Slayerfest Menu dithering

[k8cre8]

Originally, I'd planned to default to my standard event-ending meal, which is "Stake your Own" dinner, in which I have a broad selection of cut meats, veggies, etc for people to skewer and season (with things from Lemon Pepper to Barbeque sauce) for grilling. An easy thing to do after a long weekend of hosting.

Now, I'm wondering if that's boring.

I'm entertaining the following thoughts: 1) Leave it alone, I think too much 2) having some of the meat selections marinated in a variety of ways, and having a wider variety of veggies.  3) doing something more like the "opening night" meal, with all the usual wide selection of items with big honking sticks in them.  

There are numerous reasons why number 3 is the most cumbersome, not the least of which is that it's at least a two-hour cooking challenge (more if its just me, and, no, that doesn't include prep time in advance), with the oven and grill (and sometimes microwave) going, and usually some mad chafing dish cookery (steamed stuff! and stuff!)   

Mostly, I'm thinking if we 86 the more cumbersome options, I can put away a ton of extra decorations and take the leaves out of the table, keeping it in the normal, "non-slayerfest" configuration.

Votes? Thoughts? Tirades?

Comments

[arwensouth.livejournal.com]

Since I haven't see previous configurations, I can't say for sure, but a party's supposed to be fun, so I vote for skipping the cumbersome things and not worrying about it.

:)

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

Pony sashimi?

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

First haggis, now pony sashimi?

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

I figured the haggis was a given...

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

LOL. Of course. Afterall, once I figured out how to conveniently serve it on a stick, how can I *not* serve it?

Catching the ponies, now, well, that's going to be quite the trick...

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, on a stick. Hmmm, it is rather crumbly, perhaps bacon wrapped haggis?

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

Bacon makes *everything* taste better. So does breading and frying.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Do the easy #1 or #2, definitely. Marinated meat is yummy. One of my favorite marinades is plain old italian dressing.

[k8cre8.livejournal.com]

It is yummy. and, I think I learned about the Italian dressing trick from you. That's a handy one I really like. In fact, I think that's the only reason I buy italian dressing any more...

I've adapted it too, I've found some really great dressing marinates/sauce bases. Annie's naturals shitake and sesame dressing? Fantastic with beef, and as a gravy base.