American themed fancy dress party – The Food and Games
An American themed fancy dress party gave our hostess a superb range of dishes to choose from. She chose a classic American thanksgiving dinner. The food was delicious. It was served buffet style and included turkey, redcurrant jelly and an assortment of veggies. Dessert was pecan pie served with a spoilt-for-choice assortment of home-made ice creams. I don’t know whether these were traditional USA fare, but they were gorgeous.
Food menu:
Oven roasted and honey glazed Turkey basted in its own juices
Stuffing made with home made-breadcrumbs to a traditional recipe
Fat, juicy butter glazed carrots garnished with parsley
Butternut squash, roasted and garnished with herbs
Creamy Garlic mash
Buttered Corn on the cob
Redcurrant jelly
Pecan pie
Home made ice-cream – lemon sorbet, mango and ginger, rum and raisin, five berries and chocolate fudge.
Cheese platter
We finished off the meal with plenty of American coffee and tea.
Games:
Quizzes on America’s famous people and landmarks included the San-Francisco Bridge, Lincoln memorial and Will Smith! We split into two teams to play charades based on American Oscar winning films. We covered everything from ‘A street car named Desire’ to ‘Slum dog millionaire’ so this gave every age-group a chance to guess the answer. This was a great way to lead into dinner – the team who finished first was first in line for the food!! There’s nothing like a room full of hungry people to get the teamwork buzzing. Of course I have to say that I was on the winning team!!
To round off the evening we had a competition for the best fancy dress outfit and the most original fancy dress outfit. The best outfit award went to a rather young George Washington! and the most original fancy dress outfit went to a Grand Heritage Mississippi Gambler
Family parties are slowly creeping back in fashion and I’m not surprised. Family and friends enjoyed themselves immensely. Fancy dress, and games, good food and drink are winning combinations. We all had fun and can’t wait for next year’s do!
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