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To think beige buffets get a raw deal and have their place?

185 replies

Iceplater · 30/08/2026 20:02

I recently went to the funeral of an elderly relative and the wake was in a working mens club. The buffet came out and it was a sea of beige - sausage rolls, quiche, open sandwiches, vol a vents (which I have seen for years), jam tarts, Mr Kipling. And it was glorious.

I moved away from my home town and I’ve become a terrible middle-class fanny. This took me right back to the 80s and Sundays at my Grandparents when they put on a “spread”.

I wouldn’t want it every day but it was amazing (despite it being a funeral). AIBU?

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LindorDoubleChoc · 30/08/2026 20:33

Lol at jam tarts. I'm so middle class I'd forgotten that jam tarts ever existed.

LittleGreenShoots · 30/08/2026 20:33

That sounds lovely but I would want a bit of colour too (tomato on the sandwiches, cucumber slices, some strawberries or grapes on the side)... I do enjoy myself a quiche and vol au vent :)

TomatoGlut · 30/08/2026 20:32

Just reread your OP.
In the name of all that is holy, were there no scotch eggs?

XenoBitch · 30/08/2026 20:31

That sounds really good, and I would have happily tucked in too.
I think there is not much in the way of pressure to make an impression with the food at funerals like you have at weddings or big birthday celebrations.
Although, if I had a birthday party, it would be a beige buffet complete with cheese and pineapple on sticks stuck in a grapefruit.

TomatoGlut · 30/08/2026 20:31

"I’ve become a terrible middle-class fanny"

Brilliant. It's so easily done.
We all need a beige buffet to remind us where we came from.

TooOrangey · 30/08/2026 20:29

I think a lot of elderly people love buffets like that. I’d think it was utterly revolting because I’m poncey.

Blondeshavemorefun · 30/08/2026 20:27

Yes don’t see the issue with one every now and again

obv has to be Iceland and not Waitrose /m&s 😉

EppingIsFun · 30/08/2026 20:25

Yep, love a beige buffet. We occasionally do one - we get the stuff in Iceland. Very un-mumsnet.

Evaka · 30/08/2026 20:09

I just saw pictures of a spread at an Irish party and there were heaped bowls of mahogany brown cocktail sausages. I nearly came...

NavyBlueJeans · 30/08/2026 20:08

I would enjoy that every once in a while! I eat healthily most of the time but if I turned up somewhere and that was on offer I'd happily eat some 😋