I'm having a cocktail party for about 75 people and I need a little menu validation.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions.

1. Antipasta platter
marinated mushrooms
fresh mozzarella cheese
prosciutto ( if I can get it, smithfield ham if I can't )
provolone cheese
pepperoncini
hard salami
marinated artichoke hearts
olives
2. shrimp and scallops wrapped in bacon
3. chicken salad in puff pastry shells
4. marinated sliced beef with yeast rolls. Served with spicey mustard and horseradish sauce
5. parmesan crisps
6. mushroom croustades
7. cherry tomatoes marinated in vodka
8. Garlic cheese fondue ( this is as close as I want to get to a vegi platter )
broccoli florets
cauliflower florets
sliced hot sausage
9. hot crab dip in filo shells
10. cheesecake petite fors
11. chocolate covered strawberries

WOW JC!!!

The only thing I see missing is a roast pig on a spit!!! LOL

Girl, when you throw a party, you THROW party. I sweat bullets if I'm cooking for eight!

The menu looks great, especially the artichoke thingy, and the crab thingy. YU MM Y.

MM

JC...where's the pretzels and beer???

75 people and no invite for your old pal BQ? What am I, calamari fritti?

make the hard salami --> soprasetta

make the olives --> unpitted kalamata and unpitted collosal greek (green) olives (unpitted are tastier and more importantly it's fun to watch people trying to figure out what to do with the pits)

I don't know JC. Something's missing.

 

>>where's the pretzels and beer???<<

Make mine a hotdog and a coke .... better make that coke a double.

Diet coke for me and a can of black olives unpitted will do LOL

***especially the artichoke thingy, and the crab thingy***
I'm a FIRM believer in having many tasty thingies at my parties.

***JC...where's the pretzels and beer???***
Sorry, you'll have to settle for parmeson crisps and wine. Very yummy.

***no invite for your old pal BQ***
There is ABOSOLUTLEY a standing invitation for you and your quest.

RW,
You know I love chocolate and potatoe chips ... but even I think chocolate covered chips is a little much.

hmmphf.

And this coming from someone who puts perfectly good fresh cherry tomatoes into fermented potato marinade.

Is Tex coming JC?

Do a nice Spam pyramid--75 cans--spectacular presentation.

 

***Do a nice Spam pyramid***

Maybe I could do a nice creme of mushroom soup dip for that spam.

...do sour cream and French Onion Soup Mix.

Then WR could dip her chips in that.

I have long suspected that JC is actually the editor of Southern Living.



Chris.

I'm not dippin my chocolate chips in sour cream and French onion soup mix!!

Anyhoo, they ain't my chips. Thems is JC's chips....a wonderful addition to her list of yummy thingies.

 

Idea:

Grill the artichoke hearts with a little Canola oil until they have some black marks. Serve cold.  People love em.

Will you use crimini, ****take, and button mushrooms for the marinated shrooms?

Spinach and artichoke dip in a hollowed out sourdough round?

Shrimp satay grilled and served with lemon aioli?

Chicken satay?

 

Hi,
An easy little different canape is curried chicken salad put on cucumber wedge...sort of triangle... tastes so good
can be made ahead...

I do a cheese quiche in the small cupcake pan...

swedish meatballs...can be made ahead and reheated

I look for the easy do ahead....


pat

I love all the SERIOUS advice you're getting... LOL

So, um, when IS this party?

Okay, one piece of serious input. If you can find it, try getting some Portugese Chourico. You can use that in place of the hard salami. It's VERY spicy and flavorful. If you don't want something that spicy, try Portugese Linguisa.Either one is MUCH better than a plain old hard salami.

And either is REALLY good on pizza or in an omelette!

Cory

Sight and Vision are two different things.

When is the party??? Darn it, did I missed it again?

"artichoke" - why is it such a special item? I never got use to the taste.

BTW, serve lots of white wine with the cheese fondu, JC.

Gina

JC...

Anything missing???? Only, it would appear, additional invitations for the folks here. I mean, once you get to 75, what's a few more????

Enjoy.

Bon appetite.

Len

I'm sure that JC would have something more along these lines with her SPAM cans.

You guys are making me hungry and Im on Day #13 of Atkins!


Plus im laughing so hard cause i cannot believe S H I T ake mushrooms got bleeped!!!!

>>S H I T ake mushrooms got bleeped<<

wadn't that cute?

***I love all the SERIOUS advice you're getting***
Spam & chocolate covered chips, its better than I could ever have hoped for.

***serve lots of white wine with the cheese fondu***
White wine my foot. With 75 people I'm going to need something a little stronger than white wine.

***Portugese Chourico, Portugese Linguisa***
I can't get them here. The only time I get good linguisa is when someone I know goes to New York.

Can't even tell you what that is so i guess we don't have any here.

Wow i suppose people get all doll'd up for this event too. Im used to going to parties in a pair of jeans and a tshirt or sweatshirt.

JC, you said, "I can't get them here. The only time I get good linguisa is when someone I know goes to New York."

Let me know when you need some. I can freeze it, then overnight it to you...

Personally, I'd go with the Chourica. It has a GREAT flavor. I add it to traditional meat tortellini soup for added spice.

Cory

Sight and Vision are two different things.

JC,

They ship sausages these days.

http://www.amarals.com/history.htm

Sorry but I want to read the package before I buy sausage.
No lips and a$$holes for me.

>>Sorry but I want to read the package before I buy sausage<<

If I only had a nickel for every time I've heard that ...

>>No lips and a$$holes for me.<<

Parts is parts.

Chris.

What if the sausage is made by an a**hole is that acceptable? LOL