Dinner-party food I have failed with

chocolate cake with white icing and strawberry on top with chocolate
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Lemon mousse that tasted  amd looked like rubber but was eaten   by  the guests anyway[Error in recipe]
A joint of spiced beef meant to last for the weekend was  consumed  on Friday by  two visitors
A mock turtle soup made of marmite could have killed  someone on antidepressants
A plum tart caused a guest to have a temper tantrum as she was on a diet [I was 2 stone underweight and never had known about being on diets]
A beef vindaloo meant to feed 3 or 4 people shrank  so much owing to vinegar it was only enough for one person
Banana icecream would not thaw  enough to be edible before the guests left
A man  friend had a row with his wife as  he said  she should make apple  mousse  like I did plus I had knitted my own jumper  and she could not knit [Don’t do this please’]
Someone was very rude when I used  carnation milk in a pudding [ and green jelly from a packet]We never saw her again, thank the Lord.
My hair set of fire when I opened the oven door  to get the meat out to serve{Still have a gas cooker, why?]
I dropped a gammon joint after getting it out of the oven,washed  and dried it and said nothing!
My mother in law complained all the time she was here that I did not take her into the West End, see all the shops and get home to make her a  hot dinner by 1 pm[.If I had stayed up all night maybe I could have]We lived 12 miles from the West End

So always have  enough food and more
Check  gelatine amounts carefully
Never make anything with pastry in it
Have gas cookers serviced
Carnation milk is  a moot point
Don’t attack your partner when eating with friends  as it makes YOU look bad
Remember it’s tough to please your mother in law
Don’t make your own icecream

Keep a sense of humour

Why not meet people out in cafe or pub instead of  cooking all day?

4 thoughts on “Dinner-party food I have failed with

  1. Wow what an interesting post, the one with the husband telling her wife to cook mousse like you was funny, my mother gets jealous if my dad says that something he ate made by other than my mom was more delicious. Could relate to some, once we burnt the food we made for the guests. And i hope you didnt get hurt when your hair lit on fire.

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