I WOUDL BE GRATEFUL IS PEOPLE WOULD STOP OFFERING SHITTY FOOD AT BIRTHDAY PARTIES.! Thank u kindly!

[MintyandTink]

Having been to a few birthday parties since my little one was born I am quite shocked at the shit quality of the food being served at bday parties.

Shitty cocktail sausages- yuk, rancid carrot sticks, hard cheese just to provide some examples.

The thing that gets me is not the kind of food but the bloody quality... CRAPITTY CRAPITTY CRAP!

Rant over.

I did it because a kid SHOULD have shitty party food at THEIR birthday, anything less than that is cruelty (buzz wanders off laughing!!)

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Yoplait make most of the supermarkets' own brand yoghurts and yoghurt drinks, apart from some of them (the pouches of froobs lookalikes tesco do spring to mind) which are made by the same frnch company that also make the Bon Mamman jam and the other jams as already mentioned.

They also make the chilled deserts for the supermarkets, and I have it on very good knowledge that the Tesco value chocolate mousse is the best chocolate mousse after gu based on the recipe used and the actual ingredients that go into it.

I don't know much about breakfast cereals tbh, but the big brands will be manufacturing at least some of the supermarket own versions.

Actually I may not agree with everything the OP says but I really like it when a parent makes an effort with the food part of a party. I love making the effort with food and always note when others do. I don't mind when they don't which is where I differ from the the OP but I do really like it when it's quality food with healthy options. And yeah, I'd prefer the DDs to tuck into slightly nicer quality sausages rather than tesco value processed pork with water sausages . Personally I wouldn't serve a child anything I'd not eat myself and I couldn't put value meat sauages near my mouth.

party rings

I agree Thomcat, it's nice to go to a party where effort has been made over the food, especially if there are lots of homemade things on offer, but I wouldn't critisize someone who didn't do this.

hmmm, i wouldnt serve any non-independent-butchers sausages tbh- says woman whose dad works in a sausage factory and therefore knows!

but beyond that its always been totally constrained by cash and if feeding your child crap for one day helps me feed mine well for a week.....

although i much prefer the in house party deal now- far easier!

i have party rings in my cupboard as its gladator re-enactment weekend in our village and we need a picnic- yay!

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YOU SEE!! I KNEW that about Tesco Value mousses, on the empirical evidence!!!

Is petit filous included in the yoplait lot?
(oh I know they're full of sugar..)

Did you know, wimmin, that OverMyDeadBody has teeth like pears?

Whaddelsedyankow?

like PEARLS!!!!! not PEARS!

rofl onebat. I had a really vivid mental image there.

and that was also supposed to be Whaddelsedyaknow

I might go to bed. What d'you think?

I want tesco value mousse now, but I just know there'll be an MN-induced run on it and I just can't be arsed to track it down.

What is a party ring?

Who me?

I am doing my dd's 7th birthday party tomorrow so am in an frenzy of baking and found this thread really interesting - when I read the title I thought of the parties I had gone to with just sweets, crisps and cakes (and yes, they do happen!) but the op wasn't going on about those - just where sub-standard foods were offerred!

Well tomorrow, my dd's friends will have, home-made cake, local butchers chipolatas, popcorn, rolls with ham & (nice) cheese, grapes & strawberries on cocktail sticks and hot dogs in rolls and ice lollies to finish.

Would that be ok?

Sorry, just seen the pic above.
And I would be very grateful if people could stop writing "u" instead of "you."
It makes me wonder if they do it all the time or just when they're on MN.
It's soooo disespectful to the English language.

roffle roffle

no, it's not really working, but you've made me laugh with images of myself with teath of pears, so that's good!

Petits Filou I'm not sure about, will ask my contacts and get back to you. The French have a monopoly on almost all the yoghurt and chilled deserts in our supermarkets though, three big manufacturers control the industry.

And just incase anyone didn't know, Green and Blacks is owned by Cadbury's.

I'm off to bed now.

I hate text speak but I quite like "chillax". Andy on cbeebies used it the other day.

I think a party ring involves things in a ring shape, that are party-food-ish.

Like a minted prawn ring?

I may be entirely mistaken, though.

I think that will pass the inspection stirlingmum. Can I come?

oh no, the ring thing has become entirely circular

we've been through prawn ring speculation to discover that they are actually iced biccies (which look revolting I might add).

oh obm, see my link!

4:30pm at the village hall - all welcome!