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[Snowy]

What is traditional for bonfire night food? I've invited some friends for supper on Friday, post bonfire and fireworks. Apart from jacket potatoes, parkin and toffee apples, what else is usually served bonfire night? Thanks

[westie mum]

We normally have homemade soup and hot dogs

[Chucky Mama]

Definately some sort of soup. Pumpkin, chunky veg, tomato?

[Lesley]

Pumpkin Soup, sausage and caramelised onion in baps and cinder toffee.

 

Don't forget the games apple bobbing and our favourite - strings of marshmallows hanging from a broomstick, see who is the fastest to eat them all.

[chickencam]

We always have steaming mugs of soup.

[Snowy]

Oooh, good ideas thank you! Soup it is (followed by buttered baked potatoes in foil - It's years since I've eaten them like that! )

[Egluntyne]

Chilli and Parkin. Not on the same plate.

 

Oh, and Cinder Toffee.

[Jules.]

Hot pot

[craftyhunnypie]

We normally do a chilli / a stew. I also make parkin, toffee apples & treacle toffee. I've decided this year though that it's always us that puts in the hard work & enough is enough. So if we are going to do anything, it will be bangers on skewers with bacon wrapped round. Put them with some barbecue hp sauce & some curly fries & that will do. Easy & the curly fries, just bung them in the oven. Hot chocolate with Tia Maria & squirty cream if wanted - very warming.

 

Emma.x

[Guest]

scouse

chilli con carne

baked potatoes

sausage casserole

soup

 

treacle (bonfire) toffee

ginger parkin

toffee apples

 

 

Emma, yours sounds lovely, what time did you want us?

[Cinnamon]

I usually do my 'Halloween Beanpot', which is a curryish mince mix with baked beans & butternut squash - easy to eat & totally delicious.

I have posted the recipe up before.

 

Oooooo - just had an email from BBC Good Food, with this link:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/occasions/bonfire-night/?utm_source=Week%20206%20-%2003/11/10%20-%20bonfire&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Browse%20the%20Bonfire%20Night%20recipe%20collection&utm_campaign=Week%20206%20-%2003/11/10%20-%20bonfire

[Snowy]

My pinny is on and I am cooking up a storm! Jacket pots in the oven; chillied bean stew on the hob (no recipe, just a hotch potch of various ideas, but including minced beef, toms, onions, mushrooms, baked beans, chilli, peppers and whatever else was to hand!); ginger cake just come out of the oven (left it too late to make parkin, but this recipe is a close second!). Ordered a pumpkin via Ocado and got one the size of a very small melon so the pumpkin soup has been supplemented with parsnips and swede Am just about to attempt toffee apples

 

Thanks for all the ideas!