Unfortunately all my Purim plans have had to be changed, due to my relapsing with the flu and bronchitis. Originally, I was planning to have my two sets of married kids and their respective children, my friend and her husband and daughter, plus my husband and three remaining children. We would have been 14 altogether. I was forced to cancel my plans, as my home is not user-friendly right now since there are germs all over the place, and I am still sick.
I always look forward to a huge seuda, and had I not been so out of it, would have made my planned roast with new potatoes and mushrooms, creamed chicken in puff pastry cups for an appetizer, roasted sweet turkey breast, craisin broccoli salad (if I can still find Bodek broccoli), cranberry sauce, chopped walnuts, and mandarin oranges, basmati rice with sauteed mushroom, onions, and celery, and maybe some sweet potato pie. For dessert, there is only one thing my family looks forward to, my hamantashen and chocolate chip cookies. I might throw in a chocolate cream pie, too.
So this year, we will have to get along with simpler fare. My daughter will do all the cooking, as I am coughing all over the place. I HATE this winter!!!!!