dr.girlfriend's Annual Oscar Party Thread

[dr.girlfriend]

Late again!  Hoping the Oscar Party will make its first post-COVID appearance after having to be cancelled the day before the party last year when I tested positive for COVID. 

So...bring on the puns!

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:

Here's the nominees:

The Holdovers

American Fiction

The Zone of Interest

Barbie

Oppenheimer
Poor Things

Past Lives
Anatomy of a Fall

Maestro

Killers of the Flower Moon

So, lay them on me...what punny foods would you like to see make the menu this year? Bonus points for ones that are easy to make.

[fortnightlily]

Shrimp on the Barbie feels obvious.

Anatomy of a Meatball

[dr.girlfriend]

So far I'm thinking:

The Leftovers
Anatomy of a Falafel
The Calzone of Interest
(Shrimp on the) Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon Pie

[dr.girlfriend]

Not sure why the Pinterest link isn't working. Let me try in the replies here:

Ugh. The preview isn't working, and I can't post the link and not get it to preview. It's pinterest.com and then:

/drgirlfriend/oscar-party/

[katespade]

The Popovers
Maestromboli
Pour Things
Oppenheimer Wieners

[sadlebred]

Frakenfurterheimer

[ZitchDog]

I tried using ChatGPT to see what it would come up with. A few are on par ("Porridge Things"), but some show that I either didn't do a clear enough prompt or it has not yet mastered food puns ("Apple-Tumble Pie"). 

The Holdovers
Pun: "The Foldovers"

American Fiction
Pun: "Apple Piection"

The Zone of Interest
Pun: "Pizza of Interest"

Barbie
Pun: "Barbecue-ie"

Oppenheimer
Pun: "Oppenheimeroni Pizza"

Poor Things
Pun: "Porridge Things"

Past Lives
Pun: "Pasta Lives"

Anatomy of a Fall
Pun: "Apple-Tumble Pie"

Maestro
Pun: "Meastro-sagna"

Killers of the Flower Moon
Pun: "Floral Felony Frittata"

[ohgillian]

Anatomy of Farfalle

Pear Things

[RockNVoll]

The Popovers

American Fusion (maybe a combo of stuff from different parts of the country?)

The Cone of Minterest (mint chip ice cream cones)

Barbie-Q

Oppenweiner

Pour Things (sauces for the BBQ stuff or the ice cream)
Pasta Lives
Anatomy of a Falafel
Maestroni
Killers of the Flower Moon Cakes

I never come up with good stuff for this post and am pretty excited I had ideas for every single candidate this year!

[mrsmayhem]

The Turnovers

American Fusion (like Asian American fusion?)

The Cone of Interest

Shrimp on the Barbie

Open-Weiner (hot dogs or pigs in a blanket?)

Poor Wings (or Bings, as in cherries)

Past Endives (or Fries)

Anatomy of a Meatball (or Dal)

My Sourdough?

Killers of the Flower MoonPie
Or Millers of the Flower Moon (Miller beer)

[krystee]

These are my favorites from above and a few new ones!
The Popover
Shrimp on the Barbie
Pour Things (beer flight!)
Poppenheimer (variety of fun sodas you can pick up from World Market or somewhere—but maybe this only works in the Midwest!)
Mae-stroganoff
American Chick-tion (chicken tenders or chicken wings)
Pasta Lives

[kitty]

American Fig-tion: an apple and fig pie

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The Popovers

American Frankies (mini franks)

The Ziti of Interest


Pour Wings (hot wings with pourable sauce)

Pasta & Chives


Cupcakes of the Flower Moon

[jinkies]

Quinoa of the Flower Moon
Maestromboli (to go with the Calzone of Interest LOL)
Pasta lives does seem easiest, but you could also go with Pastrami Lives if you wanted hoagies.
Ameri-cannoli Fiction for dessert
Poppin'-heimer (Popcorn)

[ellipses84]

I love these! I feel like it’s an easy year to go really hard on one food theme - either BBQ or Italian food.

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The Holdovers: The Popovers

American Fiction

The Zone of Interest: The Zone of Pinterest (Pinterest-fail foods)

Barbie - Shrimp on the Barbie, Barbie-Cue

Oppenheimer -

Poor Things - Poor Spring Rolls

Past Lives - Past Chives

Anatomy of a Fall - Anatomy of a Cheese Ball

Maestro -

Killers of the Flower Moon - Killers of The Flourless Chocolate Cake

[jinkies]

Jan 30, 2024 18:09:14 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I love these! I feel like it’s an easy year to go really hard on one food theme - either BBQ or Italian food.

Agree! There are some really natural options in either of these directions!

[orangello]

Jan 29, 2024 21:45:26 GMT -5 ZitchDog said:

I tried using ChatGPT to see what it would come up with.

Killers of the Flower Moon
Pun: "Floral Felony Frittata"

This is absolutely cracking me up 😂

[chpmnk1015]

i look forward to this post yearly

[RockNVoll]

dr.girlfriend what did you end up with?

[dr.girlfriend]

Feb 11, 2024 9:42:12 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

dr.girlfriend what did you end up with?

We just decided last night!  I'll post the posters when they're done, but here's the final list:

Anatomy of a Falafel
The Popovers
Maestromboli
Calzone of Interest
Pasta Lives
Popcornheimer
Pour Things (alcohol)
Killers of the Flower Moon Pie
Americone Fiction (ice cream cones)
Barbie-Q 

Thanks to everyone for all their suggestions!