To expect coronation chicken sandwiches at the jubilee party?

[LovelyJubbly1234]

So DH and I are on the Jubilee party committee for our street. We are actually in charge of the bunting, balloons, decorations and other accoutrements.

Anyway, DH said at the meeting today that 'It would be inappropriate for there not to be coronation chicken sandwiches' at the party. This was met with uproar by the other committee members (a retired primary school teacher, two retired nurses, three SAHM, and 23-year old male who hopes to be a local councillor at the next elections for some reason). They said that coronation chicken was a colonial throwback, and therefore will not be served at the party.

DH and I said that we liked coronation chicken and so does HMTQ. We then suggested that maybe we shouldn't get union jack bunting as it might also be perceived as colonial?

Anyway, what do you think we should do? DH and I REALLY like coronation chicken. Should we resign?

I think your DH and you are in a minority.

A committee for a party on one afternoon sounds like something from a Ricky Gervais series.

Just resign and bring some along on the day if it matters so much to you.

Jeez. What did they say about the plans for Blackface? I mean if you can't dress up like a native with spears and whatnot is it even a proper celebration?

The whole jubilee thing is colonial.

You're either comfortable with that or you're not.

Hint - Most non-racists who dislike rich men taking advantage of underage girls aren't comfortable with that.

Surely everyone is just doing food for their household? So just make what you want to eat.

And those same people expect no food at all to be comprised from anything that was gleaned from other countries during Imperial expansion...... so no tea, coffee, chocolate, potatoes and tomatoes (from Spanish colonialism, might get away with it), no rice, no curried anything....

the list is endless

This can't be real. It's like a Lee Mack comedy treatment. But worse.

There are committees for parties for one afternoon. Because someone needs to think ahead and apply to council to close the road. Work out who is doing bunting and who is ordering the hmtq cardboard cutout. Otherwise you end up with 175 metres of flag and fuck all to eat

Celebrating the Jubilee is colonial.

I'm glad that our street isn't taking things so seriously. We have some colonial dishes like Victoria sponge as well as dishes from ex-colonies like Samosas.

DH and I said that we liked coronation chicken and so does HMTQ.

How exciting that Liz is attending your street party.

The whole thing is regressive so you may as well have a regressive, yet delicious, sandwich whilst celebrating it all.

It all sounds very Alan Bennett by the way.

We are organising via WhatsApp so people being a variety of food.

I don't understand why you'd resign because there's no coronation chicken sandwiches? Somebody is bringing coronation chicken to our party but it's a bbq/salad side

How is a Victoria sponge a colonial dish?

This AIBU in incredible. Please can you share the minutes from all the committee meetings as I am VERY invested in how this pans out.

Coronation chicken is rank. I didn't even know it still existed. I thought they stop making it in the early 2000s.

Ffs our whole country is colonial you can't cancel a country people need to grow up

That's bonkers! Of course you should have the dish created for the Queen's corroboration at a party to celebrate her Jubilee.

I'm attending two such parties - no choice, a massive one where I work and will be on duty, and a tiny one in my street where I want to keep on good relations with my neighbours - and will be bringing Coronation Chicken to both.

Every aspect of the whole concept harks back to colonialism. If they want something to be offended about, they should think carefully about their tableware: defacing the flag and the queen with food, stabbing, cutting, and finally throwing in the bin. Treason!

I can't decide who is more unreasonable the people having a jubilee party but thinking coronation chicken is too colonial or the people who want to resign because it would be inappropriate not to serve it.

I think all neighbour type committees are like this, my retired brother and sister in law are working on the streets jubilee party plans, fuck me,they all get into big discussions on bunting, flagpoles, food choices and all manner of irrelevant shite. And it’s not just the jubilee, there is always some event or something they need to apparently form a committee form. They then need to inform everyone it’s the. COMMITTEE

It is like the poor man’s version of the parish council meetings.😂

Is the committee organising all the food? If so, I would suggest a quick rethink, because that makes it much more difficult than it needs to be. In our street, everyone who wants to come is being asked to bring enough food to cover what they would eat and a bit more, and that's it.

The hole thing sounds silly. Just tell people to bring their own food to share or to eat themselves if they are concerned about their neighbours food hygiene. Then DH can have a whole lunch box full of "offensive" food if he wishes and eat it privately. In your house, which is on the street presumably.

Exactly it's a bit dictatorial. YOU MUST BRING THE QUICHE.

If you're a troll OP then seriously well done - this was beautifully written and wonderfully displays the ridiculousness of the whole jubilee nonsense

Mmmm colonial chicken

This is my new favourite thread