Showing posts with label PARTY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PARTY. Show all posts

May 30, 2012

Cocktails for a Crowd (Dana's Texas Fire Water)


I hosted the Memorial Day cocktail hour  at the lake this weekend.

It was a packed resort and I was wracking my brain trying to figure out what fun drink I could serve that would be yummy and easy to make for a huge (200+ ppl) crowd.

I suddenly remembered a drink I kinda accidentally created years ago wile I was a bartender, catering a huge summer beach party.
It is Summery, It is YUMMY!, It is easy, it makes a TON!


It was dubbed "Dana's Texas Fire Water" by the folks I first served it to.

The Memorial Day Bash was a huge success and everyone LOVED the drinks!
I promised to post the recipe here, so they could all make it for their friends.
You can make it too!
Here we go!


Dana's Texas Fever Water
Makes 5 gallons


1 ¾ liter (big bottle) vodka (use the cheap stuff!)
1 ¾ liter (big bottle) rum (use the cheap stuff!)
1 gallon orange juice
4lb bag of sugar
1 small bottle grenadine
sliced orange, lemon and lime rounds, apples, blueberries, strawberries, what-ever floats your boat!
large bottle maraschino cherries, juice and all
Ice 


Fill large container with ice. 
(I've used trash-cans, large plastic tubs, big coolers, even a bathtub! Use your imagination!) 
Dump all ingredients over ice. 
Stir. 
(I use a hoe, shovel, or boat oar.) 
Let age at least 10-20 minutes. 


Enjoy!
... responsibly, of course!




Cheers!





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May 29, 2010

Feeding (and Serving) a HUGE Crowd

OK....
Lets say you wanna throw a big party.
Lets say you wanna throw a HUGE party.

Kinda like our Annual
"Triple Birthday Bash & Crawfish/Low Country Boil"
That just happens to be TODAY!

Lets say you wanna be able to actually enjoy that party without being strapped to the serving table refilling your biggest Tupperware bowls with yummy food for your hungry guests.

What do ya do?
Cooking for a huge crowd isn't really that hard, once you get an assembly line going.

But having all that food accessible to those guests without running yourself ragged re-filling them can be a challenge.

It's time to think outside the Tupperware serving bowls and large disposable aluminum pans!

Why not toss that hot BBQ chicken, or cold potato salad, or hamburger patties, or crawfish, or shrimp, or crabs, or hot-dogs into a clean ...

Igloo cooler?

  • It's food safe
  • It's easy to clean
  • It'll keep your food hot or cold forever.
  • It has a lid to keep our pesky flies and dirt
  • it's portable!
  • you can find em in any size you need
  • they are reusable!!
You need even more room than the biggest cooler can hold, you say?
Really?
REALLY??

Well then,

How about a big (brand new)

Metal Trash Can
You didn't see THAT coming did ya??

I am using one today to hold some of the 200+ lbs of crawfish I'm serving.

NOTE!!! if you buy a galvanized trash can, you MUST burn it before it can be used for food.
It's not hard, and it'll burn out any pesky chemicals that could leach into the food we worked so hard preparing.

and I'm gonna show ya how!

Step One..
toss some paper or cardboard into the brand new trash can.
Step Two..
Toss some wood on top of the paper/cardboard.

Step Three..
Light the paper/cardboard on fire.

See on the side where the pretty shiny trashcan is getting cloudy looking?
That means it's working.
After burning, your sparkly brand-new trashcan, wont be as pretty...
But it won't kill you to eat food out of it... Fair trade-off, I think... Don't you?

Keep the fire burning as you watch the transformation from shiny to dull spread.

When your can is completely dull color,

Step Four..
Put the lid on it and allow it to cool.

Step Five..
once cool, wash the inside of the can out to remove any ash.

Step Six..
Dump food into the trashcan.
Step Seven..
Walk away and let your guests dig in!

And...
If your like me...
Your always looking for a better way to serve scoops of food..
Like cooked crawfish, boiled potatoes and corn on the cob quickly, without getting your, or your guests, hands all nasty.

Go to the feed store...
Buy yourself some brand spankin new...

Feed Scoops!

They work perfectly for scooping into the Coolers or Trash cans!
These are my new scoops for the seafood boil today!

Pretty nifty huh?

Stay tuned for the step by step on throwing a Great Seafood Boil and still enjoying your party!

Have a great week-end!






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