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.

[OrmIrian]

FFS!

What happens if you are broke? And your DS wasnts to invited 20 little friends? Do you have to limit the numbers because certain mother will only accept the very best food for their little darlings? Sorry DS, you can't have a party this year - we can't afford 4 dozen quails eggs and the organic parma ham is just too expensive .

IME most children only eat the biscuits and crisps anyway and would run away in terror if presented with hummous - of any quality.

I'd keep your precious child at home away from all such evil influences.

[cupsoftea]

one big choc cake & everyone is happy - nothing else

[OrmIrian]

I have rediscoved party rings recently. I have bought them religiously for all my DC's parties over the years but never tried them. I did the other day and they are blardy lovely!

[MrsMattie]

How old is your child? When DS was one he had never tasted sugar and I frowned on people who didn't feed their child a non-stop diet of brown rice and broccoli. Now he is 3 and a half and has been known to put away 5 fair cakes-a-time at birthday parties. he has a worrying penchant for cheap sausagemeat and fizzy drinks are the only thing I have successfully managed to shield him from.

Srriously, it's no biggie. If you feed your child well on a daily basis, the odd sausage roll at a party won't kill them. Honest.

[MintyandTink]

The whole point I want to make is that lots of people serve just really poor quality food and I find it as if they don't give a shit for their guests,- kids and parents!

This is somthing that bothers me and none of the narky comments posted here have made me change my opinion.

I LOATHE CRAPPY PARTY FOOD!

Thank you very much,

[katw3kitts]

Orm: Even if you are broke you can still have a party for 20. You dont have to spend a fortune I'm sure.

Have a party at home or in the park. The other kids mums arent expecting you to give them their quota of 5 a day you know ... or am I missing something !

[MintyandTink]

I know it is not a biggie but it is one of my pet hates, saddo, perhaps? But it really tickles me!!

[OrmIrian]

Well I guess it depends on your definition of 'good' food and also of being broke. But I suppose you don't have to serve food at all, but most children expect it.

[EffiePerine]

well I don't think you are being a very good guest!

[SoupDragon]

snob

[FluffyMummy123]

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[SoupDragon]

Barely any of the food gets eaten anyway. I wouldn't waste my money on poncey finest-organic-watered-by-the-tears-of-angels food only to have it ground into the floor or spat out and sneezed on by children.

[loveverona]

See what you're saying Minty, but I don't think I've ever attended a party with crap quality food, maybe you should mention this to your mates...! My DD had her birthday party yesterday and we had all the yummies - cocktail sausages (Tesco!), houmous, carrot/cucumber sticks, toms, grapes, sarnies, all made by me in the morning. Nothing, IMO, was 'crap' and it was all enjoyed by everyone. Strawberries and icecream and bday cake to end. Oh, and I've just finished off the sausages. Luvverly!

[loveverona]

Agree with you SoupDragon - no point in breaking your neck, or bank balance, to be different when kids are very happy with the usual. I did do something a little different and have 'alternative' party bags, but that's a whole new thread!

[Turniphead1]

Hedy minty maybe you should join forces with Jules Oliver and go to parties with your own supplies? Apparently she alienated all the Primrose Hill set with her snobbery on this issue.

Frankly, I think you need to get over yourself. The parties I go to, the food is a mixture of healthy, carrot sticks (not sure how your hosts seem to provide you with rancid! are they letting them go mouldy???), cheese, grapes, sandwiches, hummous and then the ever popular hula hoops, crisps, cocktail sausages, jelly and ice cream.

My main problem is finding the ingredients of things as my child is allergic to milk and egg and all of the above can be a minefield. I would LOVE just to be able to let her loose to have whatever she chooses, after all she eats healthily all the other days.

And as for Fox's Party Rings and the pink wafer biscuits, these are my saviour as they are actually dairy and egg free, but "crappy" enough that my DD doesn't feel left out whilst everyone tucks into the cake.

[MrsMattie]

What is crappy food? What do you expect at a kid's party? I'm confused.

[LadyOfWaffle]

Birthday parties = crappy food, it's the law. I love seeing kids up to their eyeballs in party rings and wotsits, reminds me of my youth

[kiddiz]

When my dcs were little there was a trend at for birthday parties at Mcdonalds. This wasn't a place we took our dcs to..not for any other reason than DH and I don't particularly like burgers etc. so never fed them to dcs. No big moral issue or anything. The first birthday party ds2 went to there his eyes lit up and he proceeded to eat all his food, all his brothers and anybody elses he could persuade to give it to him!! All the other kids were playing games while my ds was sat at the table eating all the leftover cold chips! Oh the shame!!! But it was a one off and it didn't kill him and he now, at 17, never sets foot in a macdonalds....He doesn't like it!

[MrsMattie]

I remember feasting on wotsits and cherryade at kid's parties. It was heaven.

[katebee]

I completely agree with Minty...it is nice to serve traditional party food such as sausages but decent ones..not the ready cooked ones that taste plasticy..I buy nice waitrose cocktail sausages and cook them prior to party and they taste so much better..for under fives one can serve up slightly healthier pom bear crisps with less salt in.

I find traditional cheese and pineapple on sticks always go down well with the Mums.. I know of some School Mums who don't bother serving sandwiches as "no one will eat them"..yet I've found that if you use cutters to make them into nice shapes - star etc..the children will munch quite a few..

I'm not the worlds best cake maker so not everything is home made but I think that if one makes an effort with the food it is really appreciated and there is not much waste..also the food is tasty enough to be polished off by family members afterwards, reducing the waste further.

It is also frustrating when you find an outside venue that has good soft play or whatever but the food is yuk and party bags full of plastic rubbish..then you have no control over what the children eat or the party bag gifts.

[juniperdewdrop]

I did pasta with cheese, pizza, popcorn, crisps and sandwiches with biscuits and cake for afters at the last party in the house and most of it went.
Mine will eat pepper/carrot sticks and mini toms but most kids just leave them.

[Twelvelegs]

We have good quality crap food, jelly ice cream, chocolate fingers, chocolate animals, iced rings, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, cherry tomatoes, fairy cakes (homemade) and sandwiches...... never shitty sausages....

[Turniphead1]

Do have to admit that 9/10 the food at the indoor play centre places in truly revolting. That's where you cross the line into "shitty party food".

It would be quite funny to serve at a kids party, sushi, beef carpaccio, gazpacho and endive salad. Noone's kids excepts Minty's PFB would be able to eat anything...

[AbbeyA]

Parents who have total control over their DC's diet don't like parties because their DC is suddenly exposed to junk food and they can't refuse, without being unfriendly,to let their DC eat it. If you have a balanced diet the odd party is not going to hurt IMO. These are the same people who don't like choc bars handed out for birthdays and find Easter a nuisance.

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