A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2006 Ideas For G-Mom's Superbowl Party

Hi everybody ~

I thought if we had a specific thread, we could all post our ideas for her...

Merme

Pina Colada Punch (non-alchoholic)

Ingredients:
2 cans frozen lemonade concentrate
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
8 oz bag shredded coconut

Directions:

The night before...
Put the 2 cans lemonade concentrate in a pitcher with ONE-HALF the recommended amount of water.
Add the entire bag of shredded coconut.
Allow to steep in the fridge over night.

The day of...
Strain coconut out of juice mixture.
Pour juice into punch bowl.
Add some ice.
Add 1/2 gallon of ice cream.

Serve! Yummy!

Also, if you do not have a punch bowl, or do not want to make so much all at once, you can simply pour the juice mixture into tall glasses and add single scoops of the ice cream.


Merme

Roast a suckling pig....

What the HELL is that?

...that just don't sound "right".....

...i need to google "suckling", don't I?

G-mom ~

I know a guy, one of three brothers, born and raised in ME who INSISTS you can't possibly have a Superbowl party without this...

Ingredients:
One big head of cabbage
Aluminum Foil
Toothpicks
Wedges of cut salami
Wedges of cut cheese.

Directions:
Wrap the cabbage with the aluminum foil to make a pretty ball. Skewer the wedges of salami and cheese with the toothpicks and then stick them into the ball, so it looks all porcupine spikey.

Don't ask me why these guys think this is a Superbowl "MUST", but they do. And Superbowl 1995, I did it for 'em, as odd as it seemed to me at the time!

Merme

I'd do suggestions but we always just order a pizza.....

I went to a pig roast once....as much as I love to eat bacon and ham it was sort of weird to see a whole pig cooking and knowing that you are going to eat it.....

The punch sounds really good,Merme. I bet the kids would love it. I could probably color it for the team we're cheering on

Where would i get a suckling pig and how would I cook it? I like to try new stuff and that sounds very intersting!

I like the idea of an hor-durvie holder made out of a head of cabbage. I plan on having meats and cheeses and that would look nicer than just having it on a tray

I KNOW I'll be smoking a big ole piece of Salmon...hint,hint,Cindy

By the way...thanks for starting this topic,Merme!

I'd like to have some games with door prizes too if any of ya'll can think of some

merme,

here s something that saves you work.

ask everyone to bring something and kake like a buffet out of it,may sound a bit cheap but give out plastic utensil and plates.

that s what we do at sbowl parties over here.

one year we of course did a pole(sory its promnouce pool i think,me french,hey!),but instead of one winner for thwhole game ,twoold be one per innings,don t know how it s call in ftball,i think quarts....anywho,like that more people would win,less but they d win something at least.

In my experience with Superbowl parties..the only "games" that flew were bettin' on the teams, the scores...points after the first quarter, second quarter, who will get a touchdown, etc, etc....oh Superbowl parties are so much fun..I just can't wait. Here is a recipe that gets gobbled town before I can even place it on the coffee table infront of the gang. Good luck and have fun!!

HOT CORN DIP
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 1/2 cups corn kernels (from 4 ears fresh white or yellow corn)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup finely chopped yellow onions
1/2 cup finely chopped red bell peppers
1/4 cup chopped green onions (green and white parts)
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 to 1 cup mayonnaise
4 ounces monterey jack or cheddar, shredded
4 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
Tortilla chips, for dipping

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the corn, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the kernels turn deep golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet. Add the onions and bell peppers and cook, stirring often, until the onions are wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the green onions, jalapeno, and garlic and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes, or until the vegetables are softened. Transfer to the bowl with the corn. Add the mayonnaise, 1/2 of the monterey jack and half of the cheddar, and the cayenne and mix well. Pour into an 8-inch square baking dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top. Bake until bubbly and golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve hot with the chips.

Clam Dip. I can get you the recipe if ya like.

Best dressed in all out sports attire. best painted for team color. Person who brings the most bottles of booze

A baby pig is a piglet...


