Please Help With A Cocktail Party, Again, Please? - Page 2

Have a mix. East coast likes Italian stuff. agree wih hubby no raw fish midwesterners its a .no no . Tempura type veges and things like that OK . Mini egg rolls and springrolls  ok fried home made assorted filling wontons Ok. .

Do seared poke.  You can decide how "blue" you want it in the center.  I serve it all the time here in the Midwest and it disappears in no time. For a group, you can cut it in larger chunks and put out toothpicks to make it easier to eat.  I usually serve it on a bed of shredded daikon, garnish it with fresh cilantro, and use forks and small plates.  You can prep everything in advance and simply hold it in the fridge until you want to serve it.  Blast it in the wok for a minute or two, garnish and serve.  Looks pretty festive.

It might be a bit more involved that you'd want to take on for a quick get together but for those who may not like traditional Poke (sacrilege!) I do a roasted beet Poke. It even resembles Tuna when the beets are slow roasted and perhaps that might work for you.

Dave

'taste of aloha'....i bought that book on maui years ago.....fond memories of your islands come back whenever i open it...

joey

""COME AROUND THE WORLD WITH US"""  may be good title and yours is good too.

if you are going to put in chaffer put a bit of chicken stock under them to keep them moist.And leave chaffer top open a crack. If you hold in oven, not over 200 and again put chicken stock in pan and a damp towel  or napkin over them.. This will keep them from drying up.  Sounds nice save me a Mai tai. Don't forget to soak skewars in water day before ,if you want to get original add some rum and pineapple juice to the water it flavors skewars which flavors chicken.

Wow, sounds like an expensive party kgirl!!  Can I come?  A nice addition would be a sweet rotisserie grilled pineapple.

hey k girl,

 i gotta scoot but wanted to quickly answer your chicken skewer question...yes,of course you can hold them, just not for too long if the chicken you use is breast meat. you might want to consider using thigh meat...it lasts plenty long,has more moisture and better flavor(imo)....you don't have to undercook them either...throw a slosh or two of something on them before you bring them to the table to perk them up if need be...coconut rum maybe?  sounds like quite the fete....what, no spam? the horror of it all!!! if you need or want it, i have a really nice recipe for key lime pavlovas that might fit in nicely....easy breezy recipe too. let me know if i can help....enjoy your day....it's so much fun to plan a party isn't it?...ciao for now

joey

kgirl, you could also try sugar cane skewers...very tropical.....rosemary sprigs are nice as well....remember the recipe i gave you awhile back?...the green sauce...have you made it yet?...make it, i PROMISE you that you will use it to go along with one of your dishes.....i don't have a tried and true recipe for mai tais, cuz i don't drink them, but i  do have a [KILLER}  recipe for a "pain killer"...it has a long history in the islands...many a man(and woman) has been lead wayward with a few of these...just kidding...they are really fun for a party though...let me know, i'll be glad to share......hmmmm...spam cupcakes...woohoo!

joey

tried sending this twice before...everytime i resend it gets shorter!...

yes, mornings are nice kgirl...quiet....

this morning however was not....got a 7 am call that the food delivery was being made...my first mouthful of coffee had soap in in, the main freezer compressor went off or down or something not bueno last night, my all around disher/prepper and kitchen patsy cut off his finger to the knuckle, had a skin graft and will be MIA for some time to come...oh, and we open in two days...besides that i'm living large...living the dream....

sugar cane skewers  i have are Melissa's brand...try fry's or safeway...in the produce section....don't stress the green sauce...mine has morphed so many times...do it once as i wrote it, then tweak it to your liking(spicier, milder etc.)...do hope you like it though..it truly is one of my favorite things and it's part of our tuna dish on the menu...oh maybe ling ling's has the skewers...they probably have banana leaves(frozen)...maybe wonnies too...well gotta go....something about something not good...ciao for now

joey

That's a lot of work!!!  Anything skewered looks easy but it's a ton of work, from cutting all the ingredients and then threading them!  It looks fantastic though.

Next time you need someone to grill for you in the middle of the day please hand your hubby an apron.  He seems to do nothing but complain, so put him to work hehe.

Any wood will burn, sometimes a good solution is to have the naked part of the stick off the edge of the grill so it doesn't come into contact with the heat. 

After skewering the meat, stand skewers up in this with the ends sitting in a water pan underneath until ready to grill. Also tell Mister K, cut bagels not fingers!!! LOL 

Aluminum foil wrapping the skewer ends also another option, but PITA!

Hey Local girl, I leave for a few weeks, when I left you be no body, now I come back and you are head Honcho. I tell them I'm from Hawaii they say ok we make you SPAM CANNER, was up.....ChefBillyB

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Originally Posted by kaneohegirlinaz 

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and as for Mister K~girl, OH NO!!!  

I let him make his own breakfast, years back, a simple toasted bagel and jam,

I mean what could go wrong, right? OH NO!!!  

He comes running in, his eyes as big as saucers, no dinner plates... can you guess? 

holding a dish towel around his hand... he had the taken the bagel in his hand, got my VERY sharp chefs knife and ...

well I won't get graphic ... we went immediately to the ER

 ... hims no cook no more!!! 

Ah so his plan worked then!  No worries, my husband doesn't know how to do too much around the kitchen either but I've trained him to clean up real good.  As long as he's willing to clean up I don't mind doing the cooking.  It would be nice to come home to a nice hot meal a couple of times a month though, there's nothing better than having someone cook a meal for you, isn't it?  A few times the poor guy has tried but for some reason he always ends up making something with curry and bitter melon in it, and there's pretty much nothing I dislike more than curry lol.  Figured he'd know that by now.

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Originally Posted by kaneohegirlinaz 

and as for Mister K~girl, OH NO!!!  

I let him make his own breakfast, years back, a simple toasted bagel and jam,

I mean what could go wrong, right? OH NO!!!  

He comes running in, his eyes as big as saucers, no dinner plates... can you guess? 

holding a dish towel around his hand... he had the taken the bagel in his hand, got my VERY sharp chefs knife and ...

well I won't get graphic ... we went immediately to the ER

 ... hims no cook no more!!! 

a looonng time ago while i was away on a trip my DH phoned to ask how long it took to toast a bagel in the microwave.. i asked how long he had tried to 'toast' it?  10 minutes he replied.   when i could finally manage to pick myself up off the floor and speak without choking or laughing i gave him the skinny.....you can't.  now he just sticks to putting cereal in a bowl...... sometimes it just makes me wonder how all the 'great' chefs are men! oy!....still makes me laugh when i think of it though...

joey

Not all men are great chefs. Not all chefs are great. Not all great chefs are men. I have lived with a woman long enough to know that it is time to get off this bus before it is too late.

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Originally Posted by cheflayne 

Not all men are great chefs. Not all chefs are great. Not all great chefs are men. I have lived with a woman long enough to know that it is time to get off this bus before it is too late.

yes, yes, yes, and very much yes.....

joey