Comments on: Flaming Pineapples

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:26:32 +0000

I thought this was great! I love your line “women under the influence of estrogen”. It’s true. I am 56 and can look back and laugh now at what moms come up with sometimes! May–a great theme for May is “bakery”. Stop by your store bakery and pick something up on the way to the event!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:30:59 +0000

Serve bacon and frog legs and then say it’s the end of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. Wonder if Kermit got that swine flu??

Why are you groaning??

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:51:39 +0000

I am all over the EARLY parties so that the bar is set way low. Like, on the ground! A flaming pineapple would never enter my simple little mind….

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:52:20 +0000

And here I sit, the type A who is thinking of what theme you could go with. “Of course summer!” I think to myself. She could have the cupcakes with the waves and the shark tips on them http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/summer-cupcakes?autonomy_kw=blue%20cupcakes
Maybe the kids could draw flowers on the white paper table cloths or you could just make bright colored tissue paper flowers with pipe cleaners.
Maybe she would want to make the candy cup caps with a graduation theme! Oh! That would be fun! http://www.bakerella.com/candy-cup-caps/
And oh yes, this is not my turn to be the crazy mom with the coconut bra…that will come soon enough. My daughter is only 1. Hope all the flaming pineapples along the way don’t burn too many moms. Hang in there. I’m sure it will be delightful however you choose to celebrate.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:52:11 +0000

Honey, we deep fry everything in Texas. And then we cover it in cheese.

Or gravy.

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AND gravy.

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How stupid of me. Of course!

By: The Confused Foreigner

The Confused Foreigner — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:44:50 +0000

I was once quietly kicked out of such a supper club. I was really really busy at that time and often forgot about it until the last minute. (Everyone was supposed to bring something within that month’s said theme) … I think I got kicked out for lameness. It was done quietly and decisively. One month I was not notified of what the next month’s meet date was and it was never mentioned again in my presence. I guess I deserved to get the boot, but I was a little hurt about it then. Now, in light of the fact just thinking about cooking something themey makes me brain tired and just a tiny bit fearful…. everybody was probably happier after the parting of the ways.

Bacon and cookies! yum

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:26:03 +0000

Honey, we deep fry everything in Texas. And then we cover it in cheese.

Or gravy.

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AND gravy.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:00:41 +0000

When confronted with a predicament such as this, my general rule is to crumple like a Dixie cup. In this situation, that would mean the theme would be no theme at all. You tell your guests they must try to figure out the theme based upon the decor and dishes served. It’d be hours of fun. Maybe even days.

Myself, I’d do the flaming pineapple every time. As my dear wife pointed out above, the Hawaiian motif always works and I don’t have to buy anything new. And it gives me an excuse to wear a Hawaiian shirt and light my Tiki torches.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:16:21 +0000

Bacon and cookies sounds good to me. . .but ONLY IF I can have flaming pineapple for dessert.

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Silly girl. You can’t eat the centerpiece!

By: momof8

momof8 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:13:03 +0000

Oh man, May? The grand finale? Could you please take your camera? And, um, bacon and cookies? Really? Cool. In Minnesota we have chocolate covered bacon at the State Fair. Do you do links? http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=515823
I hear they deep fry it at the Texas Fair.

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Honey, we deep fry everything in Texas. And then we cover it in cheese.