It's Pirate-palooza around here, these days. On Friday night Quin and I got a real, live babysitter for the Li'l Monster and went to see "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in an actual movie theater. It was a fun movie, buckles were swashed, and a good time was had by all. Very cool special effects; I especially liked Davy Jones' squid-face. We just now finished watching a History Channel program on real pirates. Turns out, pirates were actually big jerks; not at all hunky or quirky like Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom. Bummer.Lately I've been thinking about having a Pirate Party. Problem is I can't come up with a good reason to even have a party other than I want the pleasure of coming up with clever pirate-related names for foods and fun decorations. Is that alone reason enough to have a party? Hmm, I don't know, I might be able to convince myself that it actually is. Seems like everyone likes to go to a party, they just don't want to be the one to have to put it on. I happen to prefer putting on the party to actually going, so it seems like a natural fit for me to be the facilitator.
What kind of food should I serve at my Pirate Party? I have seen a treasure chest cake that would make a fun centerpiece, and maybe we could have butter rum ice cream with it. What else? Dead Man's Chest BBQ ribs? Pieces of Eight potato chips? Polly the Parrot's (chicken) wings? Scurvy sea-(hot) dogs? Yo-Ho-Hos? I have these little cloth bags I could decorate and fill with candy jewelry, chocolate coins and Ring Pops for each family to take home as loot, and even a gold-leafed treasure chest to present them in. Boy, I think I have myself just about convinced to do this! Maybe in August. If you have any more suggestions for pirate food, leave them in the comments!
Oh, pirate parties are so much fun. We had one for my son a few years ago - before the Pirate movies. Not sure if you will have kids at your party too - but here are some of the things we did. I made hooks out of black plastic drink cups - cut a slit in the bottom - cut out a cardboard hook and covered it with foil (you could spray paint them) then stick it through the slit. Put your hand in the cup and you have a hook, matey. Of course, eye patches are a must and pirate hats or bandanas are a cheaper route. I made a treasure box cake and made it open with candy necklaces, ring pops, Mardi Gras beads, chocolate coins and fake gold coins. I also made a treasure box and filled it with goodies like in the cake and hid it in the park. I had a treasure map (burned the edges, rolled it up with string and hid it too). The kids followed the treasure map to find the treasure box. Then they sat around it and went one by one taking a treasure out to keep until it was all gone. I made bags out of circles of felt (traced around a dinner plate) then punched holes around the edges and laced leather lacing through the holes to make a pouch for their goodies. I had a parrot pinata full of more candy necklaces and chocolate coins. My son had a pirate halloween costume the year before so he wore that to be the "star". I like your ideas for foods and with adults you could have lots of rum drinks! Be sure to blog your party if you have it!
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