Is this 'junk food'?

[Laquitar]

We had a party for dd's 5th birthday.
I had little sandwitches, mini pizzas, potato wedges,biscuits, cake.

Now being a mumsnetter i knew that some mums will be about the sweets. Fine i was prepared for that. But potato wedges? What is wrong with them? One mum said 'oh she always go for the junk food' when her dd ate the potato wedges first, the other moron said 'at least they eat it with hummus and it balances up, oh its ok once in a while' .

Funny thing is they were very happy with the olives (salt).

Do you call home made potato wedges 'junk food'? Potato, olive oil, oregano.

[borderslass]

Certainly not sounds fab party food for a 5 year old.

[bellabelly]

Haha, I would be thrilled if my kids would eat home made potato wedges instead of oven chips. The mums sound very silly and tbh rather rude - ignore them!!!

[Squitten]

Oh FFS - this kind of nonsense drives me MAD!

It was a birthday party! If kids can't have some treats at a party I think that's incredibly sad.

Don't worry about it at all - the food sounds lovely and they are bonkers...

[scrab806ble]

Good for you, they ate real food with party atmosphere. Win-win!

[MrsC2010]

We had this at our wedding, we offered home-made chicken breast goujons to the kids, one mother (related to me for my sins) emailed to say that her son was, and I quote "too sensible to eat that kind of food". At 2.5.

[sowhatis]

ignore them, sounds lovely.

[OrmRenewed]

Well apart from them being idiots they are rude.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

It just illustrates how ignorant they are, both in the sense of them as people but also in terms of their knowledge of food.

Home-made potato wedges are not junk food.

(Actually nor are McCain Oven Chips - check the ingredients next time you buy some - potatoes and sunflower oil. And less than 5% fat.)

Just ignore them.

[Laquitar]

Thank you all . I thought i'm missing something.

[nagoo]

Yum can I come to the next one.

We make lots of effort for our parties, and it is very when it is not appreciated.

[nickschick]

I think its so ignorant of the women to comment like that.

Children need informed and varied diets - ok so mcdonalds isnt great but now and again doesnt kill you,I think your party food was lovely .....bjesus I was brought upon on brown sauce butties when my mums giro ran out and im still alive.

[peppapighastakenovermylife]

MrsC - too sensible? Funniest thing I have heard all week

[Laquitar]

You certainly can nagoo. And all the other lovely posters too.
I 'll not invite the silly cows next year. You can all come and i ll have wine-, and we'll dip our potato wedges in nutella!

[nickschick]

I can bring brown sauce butties if you invite me

[mousemole]

goodness, I can't bear food fascists. What you served up was great and homemade potato wedges are nutritous and filling. And anyway, even if you wanted to serve up neon pink jelly and plates of sweets it would be FUN for the kids and they would remember parties fondly when they get older, just as I do. Some people really need to relax.

[ReasonableDoubt]

I hate the twattery that comes with kid's party food, these days. It's a party. Nobody wants organic rice cakes and cucumber slices at a party.

Adults drink wine and might tuck into crisps and dips or nuts or something at a drinks party. Kids like pizza and cake.

I secretly make a note in my little black book of Knobbers when people serve 'healthy' kid's party food

[Laquitar]

Brown sauce? Yes, healthy. Bring it along.

[nickschick]

I need a knobbers black book I bet organised mum would buy that idea from you .

[nickschick]

Laq - im classier than my mum ,I do a tasty line of tartar sauce and cucumber on french stick ......

[Laquitar]

My dh likes tartar sauce!

[nickschick]

oh thats it then Ill be round with my 'stick' name the date lmao