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 spoil-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 combination's. We all had fun and can't wait for next year's do!

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