I am unfamiliar with this food item but extrapolated from other bacon-wrapped food items. It's too early in the day for me to try to spell... Party snack.
If I'm being honest, I was also unfamiliar with this food before this puzzle. I really wanted bacon-wrapped shrimp or scallops for the meta answer, but could not find a good phrase for the S.
Chaddog 3s · 2023-03-12T18:15:34.218Z
A spicy evening in the bayou? TABASCO NIGHT. And it's food -related
Not too long! Spent a little while floundering while trying to find a phrase that gave me an S for shrimp or scallop. But once I moved on to DATE, things went pretty quickly. OneLook gave me 3 of the theme entries, just using wildcard searches. Then, I searched Google for "BARBACOA N" to see what dishes started with N that might help me finish the theme set.
LB800 3s · 2023-03-12T14:32:08.670Z
Threw up in my mouth a little but the meta was fun! :)
Qmark 3s · 2023-03-12T14:45:05.337Z
Never heard of this appetizer...but I think I'll try it now!
Thanks Will!
Please do - and let me know whether I should try it too!
AaronT 2s · 2023-03-12T18:12:25.732Z
You absolutely should. They’re great!
hazmat 🤓6:33 · 2023-03-14T13:02:58.016Z
Hundo P agree!
THC 🤓4:59 · 2023-03-12T15:03:42.586Z
Thanks, Will!
Meta World Peace 4s · 2023-03-12T15:37:46.194Z
About to board an hors d'oeuvre-laden cruise, thanks for the appetizer!
I K Snamhcok 1s · 2023-03-12T15:27:22.614Z
I googled “bacon wrapped date” to see if there’s another name for it. I found “Devils on Horseback”. Seriously! I submitted that first. Incorrect! Which I was happy about, because, come on. “Devils on Horseback”? That’s just wrong.
Glad you were able to get back on track! Wasn't trying to trick anyone with funny names - just looking for the most literal description of the mechanism!
lol saw the bacons before finishing the puzzle, but then submitted just date and then just wrapped date and then the answer (in fairly quick succession). Fun stuff, thanks.
PuzNewbie 25:44 · 2023-03-12T17:40:18.695Z
Yum! Thanks for the puzzle!
Schmeel 3s · 2023-03-12T17:50:31.468Z
Not a hors d'oeuvre I'll ever have, but I can see how they probably taste great. Thanks for the puzzle!
One of my party favorites...and also the girl I took to the Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast Party. She said it was a rash thing to do, but I said it was actually rasher! I just kept egging her on and tried not to waffle. It didn't last; when we got home she said I was toast.
Reminded me of the Begging Strips dog treat commercial where the dog is sniffing all around smelling bacon. Fun meta! Thanks Will!
Burakodrama 3s · 2023-03-15T04:44:03.568Z
If only you could squeeze in goat cheese in the D-A-T-E somehow! That is the perfect complement to this appetizer. (Also if you can't find dates, prunes are a very decent substitute)
kurtalert 🤓6:16 · 2023-03-16T17:56:40.147Z
Great puzzle, loved it! And, love me some bacon-wrapped dates!
Eric Porter 38s · 2023-03-17T11:58:30.135Z
I'm late because I saw this in the weekly email. Nice puzzle! As soon as I saw the 4 theme clues I knew something was hidden in them, but it took me a minute to figure out what exactly.