A mildly-desperate plea for help
Dear Internet,
As JokeFest draws nigh I would like to gather ideas from the aggregate of readers hereat on the subject of Bar Nibbles.
This year's theme for JokeFest will be a very cocktail party-ish sort of thing and, as my longsuffering wife kindly pointed out, my tastes in edibles are not exactly ::cough, cough:: universally shared.
So.
Thoughts?
-J.
As JokeFest draws nigh I would like to gather ideas from the aggregate of readers hereat on the subject of Bar Nibbles.
This year's theme for JokeFest will be a very cocktail party-ish sort of thing and, as my longsuffering wife kindly pointed out, my tastes in edibles are not exactly ::cough, cough:: universally shared.
So.
Thoughts?
-J.
Comments
How about tapas? Or is that too pedestrian?
Word verification is goanex.
Sounds like maxi pads for goats.
my friend? the chef who was on Iron Chef last year once served tiny bits of smoked trout on tiny toast, things that looked like tall cylindrical bud vases with soup in them, topped with creme fraiche, and mini (small as the 'o' you make with your fingers) crab cakes...
K's mom? minces munster cheese and then mixes it with minced onion and mayo and spreads it on those mini slices of pumpernickle and then puts them under the broiler -
I don't know what it's called, we just call it cheese muck on toast.
It's your birthday; make what YOU like, sez I. When it's TFBYMfest, you can bust out the tortilla rollups and sausage balls for HER friends.
I'm also available for marriage counselling, BTW.
carpaccio with some bread/onions/capers/different sauces and tiny white bread toasts
Marinated medium shrimp w/avocado, onions, lime juice, cilantro, olive oil, tomatoes & spices (this went the most quickly)
Baked brie and baked whole garlic bulbs, served with French bread (I know, these are oldies)
Hummus with Stacy's baked pita crisps
3 beers on tap, and nice wines
Cheeses and fruits
Chocolates brought out at the end.
We have alot of vegetarian friends, hence the weird combination.
Voila!
It's your party, no?
I find that the more effort you put into party food the less of it gets eaten. The one thing that I can guarantee will run out at a party is french onion dip made from soup mix and sour cream. I make tzatziki or skordalia from scratch and end up with 90% of it left. Although I know your opinion of that dip so maybe not...
Maybe you could make some with your recipe listed a little while ago.
Puff pastry pizza scrolls are nice. Spread pizza sauce and grated cheese on puff pastry, roll it up, slice it into wheels and bake it. These are very nice with anchovies through them as well.
Oh and honey joys. Everyone loves honey joys. Made with added chopped peanuts.
Personally, the thought of having someone in a black tie carrying embossed cocktail napkins and walking around with a tray of supermarket potato chips (crisps, if you must) with a glob of dry-soup mix onion dip, is monumentally hilarious.
-J.
I think tater chips, onion dip and other pedestrian nibbles trotted around on silver serving trays by liveried help would be truly hilarious. I'd do it. But would you eat anything?!
And the latest grub I ran around a party was preprepared appetizers from Costco. Everyone here buys everything from Costco. I swear because it was recognizable, the guests devoured every last bit down to the finish on the plates.
2- BabBab: DUH.
-J.
Babel - Can I have a copy of that too?
-J.