My Annual "Help Me with Oscar Party" Menu Post

[dr.girlfriend]

Longtime MM-ers will know that every year my husband and I throw an Oscar party, with food geared to the Best Picture nominations. This has gotten a lot harder since they started nominating ten damn best pictures (but only nine this year, fortunately). The best ones are puns on the actual title of the film (e.g., "Up in the Eclair" for "Up in the Air," "Michael Claypot Chicken" for "Michael Clayton," "Corndog Millionaire" for "Slumdog Millionare"), but if necessary I'll do something more in theme with the movie (e.g., I made a "Spruce Goose" for the Howard Hughes movie "The Aviator"). Desserts are highly preferred, since they are easier. So...help out, will you? Post any and all ideas for the Best Picture foods. Here are the nominees this year:

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

Thanks!

[mbcdefg]

Roast Beasts of the Southern Wild

[Deleted]

Beasts of the Southern Fried Chicken

Lincorn (cornbread? some other corn dish)

[hesitantbride]

Sorry, I'm not very creative.

Life of Pie

That is all I got.

[countthestars]

You could do anything dark chocolate for Zero Dark Thirty
And any pie for Life of Pi

I am not very creative

[otowngirl]

Mango Meringue?

[bluelikejazz]

Zero Dark Thirsty (some kind of drink)
Life of Pie (easy one!)
Les Meatballs

Some kind of southern casserole/dish for "Beast of the Southern XXX"

[heyrebekah]

Mango Unchained

[bluelikejazz]

SA'mour (S'mores)

[heyrebekah]

Argo Fudge Yourself

[marylou]

Chicken Breasts of the Southern Wild
Lincorn on the Cob (although I'm not sure how you serve that at a party)
Amouretto Sour (if you serve alcohol)

Those are pretty weak...but it's still early.

[sweetnsour]

Oreo chocolate balls Oreo Dark Thirty.
www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/easy-oreo-truffles-95085.aspx

Your party sounds like a lot of fun!!

[heyrebekah]

Jan 10, 2013 11:41:40 GMT -5 marylou said:

Lincorn on the Cob (although I'm not sure how you serve that at a party)

Or just Lincorn and do a corn souffle or cornbread or something.

[ijack]

I love this game!!

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roast Beasts of the Southern Wild Sliders

Django Unchained

Les Miserables
blog.cookingchanneltv.com/2012/12/21/les-miserables-movie-menu-french-recipes/

Life of Pi
Life of Cherry Pi

Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln Cake
Lincoln (Cheese) Log

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Chocolate Cake

[jigsy]

I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!!!

Here is what I have so far...

Argo - The only thing I can think of, but is probably not practical, is "Esc-Argo"

Django Unchained - "DMango Unchanged" Fruit platter featuring mangos

Life of Pi - You gotta do "Life of Pi" Maybe "Life of Pot Pie"

Lincoln - "Sausage Link-ins"...maybe do lil' smokies

Zero Dark Thirty - I'm thinking of something like "Zero Dark Meat for Thirty" Do a chicken breast app with 30 servings...

[marylou]

Argoji Berry Cupcakes
dessertfirstgirl.com/2007/03/goji_berries.html

[mbcdefg]

Le Fizz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fizz_%28cocktail%29)

Silver Dollar Pancakes

Drinkin' (for whatever drinks you put out)



Your prior menus are cracking me up. I love puns Have you ever seen the show Bob's Burgers? They do a bunch of puns in every episode, including their daily burger special. Maybe there's something there that you can use? eater.com/archives/2011/04/27/every-burger-special-ever-from-bobs-burgers.php

[jigsy]

Jan 10, 2013 11:41:34 GMT -5 heyrebekah said:

Argo Fudge Yourself

Love! Anyone who has seen the film will lol...

[h]

Argo Fudge Yourself is great!

I like Like of Pie and S'Amour, too, and both seem pretty easy to execute.

[spankswife]

Life of Pineapple upside down cake

creme bru-lee mis

Amour-etto sours

Zero dark chocolate thirty

[ijack]

this is the first year I've ever tried to participate - my engineering brain isn't very creative.

[elocrates]

This may be too literal (that's not really the word I'm looking for), but Argo is a brand of cornstarch. They have a whole recipe section on their website.
www.argostarch.com/index.html

Could easily do "Argo _____ ______." There are also a few "fudge" type of recipes.

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 10, 2013 11:40:08 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

Les Meatballs

:heart: :heart: :heart:

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 10, 2013 11:41:03 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

SA'mour (S'mores)

Ha, we had "S'more Horse" last year for "War Horse." People will think I'm just using the party as an excuse to eat s'mores, which is only 95% true. On the bright side, I learned if you get the flat marshmallows, you can make a whole batch of s'mores at once in the oven, easy as pie. :-)

[marylou]

Jan 10, 2013 14:52:38 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Jan 10, 2013 11:41:03 GMT -5 bluelikejazz said:

SA'mour (S'mores)

Ha, we had "S'more Horse" last year for "War Horse." People will think I'm just using the party as an excuse to eat s'mores, which is only 95% true. On the bright side, I learned if you get the flat marshmallows, you can make a whole batch of s'mores at once in the oven, easy as pie. :-)

Yes! We sometimes do this for date night. We blow up the air mattress in the living room, watch scary movies, and make s'mores in the oven.

[dr.girlfriend]

Oooh, esc'Argo is a good one, but damned if I'm cooking snails...

[gardengal]

Jan 10, 2013 18:40:19 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Oooh, esc'Argo is a good one, but damned if I'm cooking snails...

what if they were snail-shaped cookies?

[dexteroni]

Argo Fudge Yourself is the only way to go. Seriously.

[rikki]

I was so proud when you used one of my suggestions last year. I am coming up blank this year!

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 10, 2013 11:41:34 GMT -5 heyrebekah said:

Argo Fudge Yourself

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You're on fire! DH says both "Argo Fudge Yourself" and "Mango Unchained" are a lock. He wants me to change the Django Unchained poster to replace Jamie Foxx with a giant mango, but that might be beyond my Photoshop skills.