STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

bumblebee · Coach

help with menu please...

Hermione · Kate Spade

barbecued chicken would go great w/ mac and cheese and a salad! i want some right now!!

bumblebee · Coach

thanks, indiekitten. that is a good idea, and would be simple. do you think it's blasphemous to use the boneless/skinless breasts for that? or should i really do the old-fashioned bone-in kind and slather it with barbeque sauce? that's how i remember my mom making it when i was little.

Hermione · Kate Spade

I don't think it would be blasphemous at all - that's how i make mine - (with the boneless and skinless)

here's a tip - i like to mix a little beer in w/ my barbecue sauce - it just tastes better somehow! you can use a cheap-y beer for it - sometimes i just get a forty of bud ice and drink the rest (hee hee!)

anyway - also if you do it on the barbecue it helps (if you're going to have the lid down at all) to have a little metal pan of water in there - it keeps the air (and therefore your chicken) moist!

bumblebee · Coach

oh, smart ideas! thanks.

have you ever done the thing where you cook a whole chicken on the grill, where it's sort of standing up propped over an open, half-full can of beer?

Hermione · Kate Spade

i never have - something makes me feel like somehow i'd make the can explode

jacL · Coach

Sounds yummy. Can I come over for dinner too?

bumblebee · Coach

of course, come on over! bring wine.

janey831 · Kate Spade

can u post the recipe? that sounds sooooooooooooooo delicious!

mjfantabulous · Nine West

Another cute idea when entertaining is to get some taller pretty or just cute glasses and put bacon wrapped breadsticks in them as a little munchie for your guests. All you do is take the long, skinny, garlic breadsticks, cut a piece of uncooked bacon in half, cover it in parmesan cheese, wrap it around the breadstick in a swirly, and cook them in the microwave for 3 1/2-4 minutes. They are scrumptious and addicting and always a big hit.