Doing a surprise birthday/football watching party Sunday - any new faves I should try?

music-city-missy

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Our friend is turning 60 and his new wife called and asked if I would do all the food for her (seems I have become their private caterer) for 20 and we are pulling it off by saying that I want to try some new recipes out on them so I am bringing all the food - the guests will show up for the surprise after I get there with the food.

Just wondering if you have discovered any new party or tailgating foods that I should try - I'm trying to go back through the posts to see but just wondering what is your fave right now?

 
Do I ever! Michael's Salsa de Parmagiana (sp), in T&T. I've made it 3 times since T'giving, can't

say enough about it. And it is easy. After I told my 15 year old nephew that he could take the leftovers home, he walked around with the tupperware in his hand until he left so he would not forget to take it.

 
Spinach Bacon roll ups

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/4328
When I was looking for the recipe online, I came across a recipe for club crackers topped with parm cheese and then wrapped with bacon at 250º for around 2 hrs on a rack over a baking sheet.
Supposed to have been a 80's thing, where was I??? Need to try this ASAP! Love anything with bacon! LOL!
I do like the rolls though, the spinach cancels out the rest of the stuff!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/4328

 
What about the Pats vs Giants on Sat? Here are some I use ...

Ziti w Sauerkraut & Kielbasa
BBQ Kielbasa
Sausage, Pepper & Onion Grinders
Texas Lip Smackin' Chili
Sweet Chicken & Bacon Rolls

I have so many and I actually have the time to post them if you're interested.

In my family men and sausage mix during football, then we all suffer later.

 
Those sound great - he's German so I was actually wanting to do some 'German' inspired dishes

so I would love any of those but particularly the Ziti with sauerkraut and kielbasas and the sweet chicken and bacon rolls. TIA

 
That is the one dish she specifically asked for - I can't go anywhere without it....

the rest she left up to me. He likes upscale and she tries to be upscale but isn't. He does love this dip too though. So that is why I am in a real fix. He lives in the blueblood part of town and most of the guest are filthy rich and pretty upscale when it comes to their food and entertaining.

 
I made these for xmas night and really liked them.

I didn't have the char sauce, so I added the garlic chile paste to the meatballs, baked them in the oven, and glazed them with Thai sweet chile sauce, and nuked them to set the glaze. They were really tasty and would be good with ground pork, turkey or mixture of them. You could easily freeze them and just glaze them before reheating them.

Bangkok meatballs on skewers
Recipe #674827 ratings

Anyone who has been to Bangkok will have come across various meatballs being cooked out in the markets. Here is a version to do at home.
by dale!

6 skewers 1¼ hours 1 hour prep
Change to: skewers US Metric
2 tablespoons char siu sauce
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce
2/3 lb lean ground beef
1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ginger, minced
1/2 teaspoon Thai chiles, minced
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons fish sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper or green peppers
6 bamboo skewers

Put the skewers into water to soak.
This helps prevent them burning.
Combine the char sui sauce, water and chile-garlic sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
This is the glazing sauce.
Combine all the remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
The best way is to use your hands.
Roll mixture into 18 meatballs.
About a rounded tablespoon mixture each.
Thread 3 meatballs onto each skewer.
If you like you can add slices of red or green pepper between meatballs.
Plce them on a baking sheet.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Remove skewers and brush meatballs with the glaze all over.
Turn on the broiler.
Place skewers under the broiler and cook for about 2 minutes each side.
Serve.
These could also be prepared ahead up to the broiler part and then barbequed.

http://www.recipezaar.com/67482

 
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