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anyone have ideas for bayou food, swamp haunt happening and I usually try and match the foods...never been to the bayou and I have nooo clue what to make!

Cajun Magots, a cajun Rice
Blackened bat wings- just terriaki chicken wings

Crockadile jumbalia, just substitute chicken breast in a seafood jumbalia and says its crockadile no one but you will know

check out Matthew Mead, I bought a Halloween book from last year and it has a section dedicated to "frog and toad festivities"... his website may have the same? Worth a try, maybe. Search Polliwog Punch and Pond Sludge Dip.

I've never been there either but the stereotype up north seems to be all cajun, I don't know if there's truth to that or not??
But either way, there was a lot of posts on this theme last season...

2010 Romp in the Swamp - Louisiana Theme

Boo Orleans Voodoo Bash

Party theme idea: Bloody Bayou

I hope some of these help!

Definitely serve gumbo and jambalaya! Bloody Mary's would fit well, if you're looking for a drink.

I made a green vanilla pudding-type dip for fruit and called it "Swamp Slime" on my blog. http://veryveganholiday.wordpress.co...-fruit-kebobs/ You could do something similar with green-tinted cheese for fondue. A green cheese fondue fountain would be awesome at a swamp party!

thanks for all the great ideas!!!

Every year, we mix in nacho cheese dip with appropriate food coloring. Green or mud would work for you. we have a dedicated femer drilled, hot-glued with a ladle
You can find bluerunner red beans in a can, which is also carried by sams. served with white lice
we always do a death cake, which you could easily decorate as a Louisiana cemetery which has raised crypts (dirt cake receipe)
Meat on a stick--call it gator with a sauce picayune (sweet and hot)
fried boudin balls--call them eyeballs (put a couple of ebay eyeballs in the serving tray)
all vampire stuff flows from ann rice and is easily incorporated
feel free to pm me with other ideas

Here are a few recipes. Have fun!H1



Roast Beef Po'Boy with Debris Gravy
(very popluar sandwich served at Parasol's, in the Garden District of New Orleans)

Recipe here: http://www.nolacuisine.com/2005/10/2...-debris-gravy/

Crawfish boil


Bayou BBQ SHrimp (so yum and it's easy to make)

Ingredients
4 pounds unpeeled, large fresh shrimp
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup chili sauce
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 lemons, sliced
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons Creole seasoning
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
Crusty French bread

Spread shrimp in a shallow, aluminum foil-lined broiler pan.

Combine butter and next 12 ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until butter melts, and pour over shrimp. Cover and chill 2 hours, turning shrimp every 30 minutes.

Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 15 to 17 minutes; turn once. Serve with crusty bread.(Can serve with a green salad and corn on the cob.)

And an alligator shaped cake......

Cool Cake!!

I'm having a Voodoo on the Bayou theme. I thought of making jambalaya but decided to go with traditional appetizer finger foods with a Louisiana twist. I'll be having 40-50 guests, including 20 teenagers (16-17 yrs old). I want everything premade with last minute minimal fuss.

My menu:

VOODOO ON THE BAYOU MENU

Table:
Brown tablecloth covered with green creepy cloth, swamp grass centerpiece with skull flowers, insects, snakes, frogs, lizards, etc…

Party Food:
Swamp Dip – spinach dip in pumpernickel round
Upchuck Chunks (?) – cheese cubes and sliced andouille sausage
Swamp Witch Head – skewered veggies on styro head, veg face, spinach strands, dip
Alligator Eggs – deviled eggs tinted green with black olives
Muffaletta Minis – ham, salami, cheese subs with olive mix; half plain w/ Creole mustard on side
Deadmeat Balls – meatballs with cajun seasoning, peach preserves and BBQ sauce
Creepy Cajun Crab Dip – baked crab dip/crackers
Slimy Shrimp – marinated shrimp
Bayou Bites – mini quiche or stuffed mushrooms
Poisoned Pus – cream cheese covered with New Orleans Tiger sauce
Gator Heads – pickles, olives

Snacks – potato chips, pretzels, nuts

Desserts:
Skull cupcakes – vanilla cupcakes with skull heads
Slime Balls - mini brownies with green glaze
Pecan Pie Bars
Roaches – dates stuffed with cream cheese mixed with cointreau and walnuts
Ear Wax – butterscotch dipped mini marshmallows on stick
Rotten Sweets - candy bowl with mini mice
Viper Tongues - black licorice strips

Drinks:
Hurricanes (alcoholic) – beverage dispenser
Swamp Scum – (non-alcoholic) sherbet fruit punch
Mulatto Milkshakes – vanilla shake with chocolate syrup
Beer, wine, soda, water
Jello Shots

I copied and pasted my menu so if you have any questions or need recipes just ask.

Junit beat me to it. My stuff is under the 'Boo Orleans Halloween Bash' link.