School are asking for multicultural food to be sent in. What shall I make?

[RoobyMurray]

They're doing a diversity week, looking at all the different nationalities in our community and have asked us to send in food from different countries for the children to try. Chinese, Indian, Italian, etc, sweet or savoury, but must be served cold.

Any brilliant suggestions as to what I could send in? I guess buffet style finger food will be best.

canederli

Lovely cold. Not what most people think of when you say Italian food.

good recipe from real live Italian, but in English, here

TheOneWithTheHair - I'm afraid I was being a little bit helpful and a little bit sarcastic at the same time - but now you can look forward to the next opportunity to do it to someone else !

Thanks Wigeon. I'm glad I got your meaning. That kind of stuff usually goes right over my head!

thank you for all your suggestions, I think I'll try some tablet, as it is genuinely something that is from my heritage, though I've never made it.

And as back up I'll buy some welsh cakes to represent DP's heritage!

I remember such an event some years ago at our childrens' primary school. A very impressive array of foods from a wide range of cultures, from far away lands to Scottish, Irish and Welsh. Great stuff.

Only one was missing - English.

I guess much traditional English food does not lend itself to this kind of format, especially if it has to be served cold.

But ...

Roast beef on wholewhat bread with English mustard?

Small slices of apple pie?

Cheddar or other English cheese?

Cumberland sausage?

Small pork pies?

Second English food here. What about a Victoria sponge? Some lovely sausages? A pork pie?

I'd just pick up something german on my whizz round aldi!

rye bread, stroop waffeln (they'd go fast!) etc

Pick up a couple of packs of Biltong from Sainsbury job done.

It's dried, seasoned game or beef from South Africa.

Be different, I gurantee every parent will go for pretty much the same types of things.

we went to the world food section at tesco and picked up a few cold peices for a buffett lunch at school for the same type of thing.

I have been back to this section since

Make life easy for yourself and buy Sushi. The supermarket stuff is mostly tuna and smokes salmon so no raw fish to worry about.

Cucumber sandwiches another suggestion for English! Or home-made jam sandwiches (which will probably be more of a hit). Scones - sweet or cheese?