Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Celebrate William Shakespeare! Party Games, Recipes and Cocktails

Also featuring Menu, Posters and Quotes

Party Menu: The Food -Shakespearean Style

Main Dish: Hamlet & Beans

Salad: Caesar Salad

Side Dish: Eggs You Like It Salad (Recipe)

Fruit: King Pear Slices

Dessert: Capulet’s Cakes with The Taming of the Sherbet (Recipe)

Stomach Settler: All's Well that Ends Well - After Dinner Mint

Two Andes Chocolate Mints laying in the base of a nice spoon placed with the other silverware when setting up for the meal.

Recipes from Shakespeare's Party Menu:

Eggs You Like It Salad:

Ingredients

8 hard boiled eggs

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp yellow mustard

¼ cup of chopped celery

¼ cup of chopped green onions

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp coarse salt

Instructions:

Peel and chop the hard boiled eggs

In a bowl gently mix all ingredients

Adjust seasonings AS YOU LIKE IT!!!

Cover and chill for 30 minutes

Capulet’s Cakes with The Taming of the Sherbet

This is a simple recipe. The young, fair Juliette was far more interested in the pursuit of love than the pursuit of a good recipe.

On each serving dish neatly arrange 2 Macbeth Ghostess Cupcakes (unwrapped)

Scoop out a dollop of Taming of the Sherbet (preferably orange) between the Ghostess Cupcakes. Serve immediately.

William Shakespeare Party Cocktails

Measure for Measure Martini Cocktail

Measure equal part of gin

Measure equal part of sweet vermouth

Garnish with two cherries

Romeo’s Rum Punch

2 cans of frozen cherry juice from concentrate

1 bottle of ginger ale

6 cups of crushed ice

2 cups of fresh cherries without seeds and halved

3 cups of rum

¼ cup of sugar

Soak the fresh cherries in 1 of the 3 cups of rum with sugar mixed in 2 hours early

Make cherry juice as per instructions leaving out ½ cup of water

Combine all ingredients in punch bowl

The pretty red color always reminds Romeo of love!!!!

Action is eloquence
-William Shakespeare Quote

Shakespeare Card Game with Your Original Answers

You will need:

*Cards - cut in half 4/6 index cards or you can use card stock around the same size. These are your cards and will be referred to as such.

*12 blank cards needed for each guest

*12 pre-printed cards--You will make these cards up ahead of time. 3 of each - Write on the cards these topic words: --Shakespeare’s Nicknames (3 cards), Shakespeare’s Next Play Title (3 cards), What Was Really Said On the Balcony (3 cards), and Shakespeare’s Birthday Presents (3 cards). These are now referred to as Topic Cards.

Hand each guest 12 blank cards.

On three of their blank cards, they will make up a nickname for Shakespeare for each card. One name per card. For example I might put on one card-The Bard of Bologna, on another blank card- Poet to the Parliament and my third Tiny Dancer (just being goofy)

Then they will come up with three answers for What Shakespeare’s Next Play would have been titled if he written it. Fill out the next 3 cards with the answers to: What was really said on Juliet’s balcony for example: Juliet might have said to Romeo - "They said you were taller."). On the last three cards, put three answers for what present you would bring to Shakespeare’s birthday party.

Have everyone keep their answer cards. Shuffle the 12 Topic Cards. You will host the first round and then the person to the left will host the next. Have everyone select one of their answer cards to put in the middle without knowing what the topic is going to be. This is a game of skill and luck.

After all the cards are in the middle, pick a Topic Card and read the category. Before the game has started, you will have discussed whether the winner of each round will be based on the closest match to the topic card, the best answer to the topic, or on the most laughs received.

If the group is at a consensus of who won that round then that is winner of that round. If there is not majority of those who agree, then the host must pick the winner. Remember to alternate the host after each round. The winner of the round gets all the cards from that round.

After all the cards are gone, then count the cards you have won. The person with the highest amount of cards they won at the end is your winner. Suggested prize: Let them keep all the contents of this game!

Pin The Beard on The Bard:

You will need:

A picture of Shakespeare with beard cut out tacked or taped to a wall.

The missing beard with tape on the back of it

A blindfold

Fun Guests

Blindfold a player, give him/her the beard and spin around three complete times

Let the player loose. Whoever pins (or tapes) the beard closest to it’s correct destination, Wins. Suggested prizes: a novelty trophy or ribbon, book of Shakespearean sonnets, or beard gift set with beard comb & oil.

How many words can you make out of the words: “William Shakespeare”:

You will need:
1/2 sheet of paper with the words William Shakespeare printed on them-each player
A pen for each player
A piece of paper-sized cardboard/clip board as a stable a writing area for guest
An egg timer or any timer device

Pass out the prepared paper with writing face down, a pen and writing surface to each player. Set timer for 5-10 minutes. Instruct guests to make as many words out of “William Shakespeare” as they can in the allotted time. Suggested gifts: a dictionary, an "I love Shakespeare" or "I know Bill" button (there are cheap, make your own pin button kits at any craft store) or make a big gold star (just like the teacher gave you as a kid).