I don't associate a specific food to Alpha Gam but at Convention, all the meals have a red food item, yellow food item and green food item.

Yea, it can get imaginative, lol.;)

Cherries Jubilee, served at Preference.

Yes, we used brandy. Seriously. It was a Long Time Ago. No way that would happen today.

I will never forget the time that the brandy went POOF! in a huge explosion when lit and the Rush Chair dropped the entire preparation on the floor as she leapt backwards. So much for elegance and impressive style. I don't think we ever made it again after that.

Quaker Oats Rice Cakes, Little Debbie Raisin Cakes, and Amaretto Di Saronno.

For the dieters, the sweet tooth, and the cold evenings.

Cheese balls. As in, spherical cheesy poofs, NOT the appetizer served with crackers. I think we snacked from the same industrial-sized tub of them for my entire pledge semester. As time went on and I eventually held positions of authority, I could ensure that every party had cheese balls.

Peanuts and olives - sorority tradition says that when our first initiate, Clara Warden, was being initiated, someone (Alpha Phi or fraternity men, depending on who tells the story) stole the elaborately prepared banquet laid out in the dining room - everything except the peanuts and olives. We even have a song in our official songbook - "The Peanuts and Olive Song". (!) " In Gamma Phi Beta from Alpha to Eta we eat peanuts and olives too." I really wish those miscreants had left, oh, chocolate or cake - but no. Peanuts and olives.

Gamma Phi dip - SO GOOD and served at all kinds of alumnae events. Equal parts artichoke hearts, mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese. Whirl it around in the blender or food processor - put in a dish and broil until hot, bubbly, and slightly brown on top. Serve with Townhouse or Ritz crackers.

I probably should include mine...
 

Given that I started the thread. Two things.

1) Baked Ziti, at a conference for the DC & MD chapters at Catholic University of America, the host chapter decided to go really cheap and ordered lots of Baked Ziti from University catering. I think they ordered about twice what they actually needed for the people who showed up, to the point that the representative from the host chapter was *begging* people to eat more...

2) Raspberry Lemonade. Heard the comparison many years ago that ever Alpha Phi Omega chapter had a different balance of Leadership, Friendship and Service like every lemonade is a different balance of Lemon, Sugar and Water. But the chapters at the Historically Black Universities were like Raspberry Lemonade, that is Lemonade, but with something extra! Now I can't look at Raspberry Lemonade without thinking of that comparison...

I totally forgot about that!!! Thanks for reminding me! :)

I love this thread.

Remember the strawberry soup at the Centennial convention? Most foods are either red, buff or green, if you think about it. It would be much worse for some other GLOs, like Tri Sigmas or Alpha Xi Deltas if they only ate food that fit their sorority colors at their Conventions!

White Castle. Every semester we had an invite only formal dinner, which was potluck for the brothers and every semester somebody would bring a crave case.

^^On that same tip, not a food item specifically, but...

PERKINS!!!!

THE go-to place for post big-little night or initiation dinners, hangover breakfasts, late night meals and more.

Melon Ball Shooters!

Mmm.. potato pancakes...

I preffed at Alpha Gamma Delta and they served strawberries, cheesecake and green grapes. Observant suck-up as I am, I made note of it to my hostess. She was most pleased.

Now, as for my stroll down memory lane, a lot of them have been mentioned here, but...

Clearly Canadian - because the year I rushed, that's what our house served at the ice water round, and they got dinged for it. Hahaha!

Cokes in the little glass bottles, which were a staple of the second round parties not only at our house...

Froot Loops. Because I ate them every day for breakfast...

Gumby's Pizza, with Pokey Stix. Garbage pizza, but I loved it.

Cheese straws, which along with petit fours (decorated with icing violets) and strawberries were our pref party refreshment.

Oh I remember that Strawberry Soup. I wasn't a fan. :(

My chapter events always included SEVEN LAYER DIP. The Sarahs always seemed to make enough Seven Layer Dip to feed the Duggars 3 times. It's because of this that I haven't eaten Seven Layer Dip in YEARS!

I remember gumby's pizza and pokey stix! That was standard Sunday night dinner fare when I was a freshman at brumby and the cafeteria was closed on sunday nights. I was so sad when they closed a few years ago..

Cheesecake and punch with sherbet always remind me of my days in the sorority. That was what we always served for prefs.