Help please - bring a plate?

[Dave & Sandra]

I need some advice ladies on what to provide food-wise when asked to bring a plate. The girl issuing the invite said finger food. I presume we take enough to feed ourselves and then it is put with the rest of the food and everybody helps themselves - or do we just feed ourselves?

And do we literally take a plate or put food in plastic boxes - may sound like stupid questions but I don't want to commit any social sins. :mrgreen:

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Annierobrigado]

i read somewhere (i think it was nz insider) that bring a plate means potluck, so you bring food that can feed about 3-4 or more people besides yourselves.

or so i remember

enjoy!



annie

[veronica]

you just take a plate or container of food, whatever you think best and as much as you feel fair. its not normally an exact science. have they indicated whether it is a savoury or desert plate they want you to take. If they haven't just ring them and ask what they would prefer you to bring.

[Beach Kiwi]

You take a plate with enough to give about 6-10 people a 'taste' of what you've brought - that's how it worked in my day, at least. A plate could be, but not limited to, the following:

Biscuits - homemade, preferrably
A cake - homemade, or bought
Savouries - sausage rolls, small pies, etc

However, it depends on the occassion really, as well as the time of day. Is it casual, formal, a party, or something else?

What sort of people will be attending? Will children be there?

These things all need to be taken into consideration when deciding what to take.

[Diny]

Bring a plate ....... I love this, it always makes me smile.

PB's Mum is often telling me how she went to some 'do' at the bowls club and how it was ....'ladies a plate please'.

Just reminds me of Miss Marple.

Diny

[jo b]

I discovered an absolutley gorgeous recipe at a 'bring a plate do' in NZ takes 10 minutes to prepare.

1 Large tin refried Mexican beans
1 Jar of Salsa
1 tub of Sour cream
about 4oz of grated cheese

1 dish 5-7" in diameter and 5-7" in depth

Put the refried beans in first, then the Salsa, then spoon on the Sour Cream sprinkle the cheese on so you hvae 4 layers, whack in the oven on 160 for about 15 minutes or until the cheese has melted nicely.

Use Doritos to dip......................Yummy.

JO

[Dave & Sandra]

Hey Jo

I've got the refried beans sounds mouthwatering

It's an evening do 7:30 next Saturday, I have to take finger food.

OK Diny - never mind about Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot - what do I take :eek

Thanks BK - maybe I'll take some of my famous pasties - my pasties are the talk of the bachelors in Saudi Arabia :P and it's casual - some Poms some Kiwis

[Bubbles]

[quote="Dave & Sandra"] ...my pasties are the talk of the bachelors in Saudi Arabia /quote]

Sandra, you sure Dave doesn't mind you openly talking about your pasties :eek



John

[Dave & Sandra]

Have pasties taken on some new kind of meaning that I've missed out on ops:

[Diny]

Sweet or savoury?

Why not make some smoked salmon and cream cheese wraps and then cut them into 'delicate' slices, they always go down a treat.

Sweet stuff .... cakes, slices ... anything really. If it's a casual do then just take 'casual' food. I reckon you should take your pasties. You can bet nobody else will be taking them.

Diny