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Shirley's party advice thread part 2
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stealthsquiggle · 14/12/2011 09:16
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BettyBum ·
15/12/2011 21:36
OMG Shirley you are an amazing woman!
Sounds fantastic! Yes budget is pretty tiny but think I can do most of those things on a budget. Will have a think tonight but it sounds ace!
It's very exciting, he doesn't suspect a thing bless him! It's even more exciting that it's happening in our new house that we should be moving into early Jan. We bought it partly due to the entertaining space 
ShirleyKnot ·
15/12/2011 21:57
Hoorah!
Yes Betty - the stuff I've linked is pretty low budget (apart from the American sweets and the zazzle stuff)
I made pulled pork a few months ago using a cheap joint of pork and it cost peanuts - (I didn't like it personally but my boys loved it so )
If you're tight budget wise then use cheap hotdogs and burgers and spend a little more on some great sauces and relishes - food is generally just fodder anyway for the booze...
Talking about booze - I have become slightly obsessed with making flavoured vodkas and rums. This is a great addition to a party as you can buy the "basic" brands (Sainsbo's do a 750ml bottle of voddie for a tenner for example) and then chuzz (juss? jhuzz?) it up with the addition of some sweets to make something really special and unusual.
I can link you up to my blog posts on pulled pork, a Man vs Food Party (with southern fried chicken and cornbread) and booze help if you want?
Vodka jelly shots are also a great idea (and I THINK in keeping with the theme - Legs like Jelly after a punch from Rocky?) and cheap and easy to produce...oh and you MUST have a punch! It's so obvious I'm scaring myself! 
I make a halloween punch and add a frozen hand (by filling a rubber glove with water and then freezing it - I'm wondering if you could do the same somehow for a boxing glove...anyone else on this thread have any ideas?
ShirleyKnot ·
15/12/2011 22:11
Barry Sweetheart!
Helloooo! and welcome to this thread (so happy to see you)
Oh a mid Xmas NYE party is FAB!
Right first up for you Barry is my Pulled pork Ignore the gumph about fanny bread and you can ignore the stuff about the BBQ - it's not necessary really.
At Christmas I like to make pomegranate shots. So get the seeds out of a pomegranate and fill a shot glass halfway with the seeds (you can make tons of these in advance and leave them macerating) then add vodka or gin. Yum.
I have recipes for flavoured vodka's on my blog (linked earlier) if you want to try something a bit different and I think a jug of cocktails made from...sherbert lemon vodka (for example) and lemonade would be great.
If not then how about thinking 50's cocktail party?
OH MAN do this one - everyone get's to dress up - you get to send out totally cool invites, the cocktails back then were FIERCE and you can listen to FABULOUS music all night...
Let me know what you need.
BlastOff ·
15/12/2011 22:18
Blathers - that cake is FANTASTIC! Wow! Very impressed. How is everything else - all under control?
I don't know anything about Rocky really - I've not even seen it 
- except there are lots of Rocky films. And he ran around the street of Philidelphia to train. I'll have a think.
ShirleyKnot ·
15/12/2011 22:55
I had blocked out my dance that involved pointing out things that people couldn't touch.
FFS.
My pulled pork is pretty much like the stuff you get from a van at a festival. I think I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm not really a major pig eater.
So - to bastardise my recipe further to make it serviceable for a winter party I'm going to urge you (Both Berry and Betty) to forget the final BBQ section and instead...remove the pork from the slow cooker (I do have a recipe for an oven cooked version that takes about 24 hours - ask if you need it?) take the excess fat off and shred using two forks. Add some good quality BBQ sauce and shred again.
Pulled pork = DONE.
Berry - I have just posted about a dishwasher version of sweetie vodkas Here
You can make 'em in on a rainy Sunday afternoon - no problem.
ShirleyKnot ·
16/12/2011 09:59
DO you want me to dig out the recipe for pulled pork that goes in the oven?
I can do that tonight for you if you like - IIRC it takes about 12 hours or something 
TheDR - YES, the BBQ bit was just something I did because it was summer and I could get my hands on those little disposable BBQ things. It's really not necessary AT ALL.
What IS necessary though is the pickles and coleslaw!
BettyBum ·
16/12/2011 10:09
That would be great. For the love of god woman you are committed! 
ShirleyKnot ·
16/12/2011 10:24
Pfft. I'll probably disappear off this thread for 3 weeks after this flurry!
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BerryLellow ·
16/12/2011 15:58
Calpol AND nurofen works a treat!
Yes please to ovenable pulled pork recipe Shirley. And with sweet vodka, is there an exact sweetie to spirits ratio that must be adhered to? I've been thinking about sherbet lemon vodka all day
Betty, the baked beans from Jamie's America book are amazing, a friend did it for Halloween and people couldn't get enough of it.
Will now flick to alcohol section of nigella Christmas, it's open at chilling jam at the moment and my silly hands are burning from not wearing gloves to chop the chillis.
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