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Celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Tiger

Trina Dionne Tilson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:29:00 +0000

This Saturday marks the New Year in the Chinese Calendar. Several years ago, my daughter, Raquel and I, began preparing traditional Chinese New Year Foods.

I can think of no better way to appreciate other cultures than diving into the cuisine. In our mini study of Chinese New Year Raquel and I have learned that the foods often shared at the celebration have symbolic significance. Sometimes it is based on appearance. For example, serving a whole chicken during the Chinese New Year season symbolizes family togetherness. Noodles represent a long life; an old superstition says that it’s bad luck to cut them. Both clams and spring rolls symbolize wealth; clams because of their resemblance to bouillon, and Spring Rolls because their shape is similar to gold bars.Other traditional New Years Foods are prawns for liveliness, dried oysters (ho xi) for all things good; raw fish salad (yu sheng) for good luck; “fai-hai” an edible angel hair-like seaweed for prosperity and dumplings boiled in water to recover a long-lost good wish for the family. While raw fish salad and seaweed may not ever be on Raquel’s grocery list, we do enjoy making spring rolls and dumplings (wontons). We enjoy going to Asian markets for our ingredients to keep our celebration semi authentic.http://www.chinesefooddiy.com/appetizer_spring_roll.htm is the recipe that we have used.

Paper laterns, tea lights and oranges are a simple but bold decorations. For more party decorating ideas I found Party411.com to have some excellent ideas from elegant to fun.http://www.party411.com/theme-chinese-new-year.html .

Rooster Sox What’s in a name? Destiny!

Trina Dionne Tilson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:10:48 +0000

“You can’t get blood out of a turnip” I said to Lawrence as we drove up to the gas station. He and I were having some fun “one upping” each other on proverbial gems from our parents. Oh you know those one liners that contained wisdom and humor at the same time. As he got out of the car to pay for the gas ,an attendant was struggling to put a liner in the trash can outdoors. The wind was blowing the bag all over the place. It was apparent she was frustrated. No one was prepared for the quip that seemed to come from no where but actually came from the middle aged man walking to the store. “That fit likes socks on a rooster”, the man commented. I was sure I heard him wrong. I confirmed his statement with Lawrence, “Did he just say socks on a rooster?”. We were laughing hysterically. He had certainly won the contest! All day long we referred to “socks on a rooster” and laughing all over again. Later that evening, the kids sat down with Lawrence and me to a dinner of Lawrence’s irresistable wood grilled chicken. Lawrence held up a leg and informed me, “When we start our business, we are going to call these Rooster Socks.” I was thrilled. Until that point I talked about the catering business that we would one day own. Lawrence used to give me those funny looks and never quite imagined it. That rainy and windy day in June of 2006 Lawrence named and claimed his business and signature dish. I later learned that in marketing a K sound at the end of a name makes the name fun and easy to recall. I will never ever forget how God whispered His plan into Lawrence’s ear a proverbial gem filled with His wisdom and humor.

Rooster Sox Smokin Chicken Salad

Trina Dionne Tilson — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:42:15 +0000

Rooster Sox Small Event Catering is a partnership formed in September 2006. The partners are Trina D. Tilson and Lawrence W. $cott. The mission of Rooster Sox Small Event Catering is to create a fun gourmet culinary experience for each client featuring wood smoked barbecue for a diverse, trendy, healthy menu expertly prepared by Chef Lawrence W. $cott.

The smokin chicken salad like many of Lawrence’s unique menu items is a twist on a classic. The wood smoked chicken gives this chicken a distinctive flavor and texture. It is sure to please any crowd (if you can get it to the table).

Smokin Chicken salad is 1/2 gallon for $25.00. Order yours at www.roostersox.com

March Madness Munchies!

Trina Dionne Tilson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:15:31 +0000

Rooster Sox Party Platters

Rooster Sox Wings- hot wings, honey bar-b-q-,sweet n sour and spicy dry with signature dipping sauce dipping sauce – $45

Hawaiian or barbecue Meatballs $ $45

Loaded Potato Boats with sour cream $24 – 2 Dozen

Fire Roasted Vegetables $25.00 platter serves about 8

Chicken, Beef or Pork Quesaillas- Rooster Sox distinctive wood smoked meats, jack and cheddar cheeses topped with the freshest pico de gallo makes our quesadillas addicting!

Baked beans OR Chili with beans $20.00 for 1 gallon

Rooster Smokin Chicken Salad $25.00 per half gallon or platter of 48 sandwiches served on Hawaiian Bread

Barbecue Buffet

Trina Dionne Tilson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:57:21 +0000

Your choice of two entrees

Maplewood stuffed Beef Tenderloin

Spicy Smokin Chicken Alfreado served over Penne Pasta

Riblet platter 10lbs. of succulent wood smoked pork served with signiture sauce

Rooster Sox Signiture Chicken drumsticks Jerk seasoned and wood grilled

Your choice of two one gallon salads Rooster Sox original

Southwestern salad black beans, Cheddar and Jack cheese, tomato,cucumber,onion

Garden

Brocolli and Cheddar dressed with signiture Ranch sauce,

Cole Slaw

Your choice of apple, peach or blueberry cobbler

Serves about 20 $ 99.oo

Our Story- Rooster Sox Event Catering

Trina Dionne Tilson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:13:35 +0000

I love Memphis, Tennessee. What’s not to love? The music ranges from icons Elvis, Al Green, Bar-Kays and 36 Mafia. There are Memphis Redbirds, Grizzleys and The U of Memphis Tigers. Every year in May Memphis hosts the world’s largest barbecue competition. Music, Sports and Barbecue! Unfortuntly, Memphis is also known for a less happier claim to fame- the epidemic of obesity, heart disease and type II Diabetis. Memphis has been ranked as the unhealthiest city in the nation for women by Self magazine and America’s unhealthiest city for men by Men’s Health. Sixty percent of Tennesseans are overweight. Obesity contributes to heart disease, high blood pressure, some forms of cancer, and other disease. Lawrence, my love, and I love to get friends and family together for some Memphis traditions :music, sports and barbecue. However, our families are not immune to the epidemics that plague Memphis. Unfortuntly high fat content in the pork slathered with sugary barbecue sauces were dangerous to our friends and family suffering from the diseases I mentioned before.To keep the traditions at our gatherings, Lawrence combined his 22 years experience as a kitchen manager with his unique hobby of barbecuing over maple and cherry wood to create an innovative menu low in sodium and almost no trans fats. Rooster Sox Event Catering is the only caterer in Memphis, Tennessee specializing in wood grilled foods. We are committed to being a leader in catering industry by developing products that capture the essence of Memphis cuisine while optomizing health benefits. Rooster Sox Small Event Catering offers an affordable culinary experience featuring authentic wood smoked barbecue for a diverse, trendy, healthy menu customized and expertly prepared.

That is the beginning of the Rooster Sox story. Tommorow I will tell you how Rooster Sox got it’s name.