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Kitty said: Yes.Food for a Pool Party at my Apartment Complex?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
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I want to have a "pool party" at my complex's pool. There are plenty of tables, most with umbrella attached. It's mostly for family and not too many people but I need ideas for food. I don’t have close access to a grill so I would like food that I can precook and that can sit on a table for a few hours. I was thinking I could pre-cook some burgers but I don’t know how well they'll do sitting out?
Thanks!
Answer:
I would do sandwiches and keep them in cooler. Label them like supermarkets do so people know what they are. Serve chips, pasta salad tossed with your favorite salad dressing like Italian, watermelon and drinks.
I would go with fried chicken it's good hot or cold, do a potato salad, maybe some cole slaw, deviled eggs are always a hit and you can put the plate they are on in a pan of ice--just wing it. Brownies and rice krispy bars are good.
Unless you have a way to keep the burgers at least lukewarm, I don't think they are a great idea unless everyone eats them quickly.
You can always do tea rolls with deli meat, again you can put the deli meat in a dish on ice.
I found that potato skins with cheddar and bacon are always a hit. Don't take too long to prepare either or can buy already frozen.
The usual; mac salad, pasta salad, potato salad, rigitoni, vegetable tray.
potato salad
pasta salads
cold quiches
cold chicken
crusty bread nd butter
reglar salads
cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks,stuck into oranges
hardboiled eggs
rice salad
fruit salads
Stay away from food that is traditionally eaten hot, like burgers directly from a grill.
Go with clever finger snacks, like chicken drum sticks, cold meats, fresh buns, miniature samoosas, spring rolls and lots of cheeses and cracker biscuits.
For something sweet, have some miniature milk tarts handy, or any other small fresh cakes.
For starters also stay with things that you are able to buy or make beforehand, like a fresh fruit salad cut in fancy strips served in wide mouth glasses with a small strip of sugar on the rims...
Keep it simple and effort free.
Nothing dampens a party more that when the host is running about, trying to cook the burgers all the time.
Burgers and dogs are always a favorite. Here's a good way to keep the warm. Buy a foil pan that would hold all the patties and dogs you plan on serving, buy a bigger one that this one would sit inside of. Allow about 1 to 2 inches between the sides. Sit the pan with the items inside of the larger one and pour hot (not too hot) water in to the larger pan, surrounding the smaller pan and keeping the items warm. Or buy a disposable chaffing dish at Party Card Outlet. Try a veggie tray with Ranch dressing, chicken nuggets, sub sandwich slices. For desert rent a chocolate fountain and have strawberries, pound cake squares, pineapple chunks and pretzel rods.
Instead of burgers, how about a big cold cut sandwich? You could get a big loaf of bread, split it down the middle and make a giant sandwich with cold cuts, cheese, lettuce, onions, and the works. Cut it into sections and viola! You've got lunch.
Make a pasta salad with Italian dressing. Try to avoid salads made with mayonnaise -- it doesn't keep well. Serve some chips with salsa and a tray full of cut of vegetables - carrots, celery, broccoli, cucumber, radishes, grape tomatoes. Make pitchers of lemonade and iced tea.
Enjoy your party!
Precooked burgers...Sounds a bit "Greasy" to me!...Try cooked meats and Dressed Salad...an heathier option!
Easiest way is to just get a bunch of freeze-dried picnic food and simply hurl it into the pool as lunchtime approaches. We have some freeze dried hot dogs in the back forty acres of our fridge. I could email them to you. Or there is always the fax machine.
Fruit and cheese platters, antipasto platter, maybe some cold boiled shrimp? If it's hot outside, people will enjoy the cold food, and those things can sit out for a while. I serve grilled sausages with my fruit and cheese platters, and the men seem to enjoy it. Ideally, you could make sandwiches up ahead of time. Cold salads are tasty, but you need to consider that men don't prefer 'sissy food', so have some chips and dips/sandwiches for them.
