Menu for bonfire night?

InfamyInfamy

The other day I went to a party where they had marshmallows on sticks, heated them on BBQ then put them between two digestive biscuits! Yum!
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jackieglasgow

we do that, but just stick them in the micro then sandwich them together.

Jammygal

Bit late now but what about a huge pan of hot soup and bread rolls???

thisismoneysaving

How'd it go?

Mrs_Thrify

just wondering the same? come on Lucy spill the beans...

Penelope_Penguin

We took a bag of HM treacle toffee to the bonfire party. We came back to this sausage and bean casserole, with baked potatoes. We then had parkin, which I made 2 weeks ago

As this has fallen from the front page ofOS, I'll add it to the exisitng thread to keep tips and recipes together.

Penny. x

Paulie'sGirl

Hey all,

I know its probably a wee bit early for most of us to be thinking about Bonfire night, but I'm co-hosting with a friend (at his house) this year, so we've been a bit more organised than usual in the planning!

There's going to be about 20 of us.

I'm making a chilli beef (with stewing steak, not mince), possibly cornbread (though I need to find and test a recipe) and a massive Eve pudding. I'll do mulled wine and mulled apple juice for the drivers.

He's running a BBQ, baked spuds in the embers of the fire pit (hole dug in his lawn!) and will get the fireworks.

What's everyone else planning?!

PGxx

MrsE_2

I'm having a bonfire night party. Planning on the food being indoors (not barbeque).
It started as a chicken curry & side dishes night, but has grown in size to 20 plus (up to 30).

One or two don't eat curry, I was thinking of doing a shepherds pie for those, thats the filler sorted.

Was thinking of doing this as a buffet, so a main meal (the curry & shepherds pie) & Indian side dishes too (chapatis, onion bahjis, dalh, bombay potatoes, ect) and other buffet things, any ideas?:D

Pudding too, maybe fairy cakes & a cake or something?

Any advice welcome:D

Seperated this year - so finances very tight:money:

suzybloo

How about stovies instead of shepherds pie. Quick and easy way to make them is use Tesco's value chips, two onions, three beef stock cubes and tin of corned beef. We made them this way for our relay for life, and they were delicious. The chips have a 'fatty' coating on them for going in the oven so you dont need any lard/dripping. Just fry off your onions add your stock cubes, and uncooked chips and put enough water in until you see it coming up through the chips, give them a stir a few times and they will breakdown and look like real potatoes. Add your corned beef at the last minute and serve in polystyrene cups - great for kids!
Saves a lot of time as you dont have to peel potaotes, and its relatively cheap. Can be made in advance and just pop in the microwave the individual servings you require.

For pudding how about a big traybake of sponge with orange icing, liquorice strips made into a spiders web and a spider in the corner. Less hassle again with probably more pieces than individual cupcakes/sponges.

ALIBOBSY

Last year in our local pound stretcher we got a whole pack of cookie cutters shaped in halloween shapes, bats etc for just £1. Great for doing tops of little buns in fondant or chocolate or for biscuits-cheap and cheerful sweets.

If people are coming could you ask them to bring say one dish each? For us we would prefer that to people turning up with a bottle we don't drink lol.

Sausage rolls usually go down well on a buffet, but with the fact you have such big main meals I reckon you would get away with not much else in the way of food. I would also have a good clear out of the freezer as anything I cooked out of there (frozen chicken goujons/nuggets) would in effect be "free" at that point and at this time of year I try to clear out the freezers a bit ready for christmas.

Something like picked beetroot or cabbage would be great to go with the shep pie (most of us have some at the back of the cupboard or get value "cheap" range and stick it in a nice serving dish-noone will ever know. Soemthing like little roast potatos or wedges/chips would go with either main dish. Home made coleslaw and potato salad pretty cheap to make (I use Aldi's majo which we reckon is as good as helmans) tastes fab and seems to impress people when you say it didn't come out of a packet.

Ali x

Agree with second poster tray bakes are great.