# Party foods! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210 "2012-11-16T16:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/41 "2012-11-19T22:13:18Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I hope we have some anthropology students taking notes on contemporary American celebrations. > > Most of what’s been suggested here is 100% foreign to me. My parents never went to parties… or gave them. What are these “pinwheels” of which you speak? All of these sound wonderful and make me want to throw a party! **Sattua** , would it be easier to visualize as a Catherine Wheel? Like the fireworks? Basically, a pinwheel is something that’s been layered, rolled, and then sliced so the final product has a spiral pattern. Individual-sized finger foods! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/42 "2012-11-19T23:52:04Z")
[pizza cake](http://www.slashanddine.com/?p=49) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/43 "2012-11-20T02:05:44Z")
> [@kath94](#): > > All of these sound wonderful and make me want to throw a party! > > **Sattua** , would it be easier to visualize as a Catherine Wheel? Like the fireworks? Basically, a pinwheel is something that’s been layered, rolled, and then sliced so the final product has a spiral pattern. Individual-sized finger foods! Behold! The [Pinwheel](https://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=pinwheel%20appetizers&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=POWqUIrGDo-xygHtuYDYDQ&biw=1600&bih=736&sei=PuWqUJ2lMu2MyAG2mYGIBw)! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/44 "2012-11-20T02:14:40Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > [Foodgawker.com](http://Foodgawker.com) > > A meta listing of foodie blogs, each entry is a picture. You hover over the picture to see the title and if it sounds interesting, click on the picture to go to the blog. > > Really, food porn at it’s greatest. I surf it frequently to vary our repertoire of recipes. You can use it’s gimpy little search function for specifics like chicken or hor’s d’oeuvres or soups … great site. Can you search it for contributing blogs? I know two blogs that have posted some great recipes, but they’re primarily gun blogs, not food blogs… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/45 "2012-11-20T15:52:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Behold! The [Pinwheel](https://www.google.com/search?num=20&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=pinwheel%20appetizers&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=POWqUIrGDo-xygHtuYDYDQ&biw=1600&bih=736&sei=PuWqUJ2lMu2MyAG2mYGIBw)! One of those pics reminded me of another favorite: 1 can of crescent roll dough 3-4 cups baby spinach 1 cup cream cheese garlic to taste 1 cup white onion sliced very thin 1 cup sweet sherry Any herbs you may like. I prefer marjoram, but it’s a bit bitter for some tastes. Basil is safer and yummy too. saute onion and crushed garlic in sherry until soft. remove form heat and add cream cheese stirring until softened. add spinach, stir and leave to sit. Roll out dough into long strip. spread with spinach mizture and roll up. Place in freezer until party day. Cover cookie sheet with parchment paper. Slice pinwheels from dough roll and place on sheet. Bake at whatever temperature everything else needs until brown and flaky. And this is what I love so much - that dough is super flexible, and can adjust to whatever everything else needs. It’s easy to pop these in and out of the oven on whatever rack is free and they come out fine. Pick up the edges of the parchment paper and just slide them onto a serving plate. Ta da!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/46 "2012-11-20T16:07:46Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > 1 12 oz. bottle chili sauce > 8 oz. grape jelly > 1 small onion, chopped > 1 package Hillshire Farm Little Smokies > > Saute the onion and sausages in some butter till onions are soft, and smokies are somewhat browned. Pour in the chili sauce and the grape jelly, stir until the grape jelly is melted and it’s simmering. Serve with toothpicks. > > My husband wants me to make this for the Chicago/San Fran game tonight in lieu of dinner. He’s strange. 😃 I’ve done this many times with meatballs; somebody on this board highly recommended using cranberry jelly (the canned stuff). ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/47 "2012-11-21T04:01:00Z")
The crescent rolls? They come in sheets now,in the same size can as the triangles, but one big sheet for cooking. They’re right next to the regular crescent roll cans. ---
**Author:** ![Ksnook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@Ksnook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ksnook)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/48 "2012-11-23T14:59:52Z")
I’m preparing right now for a Grey Cup party on Sunday. I’m serving lots of skewers. I got a couple of packs of bamboo skewers, and I am cutting things up and storing them in bags in fridge. So far I have four cheeses, pepperoni, garlic sausage and chorizo. I have two colours of cherry tomatoes, some mushrooms, pickled pearl onions and sweet peppers. Sunday morning I will cut up a pineapple and melon, and prep the grapes and mandarin sections. During the pre-game show, I will relax with a small glass of wine and thread stuff on the skewers, then I just have to scatter platters around the den with stacks of napkins and bowls of assorted crackers. Not only is it easy and stress free, but my guests can choose to be vegan or low carb or kosher or dairy free or whatever, with any extra effort on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210/49 "2012-11-23T21:32:06Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Sugar doesn’t come in cones in the US… Uh, I thought those “piloncillo” cone-ish thingies I see in stores with a decent Hispanic section were sugar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/party-foods/641210.md?page=2)