Puppy Shower Menu Ideas?

[CMizellT2]

I'm bringing home my new Westie puppy at the end of next month. After he gets settled in, I want to have a couple people over for dinner to meet him. I thought it might be cute to be a little kitchy - but all I can come up with is hot dogs and hush puppies.

Any fun ideas? I'm thinking hot dogs might be my best bet so we can be casual in the backyard. But how to I dress that up?

[paulj]

Haggis, scones, oatmeal and other items tied to his ancestral homeland :)

[greygarious]

From the idea list I came up with once while arranging for a greyhound fund-raiser:
Devil Dogs (junk food or homemade version)
Whippet cream
Spinone Italiano > spumoni
Akita fajita
Beagle bagel
Bouvier des Flan
Brussels Griffon Sprouts
Chow Chow (a real type of relish, for the hot dogs)
Collie-flower
Curly-Coated Retriever Fries
Springer Spaniel Rolls
Phyllo Brasiliero
Flatbread Coated Retriever
Great Danish
Pekingese Ravioli
Irish Setter Bread
Maltese MIlk Balls
Salmon en Papillon
Pomeranian/pomegranate
Poodle noodles
Rice Poodling
Pug Fudge
Welsh Corgi Rarebit
Yorkshire Terrier Pudding
Pupcorn
Barkoli > broccoli
Pupperoni pizza
Pupovers
Lollipups
Whole Wheaten Bread
and of course: West Highland White Rice

[The Dairy Queen]

Wow!

That's quite a menu! I especially like "pupovers".

~TDQ

[greygarious]

It wasn't a menu - just ideas, from which we took a few. There are recipes for Chow Chow but we used the jarred version that Cracker Barrel restaurants sell. And of course we advised the bartender to have a good supply of grapefruit juice for making Greyhound cocktails.

[Marge]

Very punny! I sometimes host animal welfare related fundraisers, mind if I steal some of your menu descriptions? Love the greyhounds!

[greygarious]

Go right ahead - BTW, the "pupovers" are something I make as dog treats for adoption group bake sales (25 cents each). I make a popover batter and add meat baby food, cheese, garlic, and/or peanut butter and bake them in mini-muffin tins for about 25 min at 375. They don't rise as much as a real popover but they are still puffed and appealing-looking.

[Emmmily]

Kind of a different vein, but what about roasted marrow bones? Or peppermint bark?

[lexicaljewel]

If you drink and serve alcohol, wander the microbrew aisle at BevMo and you'll find dozens of brands and labels that are dog-named and decorated. Stock a large metal pail with ice and a variety of dog brews.

[Marge]

Puppy chow mix served in a dog bowl. http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0...
Enjoy your new little friend!

[nofunlatte]

Puppy chow (kind of a sweet chex mix sort of thing)--might be cute if you had a couple of dog bowls (New!) filled with the chow.

[The Dairy Queen]

Sugar cookies in the shape of bones/dog biscuits!

Fire hydrant cake (I don't know the recipe, but it sure is cute! http://www.flickr.com/photos/dahliasc...

)

Party favors in doggy bags!

~TDQ

[CMizellT2]

I LOVE the sugar cookie idea! I'm positive that I can't make that cake - esp. with a new puppy in the kichen!

[The Dairy Queen]

Yeah, that cake looks impossible! But, hey, there's a drink called "The Salty Dog"

http://www.drinksmixer.com/cat/3232/

What kind of puppy do you have? Maybe there's a pun off of that...

~TDQ