Speaking of beer...i understand when your serving seafood, a beer on the hoppy side would compliment it nicely.

WEIRD! I'll totally check that out though...I wanna hear some more from you too...


Its rural/coastal Australia...beer is a given. I'm taking a nice Western Australian 2001 merlot for the birthday girl too...and I may bring along a case of Coopers too, IMO our finest.

Okay, I'm not a cook at ALL...and this is SO not gourmet...;) And I don't even know if it compliments seafood...lol...but anyway.

How about some kind of tray with different types of cheese and/or nuts? haha. I don't know, I like to snack on that type of stuff when I'm at a party...yeah, I'm sure this sounds lame but...I'm trying? ;):p

My gf's mother makes the most amazing stuffed artichokes in the oven..with cheese...

u jsut peel the artichoke..and suck on layer...getting all the cheese and good stuff in your mouth..soo good.

shrimp is always a safe bet...
grilled...with lemon and garlic......

1lb Crawfish
1 c Onions -- chopped
1/4 c Onion tops -- chopped
1/2 lb Butter
3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 qt Milk
1/2 c Corn
1/2 c Potatoes -- diced


Saute onions in butter. Stir in flour and cook over low heat stirring often so flour wont burn,about 5 minutes. Add milk, stir and cook until flour is dissolved. Add corn and diced potatoes. Stir and cook about 2-3 minutes. Add: 1 lb. crawfish 1/2 Tbsp salt 1 Tbsp pepper Simmer, stir often until crawfish is done.

He wasn't a chef or anything but he loved to cook and had his own recipes. Although this isn't one, not sure who/where he got it from.

You need to find somewhere locally to get buffalo sauce(there has to be somewhere). It may be a little hoosier of me to suggest, but people go nuts for buffalo chicken strips, or wings, at parties...and it's always good with celery, and ranch dressing. :)
Regular hot wings just won't do...

Pasta salad would be another thing that always goes quick, and pretty much everyone likes. I made like 5 pounds of it with 6 bucks worth or grocery's yesterday, haha...see? good on the budget too.

So...what do you put in your pasta salad then?


Also, thanks Austin...I'm gonna try that soon. By onion top, do you mean what we call spring onions here? Kinda like chives, but fatter? Big green hollow spicy kinda things?


People...if there's any more suggestions, I'd like to hear 'em.

Is there room for one more at this party? the foods sounds excellent.:D

It WAS excellent...BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP;)

I am having a halloween party,you mind flying over to cater it?:D