Post #585045 by telescopes on Thu, Apr 14, 2011 8:48 PM

On 2011-04-14 06:56, Kill Devil wrote:
You have some very lucky friends. I refuse to mix Tiki drinks for more than 4 people at a time(incl. myself), which usually leads me to make one big bucket of Admiral Vernon's Grog for parties.

The secret is to prep up to two days before. I put everything in either crock pots, i.e. Hawaiian pork, or in the fridge in casserole dishes or lined cookie sheets before the guest come over, My wife drops everything into the oven and serves them throughout the evening as part of a revolving pupu. By serving the drinks in flights, I have most of the ingredients I need close by for those rounds. It takes up to 50 tiki mugs to do a whole party. I used to be a chef for an Italian restaurant so I treat everything as prep, placement, and move things in blocks. The key for me is to have someone willing to serve and anticipate the needs of the guests - and my wife does a great job with that. By the time the third round is over, most people are simply tuckered out. Strangely, many of the women guests like drinking from communal bowls - and those are easy and quick to make.

In my second life, I would have been a bartender. I love it.

Thank you MDM for the thumbs up.

[ Edited by: telescopes 2011-04-14 20:50 ]