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[barolo]

Here's a previous thread on the exact same topic: Food on a Stick .

[ludja]

Here are some ideas from another egullet member who was throwing a "food on a stick" party...

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Welcome to eGullet, floormee, and have fun with your get together. It will be interesting to see what you decide on making.

[Kim Shook]

A second generation egulleteer. I am so proud ! Hi, my Baby Bear!

Ok, ok, enough embarassing stuff. I think the idea of deconstructed stuff is cool. Tacos - flour tortilla rolls spread with a sour cream/shredded cheese mix with mini taco flavored meatballs inside.

Remember that all of this food is VERY labor intensive (especially the little ones), so make sure you have enough help to do it! (Sorry, more mom stuff).

Momma

[JFLinLA]

Marshmallows!

[Pam R]

Just a note that I've merged the 'food-on-a-stick' topics here. -Pam

[JanMcBaker]

Marshmallows!

How about chocolate covered marshmallows on pretzel sticks? I really go for the sweet/salty combos.......

[BekkiM]

Inspired by this thread, I'm throwing my very own "Food on a Stick" party next weekend. Rather than cook everything myself, I'm trying a new thing which is to relinquish a bit of control and have asked everyone to bring one or more "offerings" Originally I was going to make it a contest and provide stick-themed prizes (a DVD of "Stick It!", pick-up-sticks, stickers, etc.), but decided that was probably not in the spirit of "throw a low-stress party"

Here is the invitation (none of the images used were, as far as I know, copyrighted, but I'll be happy to remove the image if someone tells me otherwise):



I'm planning on making something from each category:

* Sangria on a stick (skewered fruit infused with a white sangria, served in a hollowed out watermelon)
* Bacon-wrapped, almond-stuffed dates
* BLT on a stick (grilled bread cube, bacon, lettuce, cherry tomato and roasted-garlic aioli)
* Something for dessert, probably one of the many fine ideas from this thread

I'll try to take pictures of the event itself to share--I'm hoping people will be creative in their stick food. My husband's boss says he's planning on taping popsicle sticks to Coors light cans--intellectually, if not culinarily interesting, you have to admit.

[chow guy]

I'm doing a party next week with lots of sticks, including: red seedless grapes rolled in gorgonzola and walnuts, pineapple dusted with red chile, shrimp with tequila lime cream, meat balls and grilled chicken breasts served with three dipping sauces (hot wing, barbecue and terriyaki). It's a solution to the age old, many guests, no waiters, no tables problem.

[heirloom]

you shouldve made lobster corn dogs. i make em with lobster and scallops...funny you made this thread cause today in class i made them :)

Edited by heirloom, 02 May 2007 - 10:14 PM.

[BekkiM]

you shouldve made lobster corn dogs. i make em with lobster and scallops...funny you made this thread cause today in class i made them :)

For a party where guests are threatening Coors on a popsicle stick (not to mention jello shots and actual reheated corndogs from Costco), I'm going to offer lobster???

However, any time you want to bring some of those puppies over, I'll be glad to taste test!

Edited by BekkiM, 03 May 2007 - 05:42 AM.

[emilyr]

I'm planning on making something from each category:

* Sangria on a stick (skewered fruit infused with a white sangria, served in a hollowed out watermelon)
* Bacon-wrapped, almond-stuffed dates
* BLT on a stick (grilled bread cube, bacon, lettuce, cherry tomato and roasted-garlic aioli)
* Something for dessert, probably one of the many fine ideas from this thread

I love the Sangria-on-a-Stick idea. I'm going to steal this for my best friend's graduation party next weekend! (And I'll probably do the BLT one too, just so we don't fall over from the sangria goodness).

[BekkiM]

Once again, I never managed to take any pictures of the food (I never managed to put on shoes or mascara either--it was quite a party), but the Food on a Stick concept was a roaring success. Most people brought fairly traditional stick foods: chicken satay, strawberries, popsicles, etc. But there were a few standout offerings:

* Mini cheeseburgers on a stick, complete with tiny buns (she must have raided a White Castle)
* City Chicken (someone from the Midwest is going to have to fill me in on this one, but basically it's some pork product that appears to be cooked in butter until it's fork-tender... Mmmmmm...)
* Kangaroo & wild boar kabobs
* Peanut-butter balls dipped in caramal, then dipped in chocolate
* Toll-house cookie cups with fudge filling

My BLTs were very well received and looked good too. The bacon-wrapped dates became bacon-wrapped dried apricots that had been stuffed with an almond and some goat cheese. I didn't get any of those because they were snapped up as soon as they came out of the oven.

My big failure was the sangria on a stick. It was too drippy and the fruit was too soft. I'm not sure what I would do next time to make it more appealing, but I ended up throwing most of it away the next morning (at which point I could barely face the smell of the brandy).

All-in-all, I highly recommend it as a party theme. Most everyone got into the spirit of the thing and had a good time coming up with ideas. Other than my sangria idea, there were no drinks on sticks, which I was a little disappointed about, but since a friend brought 100 jello shots, we really didn't need any more alcoholic beverages, so that was probably for the best.