Post #344582 by Carmine Verandah on Sat, Nov 17, 2007 11:34 PM

Some time ago, I wrote a cooking feature for our local rag about tiki party food -- how the trend gave rise to certain dishes we now take for granted in many Chinese restaurants, for instance.

La Verandah went about gathering recipes from all and sundry and came up with some doozies -- the really uniques ones, alas, her editor did not appreciate and refused to include in the final article.

The one that stands out in memory is also the dead easiest. An antiques dealer told me that her parents' usual contribution to tiki cocktail parties in the early '60s was an "exotic" dip composed of equal parts cheap yellow mustard and Welsh's Grape Jelly. It went splendidly with the little weenies one was supposed to dip with.

If anyone else is familiar with James Lileks' Gallery of Regrettable Food site (http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/ ), it may seem obvious that vintage, homemade tiki food could probably fill a category in itself. I couldn't find this topic already existing so hope it's not covering old ground.

To whit: Got Regrettable Tiki Food Recipes?