Environmental Disaster Party - call for ideas!

Roast duck covered in a dark cherry sauce to symbolize oil spills in an artic refuge.

don't forget the "you're doing a great job" brownies.....

An impacting comet comes to mind.

I have no idea how to decorate that, though. Perhaps hanging from the ceiling?

Solar flare.

Ice Age.

Collision with a large mass of antimatter.

Nuclear blasts. (You know, Atomic Fireballs?)

Hurricanes. (The drink)

Killer bees

Fire ants

Deforestation

Volcanoes

Dogs and cats living together

Deserts (or desserts) from over-grazing....

Now, THAT's a CLASSIC!!! <APPLAUSE>

May I suggest you use bright yellow plastic cups with the biohazard symbol on them?

oh brilliant! brownies and hurricanes! so simple! yellow plastic cups, also brilliant!
and a roasted duck...i love duck! hurrah!
i have to start a running list. I'm afraid we'll go bonkers - we usually do go all out for a party, especially in the kitchen.

... what goes into hurricanes? any other environmental disaster drinks we can make?

Holy cow! i think if we'll just serve these, environmental disaster will come naturally later.
(or if we invite slappy)...

Hurricane recipe

1 oz vodka
1/4 oz grenadine syrup
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 oz triple sec
grapefruit juice
pineapple juice


Pour all but the juices, in order listed, into a hurricane glass three-quarters filled with ice. Fill with equal parts of grapefruit and pineapple juice, and serve.


Serve in: Hurricane Glass
Hurricane #2 recipe

1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz light rum
1/2 oz 151 proof rum
1 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1 oz triple sec
grapefruit juice
pineapple juice
grenadine syrup


Pour gin, rums, amaretto, and triple sec into a hurricane glass with ice. Add equal amounts of grapefruit juice and pineapple juice until almost full. Top with grenadine to taste.


Serve in: Hurricane Glass


Hurricane Leah recipe

1/4 oz light rum
1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz vodka
1/4 oz tequila
1/4 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1 dash cherry brandy
3 oz sweet and sour mix
3 oz orange juice


Pour over ice into a hurricane glass, and stir. Garnish with an orange peel.


6% (12 proof)
Serve in: Hurricane Glass
Hurricane, New Orleans Style r...

1 oz white rum
1 oz Jamaican dark rum
1 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
3 oz orange juice
3 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
crushed ice


Combine all ingredients, mix well (shake or stir). Pour over crushed ice in hurricane glass. Best enjoyed through a small straw. Garnish with fruit wedge if desired.


16% (32 proof)
Serve in: Hurricane Glass

Would it be too complicated if you turned off all the lights ("no power") and handed out flashlights to everyone?

ha. not at all. we have some flashlights! and candles.

kris (littlek) came up with a great idea for candleholders - one tupperware put into another, pour wather inbetween and weigh the smaller one down a little, so that it sinks down, but not all the way - and stick in a freezer. take out, get ice out of tupperware and put candles inside. hurrah.

i'm also thinking of some nuclear mushroom clouds. or, well, just nuclear mushrooms. they have to be big enough - so probably portabellas. just baked lightly with some dressing and sprinkles of blue cheese on top. easy and sooooo goood.

You could have an Exxon Valdez room, cover the walls, floor, and ceiling with plastic drop cloths and squeeze about 30 containers of hershey chocolate all over the place.

Let people go in and get 'lubed'.

oooh, speaking of which, we're gonna need some some plastic suits and masks or whatnot...


mmmm, this could potentially be expensive.

That is a damn good idea and has tremendous potential.

Yeah. You just need some cooling towers for a table display...ala Three Mile Island, y'know...

or Jaslovské Bohunice in Slovakia:

That's the idea!

Now...for costumes.

How about this one? I think it'd be perfect for littlek. She could even bring Bootsie.

Those nuclear cooling towers look like dip bowls to me! We could litter the cooling tower area with glow-sticks (spent fuel rods?). We can buy dry ice down the street for the 'cooling' effect.

I was trying to figure out how to work in a dust bowl. Slash-and-burn agriculture. We could do a logging plate with asparagus maybe.

I've already forgoten the other things we talked about tonight which haven't yet made it to these pages. We've discussed styrofoam food trays,