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Blue & Gold Club offers fall festivities 2:40 p.m., Aug. 31, 2004--The Blue & Gold Club has planned a series of seasonal events for the fall semester. The season kicks off with a Back-to-School Buffet from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9. The menu will highlight an array of late summer produce, including parsley-buttered redskin potatoes, sugar snap peas and mixed greens with pears, blue cheese, caramelized walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette dressing. The assorted desserts and the featured entrées of Mediterranean chicken and oven-roasted salmon are certain to please palates of all ages. Prices are $16.95 for adults and $8.50 for children, 5-11. The Indian Summer Grille, set for 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, will bid farewell to summer and usher in the harvest season with a menu featuring spicy barbecue and campfire favorites. Specialties include grilled beef tenderloin kabobs, grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, grilled tuna steaks with Dijon sauce, spicy barbecued chicken, grilled asparagus salad, Boston baked beans, corn on the cob, potato salad, fruit salad, marinated cucumber and tomato salad and assorted desserts. Prices are $18.50 for adults and $9.50 for children, 5-11. The popular Autumn Harvest Cooking Class will be held from 6-9 p.m., Monday, Sept. 27. Participants will get top-notch instruction on creating a winning meal that makes use of the season’s bounty. The menu includes duck wrapped in phyllo with boursin cheese and creme de cassis sauce, spinach salad with chutney dressing, grilled swordfish with pineapple-jalapeno salsa, steamed asparagus with almond butter, Romano potatoes and chocolate banana bread pudding with vanilla sauce. Price for the class is $27.95 per person, which includes both the instruction and the meal. Oktoberfest will celebrate German heritage from 6-10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 8. The ethnically inspired menu includes German potato salad, assorted sausages, spaetzle, krokette, sweet and sour red cabbage, succotash, roast pork with apples and sauerkraut, sauerbraten, hausgemachte linsensuppe, apple strudel and bread pudding with vanilla sauce. Prices are $18.50 for adults and $9.50 for children, 5-11. Chef’s Table nights, held Friday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 16, will feature tableside preparation of two special menus. Patrons can choose from filet of beefsteak Dianne with oven-roasted tournée potatoes and sugar snap peas for $19.95 or brandy-flambé tarragon shrimp over angel hair for $18.95. Both meals include a house salad with a choice of dressings. The Halloween Spooktacular will offer a spirited menu from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28, during which kids in costume will receive a special treat. The family friendly fare includes pumpkin bisque, green goblin salad with assorted dressings, black forest chicken in wild mushroom sauce, Halloween ham with raisin sauce, frightening fish sticks with Tartar sauce, freaky fries with cheese sauce, ghostly green beans with almonds, witch’s warm apple cobbler, chocolate mummy mud pie and creepy cookies. Prices are $15 for adults and $8 for children, 5-11. For those looking for an evening snack on campus, half-price nachos are offered in the Tavern every Tuesday evening during fall semester. The Blue & Gold Club also has exciting fare for Blue Hen football fans. Pregame tailgates at the club’s tent in the back of the Delaware Stadium are offered during home games and “Tailgate on the Go!” is available for fans wishing to pick up delicacies for their own tailgate parties. The Blue & Gold Club also will offer visitors special buffet meals during Freshman Family Weekend, Friday-Sunday, Sept. 17-19; Homecoming Weekend, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 1-3; and Parents & Family Weekend, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 22-24. For more information, to request a newsletter, or to make reservations, call (302) 831-2582 or visit [www.udel.edu/BGClub]. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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