Gamers Christmas...

[Sarlon]

So this year again I'm throwing a christmas party for my gaming group at my house....but have NO clue what I'm going to make for dinner...

I know I'm making a traditional Yule Log for dessert, but I have no clue as to the main dish to feed 10 people....many of whom love to eat alot of food...

Open to ideas....no one has any food alergies or things they don't like.

[RayvenQ]

with creative use of Food dye, you could make a pacman yule log.

Damn, I misread it, serves me right for being up at 5am having not slept.

[ralerin]

Low Carb "Mockaroni" with Cheese sauce. The Mock in this dish comes from the cauliflower instead of pasta you put in it. >_> Poof, a vegetable and a side dish taken care of.

Cauliflower
1-2 cups shredded cheddar
4 tablespoons heavy cream
4 tablespoons cream or neufchatel cheese
Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste

Boil up one cauliflower, drain. Into your dish put in half the cream and a handful of cheddar, then throw in the cauliflower. In a microwave safe bowl, nuke the cream cheese, salt and pepper and rest of the cream and 1/2 or so of the cheddar together in 30 second intervals, stirring so it melts and gets smooth. Pour the sauce over the cauliflower, mix, then top with some parmesan and reserve cheddar. Bake for approximately 45 minutes-1 hr or until brown and bubbly.

Delicious, low carb. Everyone will fall over it.

If you'd like, I can give you sweet and sour meatballs or traditional Canadian pork pie.

[AdminAssistant]

Well, you can hardly go wrong with lasagna or spaghetti. I have a recipe for a delightful macaroni casserole that feeds a small army if you'd like it. (It involves Velveeta and Rotel as the main ingredients.)

[AdminAssistant]

Okay, Okay! Here's the recipe!



This is really more of a concept than recipe, please feel free to alter, add, or subtract as you wish.

1 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1-2 stalks of celery, chopped

Brown above in a big pot with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and a bit of sugar. Drain excess fat if needed. (That will depend on fat content of beef, of course. If it's 90/10 or better, don't worry 'bout it.)

In seperate pot, boil one small bag of macaroni pasta (any kind of short, funky noodle will do, though, I used Cavatappi last time and it was great!)

Put back in pot and add 1 lb Velveeta, cut into hunks so it'll melt faster. Once the Velveeta melts, add 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can of rotel, and the cooked pasta. You can also add extra green chiles at this point if you want to bump the heat factor a bit.

Pour into a large baking dish and bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.

[Sarlon]

oops forgot ONE allergy....mushrooms. One of the guys can't eat them in ANY form or he tries to remove his skin from the itching. Can soemthing other then cream of mushroom soup be used?

[Plaidman]

Make parody foods. Or if your into hardcore medival gaming, make food from that area. Demand dress up. Play a special one nighter of gaming against the evil menance of Santa Clause.

I remember like 3.0 edition had his stats. He had like Detct Naughty or Good, could fly but only with riendeer. Every bag he has is treatd as a bag of holding, could grant wishs to people but only for material objects equal to the amount of fgoodness one did.
Immune to cold, could get plus 30 to escape artist without rolling.

Just revere it. Materal wishs for EVIL people. You gotta stop the AntiClause!

[AccountingDrone]

oops forgot ONE allergy....mushrooms. One of the guys can't eat them in ANY form or he tries to remove his skin from the itching. Can soemthing other then cream of mushroom soup be used?

any cream of can be subbed in for shroom. I am not fond of cream of creature soup so I tend to use cream of celery or broccoli or asparagus in casseroles.

There are a lot of good mass feeding recipes out there, but if oyu want to really serve the masses and give ex military flashbacks, how about :
http://www.tpub.com/content/food/recipes/

[AdminAssistant]

oops forgot ONE allergy....mushrooms. One of the guys can't eat them in ANY form or he tries to remove his skin from the itching. Can soemthing other then cream of mushroom soup be used?

Yeah, probably! Cream of...anything would work. Or maybe just cream. Hell, I don't know!

[ralerin]

Oooh, forgot to mention something-if there's snow, fresh snow, you could boil down maple syrup into a sort of taffy and pour it on so it hardens and makes a sort of candy. Really, really good. Geek or not, nothing brings out the kid in anyone more than playing with your food.

[Sarlon]

snow? what is this....snow you speak of? we only get its cousin....rain.

[SteeleDragon78]

there is always my fathers pasta pazoul recipie

4 lbs ground critter
4 lbs elbow mac, i prefer the rotinni myself
3 huge jars of ragu, your choice
2 onions
2 bell peppers
lots of garlic
salt and pepper to taste

feeds 12 to 15 if you have salad and bread

[AccountingDrone]

there is always my fathers pasta pazoul recipie

4 lbs ground critter
4 lbs elbow mac, i prefer the rotinni myself
3 huge jars of ragu, your choice
2 onions
2 bell peppers
lots of garlic
salt and pepper to taste

feeds 12 to 15 if you have salad and bread

It needs beans to be proper pasta e fagioli

3 teaspoons Oil
2 pounds Ground beef
1 1/2 cups Onion; chopped
1 1/2 cups Carrots; slivered
1 1/2 cups Celery; diced
8 cups Tomatoes; canned, diced
2 cups cooked Red Kidney beans if canned drain and rinse
2 cups cooked White kidney beans if canned drain and rinse
11 cups Beef stock
3 teaspoons Oregano
2 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
5 teaspoons Parsley; (fresh chopped)
1 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
6 cups Spaghetti sauce
8 ounces dry ditali or the small shells [well pretty much any little shaped pasta, i just made a batch yesterday with dinosaur pasta] In a pinch, I have used the dried cheese filled tortelloni, but i prefer ditali as the tortelloni tend to unwrap while cooking]

Directions:

Preparation: Sauté beef in oil in large 10-qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, Tabasco, spaghetti sauce, and noodles. Add chopped parsley. Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes 9 qts. of soup! **Just cut the recipe in 1/2 for smaller family needs!

[SteeleDragon78]

It needs beans to be proper pasta e fagioli

ah but mine is the starving college kid version

[gremcint]

make sugar cookies, find a square cookie cutter and then use chocolate chips to make dice cookies.