) in 1 tbs.. olive oil and 1 tbs. garlic for 30 seconds. Add Spinach. Sauté for two minutes.
Remove and let cool. Spread on lightly toasted, sliced French bread and cover in parmesan cheese. Bake until cheese begins
to bubble.
The Thin Red Line: Guava Canal
*Winner of best appetizer* (Thankfully, the only award this film won!)
Puree guava (if you can find any!) mix with cream and cream cheese. Fill into pre-made pastry cups and top with little green
plastic army men. If you desire, turn a few men over and leave droplets of red hots for blood.
Shakespeare in Love: Monty-goo in Cap-ulettes
Fry up about ¼ cup Monterey Jack Cheese until it becomes crispy. Remove. Remove stems from Mushrooms. Add a splash
of white wine to each one. In a food processor, blend fried cheese, stems, bread crumbs, oil, white wine and garlic to make
stuffing and fill each mushroom with it. Place a small chunk of Monterey Jack Cheese on each mushroom and sprinkle with
White wine and parmesan cheese. Bake until the cheese slightly browns.
Gods and Monsters: Gods & Wontonsters
1 cooked chicken breast 1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. garlic 1 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. white pepper 1 lightly beaten egg yolk
1 tbs. soy sauce 1/8 tsp. sesame oil
Mix in food processor. Place a small amount of mixture into won ton wrapper. Fold, seal and fry in hot oil. Serve with
spicy mustard or duck sauce.
Affliction: Coburn Quiches (batter, beaten and soused)
Prepare your average Quiche mixture, but substitute vodka and sour cream for milk and add a splash of cognac. Fill into
mini pastry shells and bake until half done. Layer an egg batter on top and sprinkle with bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Finish baking.
Hillary and Jackie: Chilli-ry & Jack-y Nachos
In a small, square Pyrex dish, layer the following from the
bottom up:
Cream cheese
chili
salsa or taco sauce Microwave for 2-3 minutes until warm.
cheddar cheese Serve with Tortilla chips.
Monterey Jack Cheese
Jalapenos
Black olives
The Truman Show: 24 Hour Rice Christof Treats
1/4 cup margarine 1 pkg. regular marshmallows
5 cups Rice Crispies 1 Tbs. Amaretto
Melt together margarine, Amaretto and marshmallow over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in cereal. Press firmly in
buttered pan. Cut into squares when cool.
Honorary Award: Gene Siskle’s Creamsiskle Punch
Mix Cranberry Ginger ale, Orange drink, and Pineapple Mango juice in a punch bowl and top with Vanilla ice cream
and Orange Sherbet.
Notables
Technically, the ceremony was held on Monday: First time in history Oscars were held on Sunday. Although, despite
beginning a half hour earlier than usual, the ceremonies extend 4 hours and 7 minutes, ending at 12:37am Monday
morning. It is the longest ceremony on record.
Time to start learning Italian: Roberto Benigni wins Best Actor and becomes the third person ever to win an Oscar for
acting without speaking any English in the role. (Incidentally, the other two - Sophia Loren and Robert DeNiro - also spoke
Italian in the winning roles).
Here’s one for the Psychic Friends: Although he failed to pick it correctly, John predicts the extremely rare Best
Director/ Best Picture split. (It happens about once every 10 years... make a note of it!)
Running Gag: Tears! Between Gwyneth Paltow’s acceptance speech, Roberto Benigni and Life is Beautiful winning, and the
tribute to Gene Siskle, people were tearing up left and right.
So Oscar can take a joke, it just takes him a while to get
it: Shakespeare in Love snatches Best Picture away from Saving Private Ryan and becomes the first Comedy to win in 22
years.
Best Acceptance Speech: Roberto Benigni, whose “speech” began as soon as his name was called for Best Foreign film, by
standing on the back of his chair, then proceeding to walk to the stage on the backs of everyone else’s chairs in front of him.
His actual speech consisted mostly of joyfully shouting in broken English about diving into the ocean of beauty and making love to everyone there.
And Babe, Pig in the City wasn’t nominated, either:
Despite overwhelming odds laid by Bill O’Connor, Live Action Short, Victor, proved not to be about a farm animal after all!
Who would have thought it?
Have fun, will travel: Anne Corbin and Sean McFeeley both go out of their way to attend the festivities, sacrificing time,
sleep, and many miles on their cars. (Although Anne cleverly came in someone else’s rental car!)
And you thought Elia Kazan had problems: In a year full of twists, turns, and general unpredictability, Jami’s count
goes wild! At first a four way tie is shown, then a winner is determined after a tie breaker, then a recount is suggested and
the count is corrected again! Phew!
And the pool goes a little something like this:
Tracy: 14!!!!!!!!
John, Jami, Andrew: 13
Andy, Joley, Barbara, and Susan: 12
Caroline, Jason, JoAnne, and Rob: 11
Bill, Stacey, Gianna, Bruceand Scott: 10
Sean: 9
Lynn: 8
Shep and Craig: 6
Anne: 5
