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finger buffet for children's party - ideas please??

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deaconblue · 07/03/2007 20:58

We are having caterers do the buffet for ds' 1st birthday party (sounds posh, only doing it as we won't have a house at the time). What would you ask to go onto the buffet? Kids will range from 1 - 10 years old. I'm thinking cheese and tomato pizza, finger sandwiches, some kind of fruit platter, crisps

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Hulababy · 07/03/2007 21:00

Party rings

Sticks of cucumber, peppers, etc.
Raisins
Something sweet - little mini buns or brownies

mymama · 07/03/2007 21:15

mini quiches,
fairy bread,
mini banana/apple muffins.

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deaconblue · 07/03/2007 21:18

oooh what's fairy bread? I'm making huge gooey chocolate birthday cake so thought I wouldn't put sweet stuff on buffet. Maybe should still do party rings though for that retro thang and an excuse for all the adults to snaffle them

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pointydog · 07/03/2007 21:52

cocktail sausages always go down a storm

mymama · 07/03/2007 22:20

fairy bread - bread with crusts off - lightly buttered with sprinkles. Cut into triangles.

Not the greatest but definitely not the worst sweet thing you could have on the buffet. Also great for class parties if you want to send along something fun but not too sicky.

pointydog · 07/03/2007 22:22

bleurgh!

the fairies are welcome to it

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deaconblue · 08/03/2007 08:25

cocktail sausages vvgood pointydog

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Bozza · 08/03/2007 08:28

Are you going to give the cake out at the party then rather than send it home?

nathaliea · 08/03/2007 08:32

fusili pasta with butter, sweetcorn, sausages, crudites

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deaconblue · 08/03/2007 17:09

Am I supposed to send the cake home then? Was going to serve cake and champers after the buffet...

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McDreamy · 08/03/2007 17:13

AT DD 4th birthday party last month the most popular food was the plate of ham and cheese mini muffins

nogoes · 08/03/2007 17:29

What is a party ring? It keeps being mentioned on MN.

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deaconblue · 08/03/2007 20:39

PArty rings are a ring shaped biscuit with lurid coloured icing on. They are dirt cheap and children of the 70's lived on them. You can still get them in Tesco. I recommend sticking your finger through the hole and eating the biscuit off your finger
Muffins sound fab. Saw a Tana Ramsay recipe for the same only yesterday. YUM

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nogoes · 09/03/2007 08:17

Thanks Shoppingbags . Amazingly they seem to have passed me by and I was a child of the 70's.

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deaconblue · 09/03/2007 09:38

nogoes, go out and get some today, they might make you a little hyperactive but they are delish

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