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As a child, growing up in the 80’s and early 90’s, I used to attend some parties at local Working Men’s Clubs. I have fond memories of mullet wearing DJ’s playing awful songs like Agadoo, The Birdie Song and Superman; whilst hanging around the toilets with the other kids that were there (out of sight of the adults eyes).
The party food was the best; with a selection of sandwiches (with the crusts cut off), pineapple and cheese on sticks (poked into a grapefruit wrapped in foil), party ring biscuits (spread out on paper plates), jelly and blancmange; and of course… Vol-au-vents! Yes, these little puffed pastry cases filled with egg mayo, tuna mayo and various other fillings brought me so much joy. For the life of me, why did they stop doing these at parties? I think they died-out in the late 90’s, never to return as a party staple.
I loved vol-au-vents. I’ve tried to buy them now, in present times, but they are nothing like they used to be. They are now just frozen cr@p (with the filling already in them) bought from Iceland. This simply will not do. Bring back the vol-au-vent!
Opinions, discussions and favourite flavours please
The party food was the best; with a selection of sandwiches (with the crusts cut off), pineapple and cheese on sticks (poked into a grapefruit wrapped in foil), party ring biscuits (spread out on paper plates), jelly and blancmange; and of course… Vol-au-vents! Yes, these little puffed pastry cases filled with egg mayo, tuna mayo and various other fillings brought me so much joy. For the life of me, why did they stop doing these at parties? I think they died-out in the late 90’s, never to return as a party staple.
I loved vol-au-vents. I’ve tried to buy them now, in present times, but they are nothing like they used to be. They are now just frozen cr@p (with the filling already in them) bought from Iceland. This simply will not do. Bring back the vol-au-vent!
Opinions, discussions and favourite flavours please
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