To celebrate my husband's birthday, we had a Mayberry "suppa" (as Aunt Bee would say) with family and friends. He is a huge fan of the Andy Griffith show so it was the perfect theme for the occasion.
Our menu consisted of recipes mostly from the Aunt Bee's Mayberry cookbook - Aunt Bee's Fried Chicken (I will not fool anyone - it came straight from the Publix deli - I do not fry chicken!), Town Band Baked Beans, Thelma Lou's Corn Casserole, Hash Browns Helen, Ernest T.ossed Salad (my own mixture), Helen's Honor Rolls (by Sister Schubert), Briscoe's Biscuits, Opie's Oreo Ice Cream (yummy!), Aunt Bee's Apple Pie and Red Velvet Cupcakes (Paula Deen's Recipe). I posted the menu in a frame with white print with black background to resemble a chalkboard.
I "googled" photos of Mayberry characters in black and white, copied to cardstock, cut out, hole punched and tied with red,white and blue ribbon for napkin rings. Everybody had a different character at their place which made for great conversation! Each place setting had a sheriff's badge. I purchased these in the western party section of Hobby Lobby.
For the red velvet cupcake tree, I made cupcake toppers (using Microsoft Word and a pair of scrapbooking scissors) with trivia questions about The Andy Griffith Show. The questions came from the Mayberry cookbook. More good conversation!
For party favors, we filled small white bags (from Hobby Lobby) with candy and bubble gum. Opie always went to Walker Drug for candy and gum. Printed on the bags: Walker Drug Store and Ellie Walker, R. Ph. She is one of our favorite characters as she shares a name with our daughter.
We finished off the evening playing a game of Mayberry trivia. Fun party!
By the way, Goober says "Hey!"
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