Up until the time it quits nursing, it is a suckling pig. (25-30 pound)
Would feed about a dozen and would fit on a large barbeque.

At about 7-8 weeks it becomes a weiner pig.
Feed it corn for 2 weeks and put it on a spit to feed 50....


If after 9-10 weeks, you can't bear to eat Petunia you can continue to feed her until her 6 month birthday at which time, she will have bit you several times, ,stomped on you, knocked you flat in the piggypoo corner way to many times, broken down the fence and destroyed your garden 4 times, and ran away down the road (ever try to herd a pig?)
At this age, they weigh about 350# and are mean and nasty animals and you REALLY REALLY don't like them anymore
At the ripe age of 6 months they become hogs.... or more appropriately.... bacon!



GardenMom... until you have tasted a slow roasted pig, you have no idea of how gooooood pork can taste! Up here you can find people who will come to you with the equipment and roaster and do the whole chore for you in the yellow pages... not sure what you'd look under tho...

BEER!!!

Biil, when I was a kid my family lived for one full year and a bit on a working pig farm. Those animals are NOT nice creatures! Not nice at all.

But yummy enough on the plate!

Merme

I raised 3-5 (corn and milk and beer fed) a year for 12 years and people couldn't understand how I could butcher them... but by that age they are MEAN, and the older they get, the meaner they are....
I hired the butchers to do everything beyond the pigs last meal. I could't do that....

The three in the middle pix were Ham, Sausage and Bacon. The big Sow was Petunia

I could understand why an animal could be mean to a human, but I could never understand how or why they could be so MEAN to each other!

When I lived in Switzerland, they had a hog slaughter day each year, down in the village. They made it a community effort... people would drive their pigs to where it had all been set up for the slaughter and the dressing of the meat, big pots boiling, and they'd just get it done in one day, working together. It was a bit daunting to see if you were at all squeamish, but cleverly done with all the farmers helping one another over a tough task.

Merme

No way I could eat that if I knew what I was eatin'.
...and especially seeing it cooking.

Don't look then.... just wait for the aroma to overwhelm you and pig out!

I couldn't eat it either...but that's really not near as sad as how "Fois Gras" is produced! Is anyone familiar with that? What a shame!
Christina

Uhhh...is that gonna make me cry, Christina?

Up until last night, I had no idea what Fois Gras was...so I googled it. I don't even think I want to describe it on here....it's simply terrible!

OMG...I googled it.

G-mom, have you thought about doing a big crockpot of meatballs for sandwiches? With some cheese added on top of the meatballs in the buns, to make it meatball parmesean sandwiches?

Merme

We kept pigs they cost more to feed than to just buy the pork, stinky critters too. I vote hot wings and beer with corn chips.

Bill is right-I have had suckling pig and it is sooo yummy. also have had fois gras-preety tasty. How about Mexican food? Tacos-burritos etc? that is easy to make and you can leave in a crock pot and watch the game. with plenty of beer of course!

EASY BUT FESTIVE CRAB DIP

This dip you arrange to make it look like a 10 inch pizza...

INGREDIENTS:
Cream cheese
Cocktail sauce
crab bits/shredded
fancy crackers (you know the butterflies, the stars)

DIRECTIONS:
Spread a 10-inch pizza type pan with cream cheese.
Spoon the cocktail sauce over the cream cheese, leaving a narrow rim of the cream cheese exposed so it will look like "crust".
Sprinkle the cocktail sauce generously with the cooked shredded crab bits.

Fill a basket with the crackers (I'm sorry I forget the brand that makes an assortment in one box), then allow guests to dip into the "pizza".

Merme

ALTERNATE PRESENTATION FOR SPANAKOLPETES


Prepare spinach/cheese mixture as per ordinary spanakolpetes.

Grease bottom and sides of a baking dish.

Line with phyllo dough.
Spread a layer of the mixture.
Add another layer of phyllo dough.
Spread the topmost layer of the mixture.
Top with final layer of phyllo dough.
Brush with melted butter.

Bake until golden brown at 400 degrees - perhaps 15 minutes.

