'typically English' snack for 25 children? Help!

Shambler

Jelly? Custard?

Why, surely we are a soupsant away from bagatelle,...I mean trifle?

Go easy on the x!rès, or sherry. eh?

MSE not handling me posh accents too well

Sacre Bleu!

Damn.

Norman_Bean

Thanks Tandraig for the recipe - yum! I am going to make that for my kids snacks as even they are getting fed up of muffins

Thanks again chocclare - 'fraid you are now my official font of French OS knowledge! Lucky you Will certainly try and make my own jelly and am looking forward to perfecting my pronunciation of gelatine!!

Thank-you shambler - I really appreciated the posh accents :rotfl:

lil-me - good thinking about sponge disasters being used for trifles - I'm sure I'll have a constant supply!!

Thanks all

Norman

ps: I think I'm going to go for scones and jam as thinking about it has made me crave a cream tea and seems to be easiest (lazy? moi?) and cheapest option as I have a jar of homemade jam already (tight? moi?!)

E x

Seakay

Just to bring mince pies back into the mix - you can 'refresh' shop bought mincemeat by adding any or all of:
grated rind of an orange
juice of half an orange
2 tablespoons of brandy or sherry
1 finely chopped apple (peeled and cored)
1 teaspoon ground mixed spice

Just empty the jar of mince meat into a bowl and mix in your chosen addition (s).
Leave for a couple of hours or overnight before using so the flavours can blend and mature

Seakay

Also, for trifle without jelly,
sprinkle sponges with sherry or orange juice
pour over lightly stewed (like for 5 mins just to get the juices flowing) raspberries or strawberries (or if you put the fruit and sugar in a bowl in the oven to warm up and when the juices flow stir to dissolve sugar and leave to cool)
When cool on goes the custard (real egg custard if you're going for it)
Then the whipped cream

This is kind of the grown up version.

For children's parties we used to have fruit in jelly with a blob of cream on top made and served in a cardboard/paper individual dish

**skinnyminny**

I also love the trifle idea, very good, and i bet they would look sooooo sweet.

I would probally suggest something like a millionare shortcake aswell as you could do a huge one and then cut it up in to 25 portions making your life a little easier

Norman_Bean

**skinnyminny** wrote: »

I also love the trifle idea, very good, and i bet they would look sooooo sweet.

I would probally suggest something like a millionare shortcake aswell as you could do a huge one and then cut it up in to 25 portions making your life a little easier

I agree - I think the trifles would look really cute!:heart2:

Will do a search to try and find recipe for millionaire shortcake x

Norman x

timmmers

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sweet/eccles-cakes.html
eccles cakes

chip butties too

t

tandraig

ty norman bean! scones are a great idea - but now you got me craving a cornish cream tea!!! got the bug when on holiday in cornwall this year. discovered where i had been going wrong with scones and my last batch - even my Oh said were best he had ever had - especially as my local Aldi sell clotted cream from a farm next door to where we stayed in Cornwall! jeez i do ramble on..........sorry!

Norman_Bean

timmmers wrote: »

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/sweet/eccles-cakes.html
eccles cakes

chip butties too

t

:rotfl:chip butties made me laugh!! Not sure the teacher would be too impressed if I rocked up with a load of chip butties, bet kids would like it though and it is typically English.

Boo - now I'm feeling homesick for chip butties

Norman x

Maitane

I'm part (well, mostly) French, in fact just next door to where you are and when I went back to Brittany to teach English, my kids were obsessed with any kind of sponge cake or pudding. Especially anything with jam.
But y'know, bonne chance avec les petits mais je trouve que le plus difficile, c'est le prof!