Two things: brunch and pitta pockets

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Q1 am thinking of doing a brunch for DS2s birthday (ge will be two) it will be 6 or 7 adults and 5 children. What would you serve? Was thinking croissants (plain and choc), scrambled eggs, smoked salmon bagels, naice juice. We usually have birthday parties around tea-time but thought this might be a bit different?

Q2 I bought some pitta pockets for healthy lunches. T thought when I cut the top off it would be sort of hollow and open but it wasn't. Then I tried to sort of open it with a knife, but cut through it. I have now hidden them in the breadbin so DP doesn't accuse me of wasting money. How do you open the fuckers?

Warm/toast them a little - they open up.

Or use a butter knife.
I'd add fruit to your brunch if I were cooking :) sounds nice, though!

Brunch is a fab idea, less chance of tired kids!

As for the pittas, I've never managed it successfully

Pittas open really easily if they are toasted first. They also taste good toasted and foul if not toasted.

I think brunch is a good idea. How about some of those tiny organic sausages for the children (Helen somebody makes them I think)? Yes to fruit - a big platter of mixed fruit, prettily arranged.

Personally I wouldn't bother with scrambled eggs - a) because they are evil and b) because they go cold so quickly. You could do smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels instead - much easier too.

Helen Browning makes the sausages.

We live off them.