Hungry Like The Wolf

[gingerly]

he's just a likkle wulf and he's hungy..

[mongo_jones]

i have nothing constructive to add, but i am confused about this "hungy like the wolf "business. is this to be sex-party of some kind?

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was a hot, hot, hot Duran Duran song/video. A party tune for many '80's folks. Hmmmm, I wonder how many children were conceived to it?!

LOTS!

yes, but "hungy like the wolf" sounds like a porn remake

[Chef Shogun]

All these Embedded Song Titles are starting to give me a Freakin' Migraine(1). If this keeps up, I'll end up doing Terrible, Terrible Things which will most likely see me Wanted Dead Or Alive(2). Looking forward to finding Humorous Or Ironic 80's Themed Titles for the menu items, though!

-- C.S.

Killed The Radio Star

(1) Your initial post is still one for the ages, Mktye

(2) Nick Rocks, anyone? Anyone??

Edited August 8, 2004 by Chef Shogun (log)

[stovetop]

QUOTE (hjshorter @ Aug 5 2004, 04:29 PM)

Fondue is 70's, BTW. 

D'oh. Maybe my parents were just 70's holdovers, but I remember lots of fondue at parties!

Fondue lasted in Western Canada into about 85 then it died with a big bang.

Potato skins where on every menu ( someone did mention that)

zuchini sticks

mushroom caps

snails

cheese bread

I have about 20 (80-87) menus from all types of restaurants so if you are realy serious I will look up stuff for you???

The funiest thing is now I live in Port Alberni, Vancouver island, and everything in this town reminds me of the eighties, the menus, the cars the cloths and all the restaurant menus are so eighties, beam me up scoty.

Drinks- major shooters and cocktails

harvey wall bangers

screwdrivers

bloody marys

caesars

I was 18 years old in 1983 so I was there and I wish I did not remember it; just like you hippies can not remember the sixties, I wish I had the same problem with the eighties. One thing for sure everyone talked and moved fast, I wonder why

steve

[mighty quinn]

i'm not awake enough to think of anything, but howabout just john hughes' movie inspired food?? i really had the hots for andrew mccarthy!

[Chef Shogun]

Fondue lasted in Western Canada into about 85 then it died with a big bang.

Ha! This would have been after 85 if I were that cognizent of it. Maybe they were just WAY behind the times. Or...just liked fondue!

Ooh!! Port wine cheese??

[stovetop]

There was a great Swiss restaurant in Edmonton called you guest it " Restaurant La Swiss" ha ha, I not kidding; it was so amazing, great service and food, fondue was very popular item on the menu, The Creperie had chocolate fondue and to this day that is still one of my favs, also Banff had the Grizzly House, whistler had chez Joel’s, I think Vancouver had something too.

steve

[mktye]

i have nothing constructive to add, but i am confused about this "hungy like the wolf "business. is this to be sex-party of some kind?

Sorry Mr. Jones, I did not mean to Shock The Monkey. It appears that sometimes I Hold On Loosely (not Lucy) to my sanity and I'm a bit Out Of Touch and Walking A Thin Line. Hmm, I think I Want A New Drug.

Also, I injured my left index finger in a tragic Pop Rocks accident and, since then, occasionally have trouble typing my "R"s (it is still a New Sensation and there is Always Something There To Remind Me). but I Should've Known Better.

Maybe our kind forum host, Ms. Perlow, will put an "R" in "hungy" for me... Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want. I certainly didn't want to cause a situation where Words Get In The Way.

But hey, I know you are just being Cruel To Be Kind and I am Tuff Enuff to take it.

docsconz--Just Between You And Me, if you are not Working For The Weekend or are tired of Life In A Northern Town, I welcome you with Open Arms. So hop in your Little Red Corvette and come on down to our Funkytown.

But getting back to the food & drinks... The blackened idea looks promising. That could be a means of having easy to eat chicken without the piles of bones from Buffalo wings.

The fondue is attractive because of its simple prep. And, apparently, if we go by Canadian standards it is 80's food. Can anyone think of a good 80's-themed title for fondue?

Cheese bread--mmmm.

Great site deibu, I'd forgotten about the baby vegetables.

For drinks I am thinking of:

Coronas & Dos Equis with lime

Flavored Mineral Waters

A limited number of wine coolers (for decoration only, not for actual drinking, well, maybe on a dare...)

White Zin

Strawberry (or other frou-frou) Margaritas

And possibly shooters as the night goes on...

Thanks again to everyone for all the suggestions!!!

[tanabutler]

Ohmygod, like I totally watched the new VH1 Classic (Eighties) channel for hours last night, and I am like SO back into the Eighties. I'm serious. Those were the classics of MTV, and the featured band was REM.

Get thee to VH1 if you want to relive some good music. Well, not Lisa Lisa, but a bunch of other stuff. Like Foreigner, "I Wanna Know What Love Is." Or Peter Gabriel.

Hey, serve "Shock the Monkey" banana daiquiris.

[gingerly]

twisting by the pool fondue?

[andiesenji]

I wish I could remember more about the 80s. They sort of went by like a blur, mainly because I was so busy all the time because I was working my regular job full time, working as a personal chef part time and showing dogs almost every weekend.

I do recall that "like" because an integral part of any conversation with many of my showbiz clients. A typical request might have sounded thusly.

