Please reassure me that you can eat red cabbage standing up and other questions.

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I am in grave danger of over thinking my 12th night party.

We were going to have a dinner party but that has gone out the window as we now have more people coming than chairs. The new plan is mostly standing up with (so long as the weather in not syphillitic) people out on the patio gathered round the incinerator warming fire pit from where they can throw cider soaked bread at our apple tree [traditional]

So the menu

Upon entering guests will receive a low-grade ponce amuse-bouche (needs to be veggie and gluten free) that I can hide a bean in one of them. This is to identify the Lord of Misrule [traditional]. Ideas please. Truffles?

Wassail

Slow roasted shoulder of pork

And

Dauphinouse potatoes?
And
Braised red cabbage?

I adore this combo. Meat and creamy spuds and appley-vinegary red cabbage but can you eat it standing up? I have concerns about cabbage juice spillage.

The veggies will get something else

And then

Gateaux Pithiviers for pudding

I really don't want to do salads. Salad is not very Epiphany is it, especially on a patio.

Advice and reassurance gratefully received.

You can eat red cabbage standing up but you have to give your guests dishes rather than plates and strain off any excess juice in your cabbage before serving.

Red cabbage should be fine, but I would go with mash rather than dauphinoise as it would be easier to eat standing up (one handed?)

Sounds fun, where are all the traditions from?

One of those fire pit/barbecue things and some marshmallows on skewers would be good too

mm ok that would work thank you Cogito. So bowls rather than plates. I wonder where you can get big disposable bowls from?

I thought this was going to be a pregnancy related question; "My MiL says I shouldn't wash my hair when pregnant because it will cause my baby to have a hairy back, also reaching above my head will strangle the foetus with its umbilical cord, and eating red cabbage standing up will give me varicose veins"

I was wafting breezily onto the thread to offer confident reassurances that it was all bolleaux.

FourThousadHoles article about some of the traditions here. I read a book that went on about how in he oldene times 12th Night was a great big celebration and thought is sounded fun, without any pressure of having to be fun, like NYE.

I guess mash would be easier. I can stick a load of double cream, butter, garlic and nutmeg in to make it Nice Mash.

I think I may have to do this next year, (red cabbage and varicose veins????)

ebay's good for catering supplies like disposable party ware.

And the menu sounds BRILL.

Thanks Hamble
Crikey [Play School Remeniscence] at your name

Will have a butchers on eBay.