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All Things Considered => General Discussion--Food Related => Topic started by: urnmor on July 08, 2022, 09:42:09 PM
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A special birthday party for a special person, George Hollendersky, a retired Secret Service agent turned 90 years old. He has protected every president since Eisenhower, headed security details assigned to watch over Pope John Paul II and Fidel Castro, and helped break up counterfeiting rings. He also spent three nights alone in a safe with the Mona Lisa. In honor of this special occasion his favorite dinner was served. An appetizer of sauté scallops was served over a bed of lettuce, watermelon and cantaloupe. The entree was fresh Norwegian wild salmon. Dessert was a Johnny Appleseed apple pie and a Charlotte Ruse. Both desserts were based on early 17 and 18 century recipes. The real name of Johnny Appleseed was John Chapman who is said to have walked across 100000 square miles and owned over 1000 acres where he planted orchards and nurseries. The pie is very different from my normal apple pie as the crust is made with only flour, butter, salt and water. Keeping in tradition of the era I hand mixed the dough. The apple filling was also quite simple consisting of apples sugar, cinnamon, salt, butter and flour. These ingredients were readily available back then. The Charlotte Ruse is credited to the 1700 French Chef, Marie-Antonie Careme. The dessert is named after the Russian czar, Alexander 1. The dessert is made with ladyfingers, Bavarian cream, blueberry preserve fresh whipped cream topped with blueberries.
The wild salmon was brushed with fresh herbs and sautéed, served over a bed of roasted potatoes and asparagus.
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Thank you for doing that. I'm sure he enjoyed it and he sure did deserve it. Well done. :clap: :clap:
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Very impressive, both person and menu preparation. Happy Birthday George!
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The meal and George are very impressive...Thank you George for your service and happy BD
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George sounds like a very special man, Happy Birthday to him! And thank you for recognizing his life and accomplishment urnmor. What a special dinner! The effort and attention to every detail shines through.
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Here's an 1986 article from the Morning Call that has more detail about George's exploits. (https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-09-10-2535026-story.html) Guy needs to write a book!
Those are some awesome eats! :lick:
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Here's an 1986 article from the Morning Call that has more detail about George's exploits. (https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-09-10-2535026-story.html) Guy needs to write a book!
Over the years George has told me some great tales. The one I enjoyed the most was when he was on night gate duty at the Kennedy estate. He was told everyone was in the Compound and not to let anyone pass. So up drives this car. George asks who is in the car and the response is Ted Kennedy. George replies if you are Ted Kennedy I am Jesus Christ. He says he really is and show ID. George checks with his supervisor and finds out that Ted Kennedy was not on the Compound. George humbly apologizes for the mistake. Ted Kennedy's response was: that is OK as I aways wanted to meet Jesus Christ.
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Here's an 1986 article from the Morning Call that has more detail about George's exploits. (https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-09-10-2535026-story.html) Guy needs to write a book!
Those are some awesome eats! :lick:
Interesting article out of our local newspaper. And to read it and find out that George and I went to the same college and he went to the same high school as my nieces and nephews.
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George sure got a great meal to go along with those 90 years!
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Very nice all the way around. Happy Birthday to him and Urnmor, as has been said many times, your food and presentations are simply outstanding.