Seafood Party

Most of us while on a seaside vacation, find ourselves enjoying the vivid delicacies of seaside cuisines. Whether it’s pomfret or lobster ( to name a few), it always entices an insatiable appetite that craves for such mouthwatering treats. However, once back from such vacations, we long to taste those seafood meals just about everyday. So what better way to enjoy a weekend, than organizing a ’seafood party’ to share your experiences with your friends and give yourself a scrumptious seafood fiesta.

Most common dishes for a seafood party are lobsters, crabs and shrimps. The type of dishes and methods of preparation differ region wise. Meaning, according to regions these delicacies can be boiled, steamed, baked or may even be eaten raw.

Regional Seafood Parties:

1. Louisiana: In Louisiana, craw fish boil is the most popular of all seafood occasions. Craw fish boils are mainly found at local levels. Crabbing is one of the most popular pastime across Southern Louisiana. The nets, designed to capture crabs are baited with chicken pieces and then cast into a stream. The nets are then picked out after about fifteen minutes with crabs clinging to the chicken pieces. The University of New Orleans host an annual craw fish boil for all students at the end of the spring semester.
2. South Carolina: Oyster Roast is considered to be one of the most important events in South Carolina for seafood parties. Grills are placed over hot coal and Oysters are put onto the grills after going through a thorough wash. Wet sacks are draped over the shells, and then the Oysters are half grilled and half baked. This sort of seafood event is generally popular in winters. Families, friends and relatives all join together with music, drinking and dancing at this event.
3. New England: One of the easiest to prepare and a well known tradition in New England is the New England Clam Boil. It’s a one pot meal, made by boiling clams in a pot with potatoes, onions and other ingredients. Sausages also act as an active ingredient in the clam boil. The boiling of sausages with the clams changes the taste of the sausages and make them milder. To add additional flavor, the cooked clams are then dipped in melted butter or clam juice and served with corn.

These were some of the most prominent places where seafood fiestas are extremely popular. Generally, these events involve an entire neighborhood or an entire community. However, if you wish to host your own seafood party with limited guests, here are a few tips to turn your party into a fiesta.

Here are some tips to give your ’seaside party’ a truly aquatic feeling:

1. Try to use light blue table cloth, which would remind you of the calm and subtle seas
2. Arrange a pirate’s chest, with gold coins (artificial/original, your choice) to give that extra feel of the open ocean and the free spirits of voyagers.
3. Serving the food on a ’seafood theme’ platter would be a great idea.
4. Use ‘clam shells’ for guests’ names, instead of the usual name tags. It would be more fun.
5. Play some ‘ocean themed’ music to add that extra touch.

Before you even think about these above-mentioned ideas, its very essential to pay attention towards the party invites that you’ll be sending out to the guests. An invitation is the face of your party, even before it begins. A guest would speculate as to how your party would be, just by the look of the party invitation. It’s quite possible that you might have planned an awesome event, but the guest turnout remains low, just because the invite wasn’t ‘Inviting’ enough.

If you aren’t able to make up your mind as to what sort of ’seafood party invitation’ to send, here are some websites that offer great invitation cards. I suggest you check them out.

• Invitation Box
• Announcing It
• The Party Starts Here

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