<p>I’m hosting my first football tailgate party soon and would love to hear from all you creative CC’ers with your recipe suggestions and practical tips.</p>
<p>Virginia ham biscuits. Washed down with a good gin and tonic.</p>
<p>Pork tenderloin rolls with horseradish sauce. Yum.</p>
<p>Location and age of participants? One thing for high school, another for college with some variations for pro games.</p>
<p>And if you don’t get enough help here, go online or to your library for Southern Living magazine. World’s best recipes and party ideas for such situatons, bar none!</p>
<p>Practical suggestions: Plan for wind. Bring a trash bag.</p>
<p>Around here brats are expected… know your guests tastes.</p>
<p>Good stuff!! It’s a Northeastern U.S. college football game with a mostly adult group (a few teenagers) Team colors are blue and white–trying to come up with some theme ideas that don’t include dyeing the onion dip blue or anything scary like that.</p>
<p>Last one I went to had shish ka bob. You can probably use any marinated meat, but they had shrimp. Everyone grabbed a presoaked wooden stick and put their meals (not pre-made, only pre-marinated). If you do something like this you will need hand wipes for all. The shrimp is easy to get onto a stick. Some other meats might not be as easy when using the inexpensive wooden sticks. It was very good btw. They marinated it in an Indian marinade that you can find in an upscale grocery store.</p>
<p>Don’t forget your football.</p>
<p>Team colors-you can always serve cake frosted half blue, and half white or any such variation.</p>