Allow to cool slightly.

Next, with a sharp knife, cut the casserole on the diagonal, first left-right and then right-left, so that you have many small sized diamond shapes. Scoop out of casserole and place on a serving dish. These are so yummy! and are a much easier presentation than the traditional individually wrapped spanakolpetes.

Merme

Everything is sounding soooo good Do they leave the head on? Nope don't think I could do that.

I haven't figured out if I want to have dinner dishes and munchies or just munchies. Last year I did both.

The only thing I have definately decided on is...hint,hint,Cindy....smoking a big ole piece of Salmon...

Oh yum!! What a great idea G-Mom!! Do you smoke this yourself? How do you do it? I've always wanted to buy a smoker. I know you can also do it on the barbeque with wood chips though I've never tried it...and I don't think they'll be a whole lot of barbequing going on here in Ontario in January. Our barbeque is covered and brought in the shed for the winter.
Christina

We bought an inexpensive smoker this past summer. We can smoke a turkey and a ham at the same time I've never smoked a piece of Salmon,but the grill came with some great-sounding recipes and one is for Salmon. I LOVE to smoke over Oak Wood...the taste is out of this world!

We've also got a "mega" grill with alot of cooking space on it. We use our smoker and grill year-round down here,it's rarely ever too cold to "grill out"

Good to know that the inexpensive one seems to work great. This obviously has be done outside, is that right?
I've heard apple wood chips is amazing for smoked salmon. Good luck with your party G-Mom!!
Christina

Yes they have to be used outside only. I've heard about apple wood chips,they're supposed to be awesome

Yeah...and they usually put an apple in it's mouth.
That is too sad looking...no way I could eat it.

Here's some Hor`deurves ideas from
Dixies' wedding...thought maybe you could find a hint or two there???? Hor\'deurves

Good thinking, Weezie!

And I sure wish Nana would weigh in on this topic, too, 'cause she is always cookin' for a crowd!

Merme

G-mom ~

Tonight I was thinking you could also do mini cheese cakes...

Just put a Vanilla Wafer in the bottom of those tiny foil cupcake cups.

Pour in your cheese cake mixture.

Bake.

Top with a tiny dab of strawberry jam or thawed raspberries or whatever strikes your fancy.

That would be quite yummy, fast, and look very festive on a platter -- bitesized cheesecakes!

Merme

so,
idon t remember what day is the superbowl...sorry

Signed: french frog

I buy the "No~Bake" Cheese Cake mis...
and you can buy the can of fruit toppings seperately, you can either put it in individual
muffin papers, or I get two kits and put it in the bottom of those disposable/tin w/ lid cake pans....

G-mom, you didn't say how many people altogether you are preparing for? And then how many of those are adults?

Merme

There should be 12-14 adults and 8-10 kids.

Oh wow! Sounds like Christmas all over again. Are the others bringing dishes as well?

I kinda enjoy putting out a spread myself. I simply love to cook for people Everybody likes to come over here because we have alot of space,pool table,big screen T.V,dartboard,etc. I'll be making banners,signs,etc. and decorating with balloons and streamers

I love to host as well. I always take it all on myself because no one else in my family can cook as well as I can. But I always end up all stressed out...though I suppose if it's mainly party foods...so much can be done in advance. Sounds like it's gonna' be a blast!!

Christina

G-mom, I've also been trying to think of games for your prizes, but the only ones I can think of are for teams...

We used to love to play "Pass The Orange". The teams form lines. The first person in each line places an orange under the chin. The second person has to get the orange out from under the first persons chin and get it under his/her own WITHOUT USING ANY HANDS. This is a really funny game, and the antics involved with passing the orange all the way down the line are too silly not to enjoy. The team that gets the orange to the last person first, wins.

Merme

Here's another post from the Archives...
Deep fried Jalapeno Rings by Jenn/hisgal

Hi all! I am ready for the superbowl this year! I usally bring a few things to (G)moms for the party. Hey I can use the margarita glasses she got me for Chtistmas!

Cindy- you should come down. you missed out last year.

K