Or, if it's for dinner, a Low Country Boil might be nice. Everyone loves it and it's casual--perfect for a pool party. You can cover all of the tables w/newspaper, and dump out boiled shrimp, sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob. It's simple, and you'd only be cooking one major dish, so it's not terribly time consuming...Word of advice, though...start early with the potatoes, they always like to cook slower than you think. The potatoes, sausage, and corn really help you stretch your shrimp. You really don't need more than 1/2 pound of shrimp per person. It's very casual and fun, and the men really enjoy it. I highly recommend getting wild shrimp, though, not farm raised if you can. They taste much better for your trouble, and are usually only $1 a more a pound.
here in Texas for pool parties most people have a propane oven with a large pot on top. They boil the water and have a crayfish meal with potatoes and corn on the cob. If you don't know what that is, I would just have hot dogs, chips, sodas, and fruit salad. You can always grill the dogs and use a cooler. a cooler keeps food hot or cold. You have to be real careful of the heat. Heat can spoil food real easy. You can also order some pizzas. and have them delivered at the time you want to eat and have snacks for munching until the pizza gets there. Goldfish, tostitos with dip, pretzels and peanuts are good snacks.Pizza and beer is always good...most of the time it's about getting together and having fun rather than the food..
It looks like you have a lot of good answers here.
I would just like to emphasize the idea of keeping everything perishible on ice...Bring lots of coolers poolside... you might even label the fronts of coolers... Beer...Soft Drinks...Salads... Meats n cheeses... etc.
Have lots of ice available and know where you can quickly get more if needed. Also if you put the coolers on a surface other than concrete, the food will stay cool longer as the concrete will heat the bottom of the cooler.
Have a fun party! And provide life preservers for the children.
If I were you I would go with lunch meats and cheeses on a tray. You can purchase different kinds of rolls to put out. A tray of crackers, cheese, and pepperoni. Chips and dip. Watermelon. A tray of fruit and a tray of vegetables. Cold salads(coleslaw, potato, macaroni, fruit). Deviled eggs. Make up a bowl of fruit punch. Cookies, cupcakes, brownies. Chips. Soda, water.
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Kitty said: Yes.Food for a Pool Party at my Apartment Complex?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Food for a Pool Party at my Apartment Complex?),it will help you,my kids.
I want to have a "pool party" at my complex's pool. There are plenty of tables, most with umbrella attached. It's mostly for family and not too many people but I need ideas for food. I don’t have close access to a grill so I would like food that I can precook and that can sit on a table for a few hours. I was thinking I could pre-cook some burgers but I don’t know how well they'll do sitting out?
Thanks!
Answer:
I would do sandwiches and keep them in cooler. Label them like supermarkets do so people know what they are. Serve chips, pasta salad tossed with your favorite salad dressing like Italian, watermelon and drinks.
I would go with fried chicken it's good hot or cold, do a potato salad, maybe some cole slaw, deviled eggs are always a hit and you can put the plate they are on in a pan of ice--just wing it. Brownies and rice krispy bars are good.
Unless you have a way to keep the burgers at least lukewarm, I don't think they are a great idea unless everyone eats them quickly.
You can always do tea rolls with deli meat, again you can put the deli meat in a dish on ice.
I found that potato skins with cheddar and bacon are always a hit. Don't take too long to prepare either or can buy already frozen.
The usual; mac salad, pasta salad, potato salad, rigitoni, vegetable tray.
potato salad
pasta salads
cold quiches
cold chicken
crusty bread nd butter
reglar salads
cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks,stuck into oranges
hardboiled eggs
rice salad
fruit salads
Stay away from food that is traditionally eaten hot, like burgers directly from a grill.
Go with clever finger snacks, like chicken drum sticks, cold meats, fresh buns, miniature samoosas, spring rolls and lots of cheeses and cracker biscuits.
For something sweet, have some miniature milk tarts handy, or any other small fresh cakes.
For starters also stay with things that you are able to buy or make beforehand, like a fresh fruit salad cut in fancy strips served in wide mouth glasses with a small strip of sugar on the rims...
Keep it simple and effort free.
Nothing dampens a party more that when the host is running about, trying to cook the burgers all the time.
