Tropical theme party fixins?

Charles in SC

What are good sides at a tropical theme party when the weather is hot? How about eggable main dishes as well.
Thanks!

Car Wash Mike

<p />Charles in SC,
I cooked this the other day. Just a jerked pork roast. Also, pineapple soaked in soy sauce then grilled is pretty good.[p]Mike

Richard

Charles in SC,[p]Got to have some liquid refreshment with the pineapple pork, that mike just suggested. [p]Beverage, Margarita, McGee

I'd like to think that this is the type of margarita that Travis McGee, or my friend Dave (my astronomy teacher), gone almost two years now, would enjoy on a nice relaxing day of the week, no matter the weather, when the Egg is going and the daytime skies will give way to a clear night with Sirius blazing down upon us.
[p]1-1/2 oz Good Tequila: Patron, Cabo Wabo, or the like (not Cuervo)
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Grand Marnier
Sweet and Sour Mix
Lemonade




1 Fill a glass with ice.
2 Pour tequila and cointreau over ice.
3 Add a dash of lemonade (cuts the margarita better than anything)
4 Fill with Sweet and Sour
5 Float Grand Marnier on top


Recipe Type
Beverage

Recipe Source
Author: JoNuggs Email: cjarmstrong813@hotmail.com[p]Source: BGE Forum, JoNuggs, 12/15/05[p]Best margarita ever!![p]Cook whatever you'd like and enjoy this margarita along with it.[p]Notes: Turn on good music.[p]Fire up grill.[p]Make margarita.[p]Relax and enjoy the drink and the Egg.




[ul][li]http://www.bacardimojito.com/default.aspx [/ul]

dhuffjr

Charles in SC,
Whipped this up in Oklahoma City with a little help :>)[p]It was kinda tropical.....[p]

guava greg

Car Wash Mike , The muscles in the back of my jaw tigntened up a bit looking at that pic. Kinda the sweet/sour feeling cause that's what it looks like. Nice eye candy![p]Aloha,[p]greg

stike

Richard,
leave out the sweet and sour!
if you like the margarita with it, please try it without. nothing kills top-shelf tequila like sweet and sour.[p]...on the back of cointreau there's a recipe for the 'traditional' (some say 'original' margarita. it still allows the tequila to shine through.[p]...it's essentially two parts tequila, one part cointreau, and a splash (maybe a half-part) lime juice. you could also add an equal amount (a half-part) of simple-sugar syrup.[p]

Unknown

When I lived in fiji, kokoda was my favorite-- raw white fish
with lime and chillies


http://www.fijibure.com/namatakula/food.htm

best regards
thorsten

J Appledog

Charles,[p]For main dishes, any jerk or mojo marinated meats are great. (Add dark rum to marinade). Good sides are bean salads, ceviche, slaws, gazpacho, etc.[p]One of the best "tropical" meals I ever had was a birthday party at my house for my many March birthday friends. I was going to be in New Mexico until the night before the party, so I mailed out recipes from Steve Raichlen's 'Miami Spice' cookbook for people to make and bring. It was fabulous. The book was published in 1993 but is still one of my favorites.[p]
Publix has a good mojo and makes great key lime pies.... [p]Julie[p]Rick Bayless has a great ceviche recipe I can e-mail to you.[p]

thirdeye

<p />J Appledog,[p]Everything in this thread sounds good! And speaking of Key lime pie, Richard gave me his favorite recipe for one. It's easy (even for me) to make and has a coconut crust that really makes it special. And if you are making the margaritas he chimed in with below, you can add some of the Gran Marnier to the crust[p]~thirdeye~

[ul][li]Key Lime Pie[/ul]

J Appledog

That looks eggcellent, thirdeye. My husband usually makes Raichlen's but we'll try this one sometime. JCA