Tips For Hosting A True Texan BBQ Party
By Chris McCarthy
As the saying goes ‘Everything is big in Texas’, the Texan BBQ
Party is no exception. You do not have to go to Texas. Stay
where you are and we offer you swashing ideas for a Texan BBQ
Party.
Set The Backdrop
A Texan BBQ Party will be a fun – frolicking experience for you
and your guests. To be swept in the mood of Texan style party
forgo the fancy flatware and get to the down-home approach. So
set the stage for the Texan mood at your backyard.
Start with a dress code of faded blue jeans or head-to-spur
fringe to keep the guests in a Texan frame of mind. You may
bring out some posers with naughty slogans like – ‘high noon
until the cows come home’ or ‘eat barbecue without a napkin’
etc. Spread a desperado décor by turning your backyard into
tumbleweed-strewn dust bowl with straw on your deck or patio
and hay bales for guests to sit. Cast-iron cookware, dinner
bell, cowboy boots, saddles, horseshoes, bedrolls, wagon
wheels, dried chilli pepper, rope, Texan flag and many more of
your innovative ideas to bring the right mood. A county
toe-tapping music by Texas born country artists is a must,
without which it would be a big bore.
Unfold a red checked or denim tablecloth. For napkins, make
some colorful bandanas tied with rope or even sheriff’s star
work wonderfully at your Texan BBQ Party. Make ‘guest name
cards’ to place on the tables, which makes them feel special.
Add decorative centerpiece on clay pots with cactus or hide a
pot in an old pair of boots and some fresh flowers in the pots.
A Texan’s mouth waters like the Colorado River for a slab of
spareribs or a hunk of corn bread. The food turns attractive
with mouth-watering varieties of special hot sauce. For
adventurous guests add tortilla chips and funky salt and
peppershakers. If possible keep the drinks in old styled
washtub filled with ice.
Fun at the BBQ party
Guests may be unknown to each other. Bring in fun and break the
ice with a dance lesson. Invite guests on the floor barefoot or
with cowboy boots for a line dancing class.
Texas Hold’em is a fast and funny game of 2-10 people. The
objective is to finish with the best poker hand and win the
pot.
Cattle Corral is steer roping. Position a pint-sized wrangler a
few feet away and try catching the cattle.
Squirt-gun-showdown to set a lit candle or an empty soda can
and get your guests to shoot a water pistol to either knock out
the flame or the can first.
Just because sun sets, it does not mean fun has to end, set up
a campfire, which is legendary with Texas cowboys, and invite
someone to strum a song on the six string to reach to the
climax of Texan BBQ party.
About The Author:
Chris McCarthy is the owner of
www.insanechicken.com and BBQ Sauce Catalog. InsaneChicken has a wide variety of BBQ
Sauce and BBQ Rubs to get you ready for any BBQ Party.
