dr.girlfriend's annual Oscar party thread

[dr.girlfriend]

It's the moment you have all been waiting for! :-D

As many of you know by now, every year we have an Oscar party with food themed to the Best Picture nominees.  Ideally they'd be puns on the movie title (e.g., "Corndog Millionaire" for "Slumdog Millionaire"; "Up in the Éclair" for "Up in the Air"), but if we need to we've gone outside that to make it something prominently featured in the film (e.g., milkshakes for There Will Be Blood).  A full slideshow of previous foods, or at least for as long as I've been altering posters to match, is here:

Only 8 best picture nominees this year, so I get a bit of a break.  The party will also be all-virtual, so I may be shopping these out for some of our virtual guests to make, so ease is probably going to be prioritized over punniness.  That said, here's the nominees:

Sound of Metal
Mank
Promising Young Women
The Father
Judas and the Black Massiah
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Nomadland
Minari

So, lay them on me...what punny foods would you like to see make the menu this year?

 

[dr.girlfriend]

So far I have:

Promising Young Lo Mein
The Trial of the Chicago 7-Layer Dip
Judas and the Black Masala

[tacokick]

Judas and the Blackstrap Molasses Cake

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 15, 2021 22:01:51 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Judas and the Blackstrap Molasses Cake

OMG I don't know what this is but it sounds amazing.

[tacokick]

No-Mayo-land (a vinegar based slaw or pasta salad)

[tacokick]

Mar 15, 2021 22:02:55 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Mar 15, 2021 22:01:51 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Judas and the Blackstrap Molasses Cake

OMG I don't know what this is but it sounds amazing.

I was thinking something like this www.thekitchn.com/recipe-dark-molasses-gingerbread-cake-recipes-from-the-kitchn-155934

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 15, 2021 22:03:54 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Mar 15, 2021 22:02:55 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

OMG I don't know what this is but it sounds amazing.

I was thinking something like this www.thekitchn.com/recipe-dark-molasses-gingerbread-cake-recipes-from-the-kitchn-155934

Ha, I was already googling!  This sounds amazing, and dangerous given that I'll be eating it all myself...

[tacokick]

Mar 15, 2021 22:05:27 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Mar 15, 2021 22:03:54 GMT -5 tacokick said:

I was thinking something like this www.thekitchn.com/recipe-dark-molasses-gingerbread-cake-recipes-from-the-kitchn-155934

Ha, I was already googling!  This sounds amazing, and dangerous given that I'll be eating it all myself...

It’s a single layer cake! You’ll be fine lol

[simpsongal]

"Flank" (flank steak)

[jinkies]

Sound of Kettle Corn? Or Pound of Kettle Corn lol.

[tacokick]

Sound of Meatball?

[Pom]

"Nobadham" damndelicious.net/2015/09/09/ham-and-cheese-scones/

[jinkies]

The Fava (bean dip)

[jinkies]

Also I think your list is missing Minari.

I have no good ideas for that one yet.

The clip I saw pronounced it to rhyme with "scenery". So maybe Green-ari (a green salad?)

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 16, 2021 9:32:36 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Also I think your list is missing Minari.

I have no good ideas for that one yet.

The clip I saw pronounced it to rhyme with "scenery". So maybe Green-ari (a green salad?)

Doh!  You're right, thanks!  I think this is the first time a movie has actually been named after a food to begin with?

[jinkies]

Mar 16, 2021 10:57:20 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Mar 16, 2021 9:32:36 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Also I think your list is missing Minari.

I have no good ideas for that one yet.

The clip I saw pronounced it to rhyme with "scenery". So maybe Green-ari (a green salad?)

Doh!  You're right, thanks!  I think this is the first time a movie has actually been named after a food to begin with?

Lol. I didn't realize it was a food! I thought it was a character's name. You can definitely just do something with the actual vegetable.

[mbcdefg]

Sound of Fennel/Pound of Fennel (roasted fennel)
Plank (salmon cooked on a plank of wood)
Promising Young Cinnamon Bun
The Father - I’m stumped
Foodies and the Black Massiah
Judas and the Black Matzo
The Trial of the Chicago-style Pizza/Hot Dog
SnoMadland (sno cones)
Sloppy Joemadland (loose meat sloppy Joes, or New Jersey-style sloppy Joes - club sandwiches with slaw and Russian dressing)
Bean-ery (bean salad, bean dip)

[bohemianmango]

The Fritter
Judas and the Black Paella (Squid ink paella)

[ohgillian]

Sound of Metal: Pound(cake) of metal

Judas and the Black Massiah: Judas and the Black Bean Masala: www.cookwithkushi.com/black-bean-masala/

Nomadland: Chicken Normandy-land 

[winecat]

slate.com/culture/2021/02/minari-movie-vegetable-herb-history-recipe.html if you want to skip puns entirely?

I do wait all year for this thread!

[mbcdefg]

Also, I had no idea the Oscar nominees were being announced and haven’t been to the movies in ages (COVID aside), but once I saw it on Twitter I ran here to see if this thread was posted yet 😂

[scsarah]

I always love looking for this list! The Father is adapted from a French play (it's also nominated as best adaptation), so could you do something with Le Pere/Pear?

[Poppy]

The Popper (jalapeno poppers)
The Frother (latte, cappuccino, milkshake?)
The Pho-ther

Momoland

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 16, 2021 19:49:28 GMT -5 Poppy said:

The Popper (jalapeno poppers)
The Frother (latte, cappuccino, milkshake?)
The Pho-ther

Momoland

What would momo be?

[Poppy]

Mar 16, 2021 22:30:46 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Mar 16, 2021 19:49:28 GMT -5 Poppy said:

The Popper (jalapeno poppers)
The Frother (latte, cappuccino, milkshake?)
The Pho-ther

Momoland

What would momo be?

A local Nepalese restaurant serves them. They're little steamed dumplings.

Like this:
www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nepali-momo-4635126

[lust2hart]

So many of these ideas are so good!

I didn't know how Minari is pronounced, or that it is a food already. I was going to suggest "caliminari."

I have a couple of ideas for Sound of Metal. One is just, "Clink!" for a sparkling wine toast. The other idea is something like, "Scent of Petals" or "Pound of Petals" and make something that has edible flowers, or a drink that uses lavender or rose syrup, or maybe a lemon-lavender dessert.

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 16, 2021 22:38:25 GMT -5 Poppy said:

Mar 16, 2021 22:30:46 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

What would momo be?

A local Nepalese restaurant serves them. They're little steamed dumplings.

Like this:
www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nepali-momo-4635126

Thank you!  All googling got me was that stupid scary meme.  :-)

[ellipses84]

I don’t have any creative ideas today, but I love this thread every year!

[jinkies]

I'm just looking through your pinterest board, and the posters are just so perfect every year. Captain Crunch Phillips. Call me by Lo Mein. Hoho Rabbit.

I love a good pun. They are amazing.

Also Lo Mein fits into a surprising number of Oscar titles lol.

[dr.girlfriend]

Mar 17, 2021 20:47:59 GMT -5 jinkies said:

Also Lo Mein fits into a surprising number of Oscar titles lol.

Lo Mein and Flan are perennial favorites!