party food?

Question

throwing a party soon, what is the things you are most likly to eat at a party from the party food?
and what do you always see at the end of the night thats hardly been touched?

Answer 1

The most successful party food I've experience is stuff that came out in stages. Yes, there was the requisite bowls of chips, salsa, nuts and such, but there were also unique things such as chicken satay on skewers, mini mozarella balls with cherry tomatoes and basil on long toothpicks, stuffed green chilis, mini tamales, miniature Smithfield ham sandwiches on tiny corn muffins with a good dijon mustard....and so on. You don't have to go all out to have a great party. Think about what YOU like to eat when you go and base your foods around that. Think in terms of hot, cold, and room temperature. Here are some things that I serve:

1. Hot Artichoke and Crab dip with Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
2. Cheese platter with Spanish Manchega, Cambozola, Brie
with mushrooms, Smoked Gouda, White Cheddar and
a variety of crackers, such as Carrs, Hawaiian Crackers,
Triscuits, Lavosh etc.
3. Salsa and Scoops! corn tortilla chips
4. Fresh vegetable tray with baby tomatoes, celery, carrots,
cauliflower, edamame, and ranch and Catalina dressings
5. Fresh asparagas, cooked crisp-tender and wrapped with
prosciutto
6. Thin slices of pepper salami spread with goat cheese and
rolled and secured by toothpicks
7. Chicken drumsticks, teriyaki and Buffalo
8. Brownies, cupcakes, cookies

Have fun!

Answer 2

First of all, I would be a little leery of Jeena lee, or whatever her name is. Anyway, the food depends on if you have a theme for your party. If no theme, then the foods people like are not always chips and dip. Today, a lot of people are health conscious. A veggie platter with dip is good. I love them. Usually it's the first thing to go in my family. Small finger foods are good. Desserts that are small enough to eat with your fingers. Believe it or not, people like eating with fingers. Pigs in a blanket are really good and so easy to make. Cocktail wieners in a sweet sauce is great, cheese and crackers of different kinds. Meat platters are usually the last to go, but some do like them. You just end up with a lot of meat at the end of the night. Fruit platter with strawberries, grapes of various kinds and a sweet dip to go with them. When I put these out at a party, it's the first thing to go.

Answer 3

There's some really yummy and cheap Sweet Hawiian King rolls at Wal-Mart and get a few pounds of assorted meats and cheeses. It's not too pricey and it's always a hit at my parties. If that fails Chick-Fil-A caters. Those are the things that go the fastest. Veggies are normally what's left except for what's been picked over by my vegetarian friends.

Answer 4

Healthy food is always left over. The fruit and veggie trays are always there at the end of the night while all the fattening greasy food is gone. If people will be drinking they tend to prefer junk food like chips and pizza.

Answer 5

There are many factors involved that you need to clarify first. Do you just want to serve bite-sized snacks or are you going for full meals? Who is attending? What kind of crowd are you dealing with?

I'm going to assume you just wanna make snacks and keeping it simple.

Now ask yourself, what kind of crowd is coming to this party? Make an assumption of the majority of people that are coming and plan you menu accordingly.

Now these are just generalizations we used in school, they are not necessarily true but its something to think about.

-A lot of kids... chips, pretzels mini sandwiches
-A lot of guys... something hearty
-A lot of women... maybe something lighter
-Mixed crowd... little bit of everything

Simple hors d'oeuvres will work fine for any party.
Popular dishes like pigs in a blanket, potato skins and vegetable platters also known are crudites are usually choice for get-togethers.

I hope this sparked some ideas for you. Good luck with your party.

P.S. As for leftovers... with most veggies you can throw them in a pot with broth and make a soup. But in most cases its usually either eat it or toss it.

Answer 6

I like having out at least 2 differant dips ( taco and spinach ) and a veggie plater with dill dip, chips, sausage and cheese, crackers. I would not recommend spreddable cheese, it doesn't go over. Soda ( regular and diet ).

Answer 7

different types of cheese and crackers ,Hawaiian bread and spinach dip or simply sensations makes a bacon bacon dip (it is really great and easy to)also garlic dip.or hacienda dip with sociable crackers .Rachel ray is good at these ideas !!! The thing i see left over often is pre made sandwiches --store bought.

Answer 8

Good foods:
cheese & pineapple on sticks....
or cheese and small pickled onions....
and egg & mayo sandwiches in nice soft breads

Things that are hardly touched:
Unidentified parcels: little parcels that'r filled with meaty stuff
Curled up or dried up sandwiches
Crisps

Answer 9

Spinach and Cheese triangles made with Phyllo Dough will disappear super-fast..

Left-Overs are usually an oversized bowl of burnt baked beans..

Answer 10

Dips look messy after a few minutes. Messy food is unappetizing.
Stuffed mushrooms, boiled shrimp, scallops wrapped in bacon, all these are party standards because everyone loves them.