To ask what you would make for a middle class lunch buffet ?

[Lotsofsausage]

I get the impression sausage rolls and cheese twists ain’t gonna cut it.
Has to be cold so don’t have to reheat it, and travel in a car. Also not break the bank!
I was going to make a feta tart type thing with filo pastry, possibly a frittata with lots of herbs. Any other suggestions ?

Well I dont know what a middle class buffet is, but I know what an upper class one is. This is because my dd1 had a royal visit yesterday from a senior member of the royal family at her place of work around lunchtime. She brought me the left overs from the buffet and I am sorry to disappoint by telling you they were mini pork pies and mini scotch eggs. I envisaged something truly wondrous. They are still sat there, not even eaten by my two grandsons.

By ‘middle class buffet’ I mean a buffet for largely middle class people who would not put out bowls of wotsits and Iceland sausage rolls (which is what I would do) think a table full of salads, healthy ish home made stuff, like an ottolenghi cook book!
I can’t afford a load of charcuterie so I was wondering if there was anything I could make.

pea and feta salad - piss easy to make - always goes down well

Iceland platter

Middle class buffet is still sausage rolls and cheese twists but you casually leave all the Waitrose wrappers in view.

if there's no sausage rolls.... is it even a buffet??

Lol @ElsieMc well If scotch eggs are good enough for royalty......

This salad is always a hit www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/arugula-potato-and-green-bean-salad-with-walnut-dressing-51190410

Sausage rolls always go first in our staff room. We’re all middle class.

Crudités, pasta/couscous/quinoa salad, quiche, sandwiches, cracker and cheese assortment. Can’t cater for large numbers in my tiny kitchen so I usually buy in big quantities from M&S!

halfwitpicker the only one who is offended on here seems to be you

lotsofsausage funnily enough, I was going to suggest Ottolenghi salads, but you beat me to it

This Mary Berry book has lots of recipes for catering for a crowd, and you don't get much more middle class than Mary Berry

www.amazon.co.uk/Cook-Up-Feast-Lucy-Young/dp/1409347540?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Seriously, you can't go wrong with felafels and dips, see all these recipes:

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/falafel

Cous cous is pretty easy. Or potato salad.

Maybe I’ll make some ‘atrisan’ Sausage rolls with fancy stuff in them. Or get a bag of Greggs frozen ones 🤣

People seem to think that Waitrose is middle-class, so you could always get inspiration from this

halfwitpicker

Quite. I came for the MN faux outrage and was not disappointed.

We did a picnic at work, and there was always an unbreachable division between the sausage-roll, cheese twist, cocktail sausage brigade and those eating their mozzarella, sundried tomato, olive, brioche concoctions.

Except nobody was a pillock about it.

Pate, antipasta meat selections, cheese board, olives and bits and nice bread. Don’t forget butter

This. If you want to save money maybe stock up on veg antipasti (peppers/artichokes/aubergine in oil).

A veggie frittata would work well too.

"Oh come the fuck on people, we all know what a frigging middle class buffet is. Stop being so offended, the lot of you. Frigging champagne socialists."

This a thousand times!

Sushi
Mini Tortilla Wraps
Crostini Canapes
Mini Toad in the holes
Roasted Red Pepper & Goat's Cheese Quiche
French Onion Tart
Salmon Blinis
Antipasti

DonCorleoneTheThird

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Story of my life, Don! You should have seen me on the recent whinging thread in aibu

Spanakopita (greek spinach and feta pie) seems easy to make (not that i've tried) and is always popular

Lol at middle class buffet, I knew some mumsnetter were obsessed with class, but Jesus, this is the first time I've seen it sink so low as a buffet.

Why did you not say you wanted something a bit less basic than sausage rolls and wotsits. It's not about class.

Will some body please think of the prawn voluvants!

To be fair, whether it’s an Iceland/Asda or a Waitrose/m&s buffet, everyone always eats a homemade butterfly cake (extra pints if it’s on a cake stand sprinkled with icing sugar)

Order from waitrose (who deliver buffet stuff) or from M&S (where you have to collect)
If you want to save money make the things they sell yourself.