Reply to: Funeral Food

[chef]

why are you trying to impress with the food? it's hardly as though thats the reason people are there.

As previously said, go with the audience and what they would expect i.e traditional. Get a local caterers to do something a bit more professional if you want.

[escapeUK]

Why not kill 2 birds with one stone and combine the event with your Halloween party? You could get the organist to play the Monster Mash as they make their way out of church to get them in the mood!

That is an awesome idea, I think Im going to go this way when my father finally dies.

[palatino winotype]

Why not kill 2 birds with one stone and combine the event with your Halloween party? You could get the organist to play the Monster Mash as they make their way out of church to get them in the mood!

[d000hg]

Not that this is real but just contact a local caterer who will put together something for £3-10 a head.

[Hugh Jardon]

Funeral Potatoes

I've been entrusted with the catering arrangements for the funeral of a recently deceased elderly relative and I'm looking at injecting a little pizzazz into the occasion with something a little above and beyond the usual funeral fayre which normally seems to consist of a few strategically placed trays of limp cucumber sandwiches.

Now, I must confess to being a little stuck for ideas so, as usual, it's over to my dear friends at CUK to pique my imagination with some inspirational suggestions.

Nothing too spicy mind you, I don't want a repeat of the last family gathering at which my great aunt Hilda sneezed her false teeth across the church hall after being overcome by Malc's wasabi peas.

I also want something that can be eaten with the minimum of fuss and mess. Damage limitation to the our Axminster shag pile is of prime concern and I don't want my cheese slipping from its cracker worrying about it all through the event.

Any ideas from our resident epicureans would be most appreciated.

Try these.

Funeral Potatoes Recipe

Made them a few times, without being a funeral.
They are sooo tasty, should put a smile on a few faces!

[escapeUK]

Dominos!

[SantaClaus]

Of course, if the deceased died of a heart attack, you might want to go light on the cholesterol.

[FiveTimes]

HTH

I wouldn't want jizz covered bisucits at any funereal.

[realityhack]

Bake the ashes into a Death By Chocolate cake.

[gricerboy]

Don't forget to have 'Coffin Fodder' by 'Cradle of Filth' on the PA, it's really quite beautiful....

Richmond

I certainly shan't be inviting them - they'd probably end up urinating in the aisle.

[fullyautomatix]

Booooo! I like gricer!

I like him too! But i like him more when he is dead.

[stek]

Oh, would that it were that easy!

I'm going to have to keep it a private function owing to the potentially anti-social behaviour of some of the attendees.

I have one uncle with wandering hands, especially when it comes to Trainspotters and another whose party piece is to stand on a table and say "the Bishop of Bath and Wells" in a belch.

It's 'The Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells...' int it?

FTFY twice...

[DodgyAgent]

Oh, would that it were that easy!

I'm going to have to keep it a private function owing to the potentially anti-social behaviour of some of the attendees.

I have one uncle with wandering hands, especially when it comes to pretty young waitresses and another whose party piece is to stand on a table and say "the Bishop of Bath and Wells" in a belch.

will it be televised?

[gricerboy]

Have it at the local gastropub and ask them to sort it all out.

Oh, would that it were that easy!

I'm going to have to keep it a private function owing to the potentially anti-social behaviour of some of the attendees.

I have one uncle with wandering hands, especially when it comes to pretty young waitresses and another whose party piece is to stand on a table and say "the Bishop of Bath and Wells" in a belch.

[stek]

Don't forget to have 'Coffin Fodder' by 'Cradle of Filth' on the PA, it's really quite beautiful....

Richmond