😮 ghastly 🎄 supermarket party food.

Usedtobeblonde

Halloumi coated in very fine dry breadcrumbs, fried in butter and with a sweet chilli dip is wonderful

Oh yes 👍

Halloumi coated in very fine dry breadcrumbs, fried in butter and with a sweet chilli dip is wonderful

I've never had them like that, Babs but I'll definitely make a dinner out of them done that way now you've said it.

I nearly had a temper tantrum in M&S last week, Dawn French has been advertising mini pork pies topped with cranberries but I've tried 3 stores and can't get them
My Christmas is ruined 🤣🤣🤣

Sometimes I find buffets a bit of a faff, and a big pan of curry or chili served with naan or tortillas and salads is easier.

I'm surprised some people can bear to eat at all, frankly.

MissAdventure

I love halloumi.
The way it squeaks against your teeth is great.

I love it!
Especially dry fried until crispy and served on a soft white bap with salad and whatever sauce you like.
Am hungry now and already had dinner!

I don't think I could bear to eat anything labelled "picky bits". The phrase makes me shudder.

I love halloumi.
The way it squeaks against your teeth is great.

My GD and I are very partial to a few “picky bits “ we have tried some from M&S so far.
Prawn toasts and prawns in tempura batter lovely.
Halloumi in blankets, tiny Yorkshire puddings with a filling I can’t remember were good and others I will have to ask her about, my memory is not good now.
We never have the sweet ones, only savoury.

Tunnocks marshmallows are delish, would much prefer those to a box of chocs under the tree.

Allira

^Hmm, I've never heard of pineapple and cheddar together, but I think it's worthy of a try!^
Pineapple and cheese on cocktail sticks, stuck into a hedgehog
Very Abigail's Party! 😁

And like a lot of party snacks our mothers put together - healthy.

Ditto vol au vents with their fillings.

What other party food would our mothers have served up? You know, stuff not enriched by emulsifiers often industrially formulated, using synthetic sweeteners, colourings and other chemical preservatives and emulsifiers.

They have to ‘taste’ yummy or we’d never buy them.

I tend to prefer savoury stuff, but if the teacakes were here, their turn would come to get eaten, no doubt.

Yes.
I don't normally like marshmallow 🤔

Are they the ones with marshmallow in?

mad keen!!

I have a sudden fancy for a Tunnock's Tea Cake.

Those sweet things described by OP do sound yuck, but I’m not made keen on a lot of sweet things anyway.

I’ll be buying some M&S fishy canapés for Christmas Day. We have dinner at around 5, no lunch after late breakfast, and no starter, so I serve plenty of those a couple of hours beforehand.
Thinking of making some angels and devils on horseback, too, but we shall see - need to find some smoked oysters for the angels.

I stopped buying it a couple of years ago.

I used to buy some bits and enjoy them.

Swoon.
I love those too.

MissAdventure

Blinko

I’ve heard M&S are doing something called nutty clouds…or could be cloudy nuts? Anyone seen them?

Oooeee!
I love them already, just by the name.

I think they might be something like Ferrero Rocher

Hmm, I've never heard of pineapple and cheddar together, but I think it's worthy of a try!
Pineapple and cheese on cocktail sticks, stuck into a hedgehog
Very Abigail's Party! 😁

Blinko

I’ve heard M&S are doing something called nutty clouds…or could be cloudy nuts? Anyone seen them?

Oooeee!
I love them already, just by the name.

Hmm, I've never heard of pineapple and cheddar together, but I think it's worthy of a try!

Just on Saturday I made some smoked salmon mini-tarts to bring to an event. The salmon was caught and smoked by my DH. He does a really good job. The tarts were a hit.

We don't have a lot of people around over the holidays. Just the immediate family for Christmas dinner. They all leave around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, still groaning from the turkey and fixings, so I don't bother with nibbly bits. Some baking, but no savouries.

I’ve heard M&S are doing something called nutty clouds…or could be cloudy nuts? Anyone seen them?