Alternatives to pork please?

[aliharris]

Hi, DS is 4 next week. If he had the choice he would live on pork sausages, sausage rolls, ham, paté etc. Unfortunately, guest can't eat pork for religious reasons, and I don't want to be faffing about with different stuff for different people so am looking for suggestions to replace the pork items with. One of my main problems is that DS won't eat cheese so that means no pizza etc. On a tight budget, and would prefer to serve everything straight from a packet or pre-cooked (by me) and served cold.
My other problem is that I was going to make a jelly but all the packets I've found have pork gelatine in - do you know of any supermarket brands that don't?
Thank you!

[BertieBotts]

Chicken sausages? Or quorn sausages? Might be able to convince DS they're pork.

[aliharris]

Should have mentioned that we don't have any proper food shops round here - stuck with Waitrose & Tesco, or Sainsbury, Asda, Morrisons and Iceland a bit further.

[aliharris]

Yes, I had thought of chicken sausages, but am struggling to find them too.

[tabulahrasa]

The sachets of jelly where you make it from a powder instead of cubes are vegetarian.

Tbh you might be better doing vegetarian anyway, you get chicken frankfurters for instance - but they're not halal and if it's kosher you need they've got dairy in them...you're likely to find that with a lot of prepackaged ready to eat things.

[mumzy]

Quorn sausages are quite good and you can always disguise them with lots of tomato sauce in a hotdog bun. Quorn products always seem to be available in frozen section of supermarkets.

[mumzy]

I'd do 2 - 3 different flavours/ shapes of crisps, assorted chocolate biscuits, quorn sausages cut in half and on cocktail sticks, grapes, cherry tomatoes, rainbow or fairydust snacks ( white bread and butter, crusts removed covered with hundreds and thousands), vegetarian sugar free jelly and icecream

[DancingInTheMoonlight]

Tuna sandwiches, chicken drumsticks, meatballs on Skewers? How about a fruit and veg patter with dips?

[ihearsounds]

As already mentioned it's not pork free you need but halal/kosher. It won't just be the meat either, you will be mindful of but also sweets and other foods that contain gelatine.

Not all powdered jelly is suitable, some contains the same ingredients as the cubed. But from the ones I have tried they haven't been that nice.


Tesco do a good selection, at least ours does, of halal products - sausages, nuggets, chicken strips, burgers, chocolate coins (which taste a lot better) plus other stuff. Maybe have a look at getting an delivery and see what products your stores sell.

[amirah85]

asda usually have some halal sweets/jelly.u can find chicken halal salami as well in big supermarkets.icecream always good with kids,could u make small pizzas without using cheese?

[Yamyoid]

Beef sausages are quite widely available.

[Strikeuptheband]

Yes I would go with vegetarian food rather than pork free as that's easier IME. You just need to then look for the 'suitable for vegetarians' label on food.

[Strikeuptheband]

PS will DS eat garlic bread?

[mamababa]

How many are you feeding and how many can't eat pork?

If its just one, I would be tempted to do them sonething separately on a separate plate.

[upinthehills]

Just go vegi - much easier and cheaper than buying special stuff:

egg mayo/ tuna/cheese sandwiches
lots of crisps
grapes, carrot and cucumber sticks
Make a batch of iced fairy cakes
Ice cream in a cone with a flake to end

[seeker]

Just go vegetarian. Then you don't have to worry.

[OldBeanbagz]

You can get Quorn cocktail sausages now (on special at Tesco when i got my delivery yesterday). DD is most excited as it's one of the things she's missed since turning vegetarian.

Or how about chicken or tuna sandwiches, cheese & onion rolls? How many are coming to the party? Maybe you could provide pizza for the other guests even if your DS doesn't eat it.

Pad it all out with carrot & pepper sticks, crisps & buns.