party food on a seriously tight budget

gayle1

just thought id say hello before the party dawns tomorrow and let you know how we got on.
Managed to get both boys a birthday cake from a charity that bakes cakes for kids for nothing cause every kid needs cake saved £30 at least cause i was just going to get 1 cake for both boys now they have a batman and a minion cake.
Bouncy castle has been stopped refund of £10 due to insurance but we still have hall and ive aquired a wee shot of a parachute.
for the non ham kids there having philladelphia and chicken roll sandwiches in a kids box with a juice freddo frube and a packet of sweets.
ill make sandwiches for mums and offer tea coffee and dilluted juice x i have 2 margerita pizzas and 2 cheese and onion also sausage and cheese rolls biscuits and crisps that ill offer aswell .
kids bags are done colouring book bouncy ball tatoo bubbles crayons a springy thing and a packet of sweets .
they can have theyre cake at party plus go home with a wee bit xx thankyou and wish us well xxxx

notanewuser

gayle1 wrote: »

just thought id say hello before the party dawns tomorrow and let you know how we got on.
Managed to get both boys a birthday cake from a charity that bakes cakes for kids for nothing cause every kid needs cake saved £30 at least cause i was just going to get 1 cake for both boys now they have a batman and a minion cake.
Bouncy castle has been stopped refund of £10 due to insurance but we still have hall and ive aquired a wee shot of a parachute.
for the non ham kids there having philladelphia and chicken roll sandwiches in a kids box with a juice freddo frube and a packet of sweets.
ill make sandwiches for mums and offer tea coffee and dilluted juice x i have 2 margerita pizzas and 2 cheese and onion also sausage and cheese rolls biscuits and crisps that ill offer aswell .
kids bags are done colouring book bouncy ball tatoo bubbles crayons a springy thing and a packet of sweets .
they can have theyre cake at party plus go home with a wee bit xx thankyou and wish us well xxxx

That's the most bizarre charity I've ever heard of!

I hope you gave them a donation if they've given you 2 cakes!

gayle1

of course xx i put in £10 and gave the nice lady a box of choccies who made themx
it was my family support worker who referred us its only just started but seemingly its quite a popular thing .its people that love to bake cakes but dont have anyone to bake for anymore .
so they bake for charity

notanewuser

gayle1 wrote: »

of course xx i put in £10 and gave the nice lady a box of choccies who made themx
it was my family support worker who referred us its only just started but seemingly its quite a popular thing .its people that love to bake cakes but dont have anyone to bake for anymore .
so they bake for charity

I can believe it.

Nicki

If you haven't already made the sandwiches, I'd give the Asian kids philly sandwiches not philly and chicken roll sandwiches. Muslims only eat Halal chicken and unless you bought it from a halal butcher or the halal section of a supermarket yours won't be (and the mums probably won't trust you even if you did). Hindus and Sikhs (the other two main Asian religions) do eat pork if they are meat eaters but a large number of these religions don't eat meat at all. And obviously any Jewish non pork eaters will only eat kosher chicken which is not the same as halal!

notanewuser

Nicki wrote: »

If you haven't already made the sandwiches, I'd give the Asian kids philly sandwiches not philly and chicken roll sandwiches. Muslims only eat Halal chicken and unless you bought it from a halal butcher or the halal section of a supermarket yours won't be (and the mums probably won't trust you even if you did). Hindus and Sikhs (the other two main Asian religions) do eat pork if they are meat eaters but a large number of these religions don't eat meat at all. And obviously any Jewish non pork eaters will only eat kosher chicken which is not the same as halal!

And orthodox Jews won't eat philadelphia (dairy) with meat.

gayle1

will just make them philly and advise mums that if they dont like it they can help themselves to the adult sandwiches where theyll be something egg cheese tuna ham that they can have .
cheese rolls sausage rolls seriously if ive not got it then tough ive tried to cater cant be perfect .

meg72

notanewuser wrote: »

That's the most bizarre charity I've ever heard of!

I hope you gave them a donation if they've given you 2 cakes!

Why bizarre? I think its a marvellous idea .

notanewuser

meg72 wrote: »

Why bizarre? I think its a marvellous idea .

Thinking of charities I am/have been involved with which seek to help those really suffering. Children can survive perfectly well without cake. Providing an outlet for people who like to bake and parents that want cake for a donation which is far below the ingredient cost and calling it charity is a bit far fetched to me!!!

meg72

notanewuser wrote: »

Thinking of charities I am/have been involved with which seek to help those really suffering. Children can survive perfectly well without cake. Providing an outlet for people who like to bake and parents that want cake for a donation which is far below the ingredient cost and calling it charity is a bit far fetched to me!!!

Yes I see where you are coming from and yes children can survive without a Birthday cake but its nice to have one and children can get quite upset at not having one.

To me Charity is the act of voluntary giving, which is what these people who like to bake are doing, the bakers pay for the ingredients themselves any donation is used to keep the groups running and help set up new ones.

I like the idea of a person who may be lonely missing family
being able to give a child a cake.