Need party food ideas....

[SnowBoo]

for my mums surprise 60th in two weeks time.
Want easy food as pg and no energy! HELP!

Thanks for all the replies. Most useful.

What sort of party? Lunch? Evening? For kids too? Could you do a buffet - finger foods, salad, cold chicken legs, bowls of nuts/crisps, dips and carrot/celerey sticks etc.

maybe a please in the OP would have been a bit of a sweetener

I'm not a child. I don't see others saying 'please' when they have a query.

Doesn't matter, have got enough ideas. Thankyou.

PMSL,

I arrived ready to give armfuls of suggestions, and this is what i see! .

WE ARE NOT ALL ON HERE 24HRS/7 WAITING TO RESPOND TO YOU YOU KNOW!!

Oh thats a shame. There me thinking that out of all the people on here i would get one message after 3 hours (as it is daytime) and all i get is patronised.

Sorry to compo and Hattie but as i said i'm pg.

how about an Italian style antipasto with loads of nicely displayed cured meats, olives, artichoke, grilled peppers, sundried tomatoes, baby mozzerella and a huge pile of delicious crusty bread to go with it. And you could also have a really good cheese board. And you could serve a nice chilled dry prosecco

And theres really no need to shout.

ahem

snort

bbc site is good for food ideas, maybe type in Party Food or Buffet

www.bbc.co.uk/food

Its a surprise 60th for my mum in our house in the evening.

Just want some simple ideas as i have no help with any of it and as i said, pg, as big as a house and need some nice ideas.

Sorry. I'm normally nice but i'm soooo stressed and tired and having a low sugar moment.

I do apologise.
But theres no need to patronise.

Who can decide there is no need to shout?

I felt like shouting so i shouted!

I'm ill and pregnant too

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after the 70's food thread on here recently why not go retro (i'm sure your mum would approve) and do things like vol-au-vents, coronation chhicken and prawn cocktails? May be a bad suggestion but could be fun?

we're not used to pregnant people on here so we don't know how to pussyfoot round

Could you circulate a list and ask all the guests to bring something?

I'm honestly very nice.

You ask for advise and get grief instead.

Thanks for the ideas. Will go off and cry for an hour now.

oh fgs go to M&S then

pah

right
I now have no choice but to ask................

and it's advice

Retro sounds good. And easy. I can re-live my childhood! Vol-au-vonts. Haven't had them in years.