Burgers and dogs are always a favorite. Here's a good way to keep the warm. Buy a foil pan that would hold all the patties and dogs you plan on serving, buy a bigger one that this one would sit inside of. Allow about 1 to 2 inches between the sides. Sit the pan with the items inside of the larger one and pour hot (not too hot) water in to the larger pan, surrounding the smaller pan and keeping the items warm. Or buy a disposable chaffing dish at Party Card Outlet. Try a veggie tray with Ranch dressing, chicken nuggets, sub sandwich slices. For desert rent a chocolate fountain and have strawberries, pound cake squares, pineapple chunks and pretzel rods.
Instead of burgers, how about a big cold cut sandwich? You could get a big loaf of bread, split it down the middle and make a giant sandwich with cold cuts, cheese, lettuce, onions, and the works. Cut it into sections and viola! You've got lunch.
Make a pasta salad with Italian dressing. Try to avoid salads made with mayonnaise -- it doesn't keep well. Serve some chips with salsa and a tray full of cut of vegetables - carrots, celery, broccoli, cucumber, radishes, grape tomatoes. Make pitchers of lemonade and iced tea.
Enjoy your party!
Precooked burgers...Sounds a bit "Greasy" to me!...Try cooked meats and Dressed Salad...an heathier option!
Easiest way is to just get a bunch of freeze-dried picnic food and simply hurl it into the pool as lunchtime approaches. We have some freeze dried hot dogs in the back forty acres of our fridge. I could email them to you. Or there is always the fax machine.
Fruit and cheese platters, antipasto platter, maybe some cold boiled shrimp? If it's hot outside, people will enjoy the cold food, and those things can sit out for a while. I serve grilled sausages with my fruit and cheese platters, and the men seem to enjoy it. Ideally, you could make sandwiches up ahead of time. Cold salads are tasty, but you need to consider that men don't prefer 'sissy food', so have some chips and dips/sandwiches for them.
Or, if it's for dinner, a Low Country Boil might be nice. Everyone loves it and it's casual--perfect for a pool party. You can cover all of the tables w/newspaper, and dump out boiled shrimp, sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob. It's simple, and you'd only be cooking one major dish, so it's not terribly time consuming...Word of advice, though...start early with the potatoes, they always like to cook slower than you think. The potatoes, sausage, and corn really help you stretch your shrimp. You really don't need more than 1/2 pound of shrimp per person. It's very casual and fun, and the men really enjoy it. I highly recommend getting wild shrimp, though, not farm raised if you can. They taste much better for your trouble, and are usually only $1 a more a pound.
here in Texas for pool parties most people have a propane oven with a large pot on top. They boil the water and have a crayfish meal with potatoes and corn on the cob. If you don't know what that is, I would just have hot dogs, chips, sodas, and fruit salad. You can always grill the dogs and use a cooler. a cooler keeps food hot or cold. You have to be real careful of the heat. Heat can spoil food real easy. You can also order some pizzas. and have them delivered at the time you want to eat and have snacks for munching until the pizza gets there. Goldfish, tostitos with dip, pretzels and peanuts are good snacks.Pizza and beer is always good...most of the time it's about getting together and having fun rather than the food..
It looks like you have a lot of good answers here.
I would just like to emphasize the idea of keeping everything perishible on ice...Bring lots of coolers poolside... you might even label the fronts of coolers... Beer...Soft Drinks...Salads... Meats n cheeses... etc.
Have lots of ice available and know where you can quickly get more if needed. Also if you put the coolers on a surface other than concrete, the food will stay cool longer as the concrete will heat the bottom of the cooler.
Have a fun party! And provide life preservers for the children.
If I were you I would go with lunch meats and cheeses on a tray. You can purchase different kinds of rolls to put out. A tray of crackers, cheese, and pepperoni. Chips and dip. Watermelon. A tray of fruit and a tray of vegetables. Cold salads(coleslaw, potato, macaroni, fruit). Deviled eggs. Make up a bowl of fruit punch. Cookies, cupcakes, brownies. Chips. Soda, water.
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