"Like, you know, I was in (insert trendy city nickname here) and this restaurant had, like, a bitchin sorta sandwich thing, but not a sandwich, like, you know what I mean, it was like, a sorta pizza, inside-out and like, had some veggies in it and something like, maybe a cheese in it."

I would ask, "a calzone, perhaps, or possibly something in a pita?"

"Maybe, but like, it was really hot, maybe it had something else in it. Like, I was really into the munchies and maybe there were like, a couple of things but one of them was sort of a pizza sandwich." "Can you make some, but not with pizza crust, that other stuff, like, you know, them fried pies?"

I ask, "How did we get from the other thing to fried pies?"

The answer, "Like I was maybe stoned a little. Fix whatever you think my buds will like."

I ask, "How many have you invited?"

The answer, "Like, how do I know, I put the word out I am back and my buds should slope on over, maybe twenty or thirty."

Okay, I am going to prepare food for at least eighty. I am going to call his publicist (who went with him on the trip) and ask her if she has any idea about the foods he had while away and learn that on this particular trip he had been in Australia and the things he was trying to describe were the Oz version of Cornish pasties.

Mainly I remember preparing vats of pasta primivera, salad bar selections and the introduction of some "new" fruits, odd toppingg on pizza and the beginning of "nouvelle quisine" and "architectural" presentations.

[GG Mora]

I'd be Walking On Sunshine if you'd decorate the place with 99 Red Balloons.

[mags]

Oooh, yeah, didn't Wolfgang Puck start doing gourmet pizza around about then?

[Rachel Perlow]

I fixed the topic title, sorry I didn't notice it earlier.

Hmm, 80's food? Tofutti. Decorate with or play Trivial Pursuit.

[Mabelline]

You have to find one of those posters with the hidden picture if you blur your eyes and de-focus.

And what about "Oh Mickey, You're So Fine" Macaroons?

[andiesenji]

Oooh, yeah, didn't Wolfgang Puck start doing gourmet pizza around about then?

Yes, and California Pizza Kitchens began doing their thing which of course meant that some of my clients wanted me to do similar things at their homes.

(That and duplicate Chasen's chili.)

I often suggested they simply go to Spago or another place but far too often they would prefer to hang around the house because going out meant getting dressed.........

And by this I mean putting on some clothes. I learned not to be shocked by anything but I only used male assistants when I worked in these places.

[tryska]

i have nothing constructive to add, but i am confused about this "hungy like the wolf "business. is this to be sex-party of some kind?

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was a hot, hot, hot Duran Duran song/video. A party tune for many '80's folks. Hmmmm, I wonder how many children were conceived to it?!

LOTS!

yes, but "hungy like the wolf" sounds like a porn remake

no. that was Girls on Film.

[/durannie]

[eunny jang]

Beef carpaccio.

Or was that the 90s?

[tanabutler]

What about Dexie's Midnight Runner Beans?

[mags]

You could just make a gigantic stir-fry of whatever's in the fridge and call it Wang Chung.

[LEdlund]

Something served must have pesto.

[mktye]

Thanks Miss Rachel! Nothing Compares To U!

I wish I could remember more about the 80s.  They sort of went by like a blur, mainly because I was so busy all the time because I was working my regular job full time, working as a personal chef part time and showing dogs almost every weekend. 

Andie--I cannot imagine having to deal with people in a professional manner during the 80's. I was lucky enough to be in school during that time period and flakey behavior was pretty much expected. (And, although it is a lot of work, you really do need to write a book! )

Ohmygod, like I totally watched the new VH1 Classic (Eighties) channel for hours last night, and I am like SO back into the Eighties.

tana--Do we need to have an intervention to get you back into this century?

I've also been thinking of "I Melt With You" Fondue.

How in the world could I have forgotten trendy pizza?!?

The menu at the moment:

Baby Veggies with Honey Mustard & Raspberry Dips

Salsa & Chips

Fondue (although I am leaning more towards a warm queso dip to go with the salsa & chips)

Individual Spinach Quiches

Individual Ham Quiches

Blackened Chicken Tenders

California Rolls

Loaded Potato Skins

CA-style pizza (topped with pesto, goat cheese, artichoke hearts & pinenuts?)

Thai Meatballs (not really 80's, but a proven crowd-pleaser that would help round out the menu)

Jelly-Bellies

PopRocks

Marshmallow Fluff with Fruit (I won't forget the kiwi!)

Individual Flourless Chocolate Cakes

"Big Hair" Meringue/Raspberry Tarts

Coronas & Dos Equis with lime

Flavored Mineral Waters

Wine coolers & White Zin

Strawberry (or other frou-frou) Margaritas

Banarama or Shock the Monkey Dacquiris

And something along the lines of this looks like trouble!

Relax, just because I've almost finalized the menu, Don't Dream Its Over. I Need You Tonight to Jump on helping me out with names. And I've seen with my Naked Eyes that you all have The Knack for it!

'Til Tuesday...

[hillvalley]

Mktye, I've done the fish bowl a number of times in my classroom. This year we did individual fish tanks in plastic see threw cups. It was great.

I got gummy octopus, fish, sharks, and a whale.

Speaking of gummy, are gummy bears from the 80's?

With the seltzer and wine you could make wine spritzers.

[tryska]

yes, gummy bears are very 80s.

[hillvalley]

Then add a big bowl of gummy bears please

The rest of you may not know this, but mktye is a master bread baker and homemade marshmellow maker.

From our picnic last month:

(All the spreads were homemade too!!!!)

We've got to find a way to add bread and marshmellows to the menu