Occasionally I get bright ideas to have parties at my house. This particular party idea was a New Orleans themed dinner party. Nothing fancy, just fun, food & drinks. Although we all had a grand time, my casual dinner party turned into a not so fancy drunken mess that makes me laugh everytime I think about it!
Most of my pictures would probably be very inappropriate for the type of blog I’m trying to have here. But I’ve manage to scrape up a couple of pics to share with you from my party!
First things first: I wanted to give away some type of “gift” to my friends for coming. So I came up with something simple – orange infused whiskey. I infused oranges and whiskey for a little over a week, to ensure the orange flavor was properly detected.
- red beans & rice
- shrimp & chicken jambalaya
- turkey sausage gumbo
- jalapeño cornbread
For an appetizer, I did my version of a crawfish boil. I created a deconstructed crawfish boil – shotglasses filled with corn, potatoes & crawfish all of which had been boiled & seasoned with seafood spices.
My New Orleans dinner party wouldn’t be complete without handmade daiquiris (both strawberry & peach), hurricanes & Abita Beer.
The liquid portion of my menu may be why I don’t have any more appropriate pictures to share…oh well!
As a guest of this dinner party. I had an amazing time. Eat.Drink.Frolic is such a handbook for great food and party ideas because Ms. Frolic does her homework. The yellow rice with shrimp and chicken was my absolute fav! I attended an event with Ms. Frolic i Oct 09 and eat crawfish for the first time, so when I saw them at the New Orleans dinner I really thought i knew what I was doing…LOL. I just adore the ideas and themes of the parties and I thank you for always knowing how to throw a great party. Cant wait for the next! And my whisky mini jars are on my coffee table. Love it!