Menu: Memorial Day BBQ Potluck (two options)

Almost every item on these menus is or can be prepared in advance (denoted by #). Alternatives are suggested to help tailor the menus to your family's preferences. 

We have tried and regularly serve items marked with an asterisk (*).

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For Menu One, start the slow cooker pork sirloin tip roast about six (6) hours before meal time; alternatively, I have cooked and shredded the pork the day before it is needed. If you prepare the BBQ Sauce in advance, reheat it just before serving. You could bake the casserole(s) the day before and reheat, or assemble them in the morning to bake thirty minutes before serving. 

Memorial Day BBQ 

Menu One for Twelve (pork sandwiches)

Appetizers
* Mel's Caprese Skewers (on flag picks)# and 

* Artichoke Salsa# with baked chips

Mock Sangria or Senior Sangria#

Main

* Root Beer Shredded Pork Sandwiches (slow cooker)# with BBQ Sauce#  
and warm jumbo sandwich buns

Choose three sides

* Fay's Freezer Slaw# or Todd's Coleslaw (green or red cabbage)#

* Aunt Pat's Macaroni and Cheese or * Mexican Sour Cream Rice Casserole

* Easy Baked Beans#

Fresh Fruit Salad# or Marion's Red, White & Blue Salad# 

Choose one or two Beverages
Spa Water# or Iced Tea#

Ice cold beer# or Ina's Margaritas#


Choose two Desserts
* Lucy's Cream Cheese Bars# or * Lemon Ice Box Pie#

* Mama's Pound Cake# with Fresh Berries# or Bourbon Ice Cream#

For Menu Two, cook the BBQ chicken just before serving. If you choose to serve Moist Cornbread, Baked Cheese Grits, Mama's Corn Cobbler, or Frozen Mango Margaritas, prepare those items just before serving, too.Otherwise, the Menu Two items are or can be prepared in advance (#).

Memorial Day BBQ 

Menu Two for Twelve (BBQ chicken)

Appetizers

* Mel's Caprese Skewers (on flag picks)# and 

* Corned Beef Cheese Ball# with Triscuits

Mock Sangria or Senior Sangria#

Main

Grilled or Baked BBQ Chicken 

Choose three or four Sides

* Aunt Pat's Macaroni and Cheese or Baked Cheese Grits with Candied Jalapeños#

* Oriental Slaw# or Todd's Coleslaw (red cabbage)# 

* Easy Baked Beans# and Moist Cornbread or * Mama's Corn Cobbler

Deviled Eggs#

* Fresh Fruit Salad# or Marion's Red, White & Blue Salad# 

Choose one or two Beverages
Fruit juice# or Spa Water# or Iced Tea#

Ice cold beer# or Frozen Mango Margaritas


Choose two Desserts
* Lucy's Cream Cheese Bars# or No-Bake Peach Pie#

* Mama's Pound Cake# with Fresh Berries# or Bourbon Ice Cream#

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