Bonfire night foods

[duckers26]

Having a few fireworks in the garden tonight and wondered what food would be appropriate. Going to do sausages in a roll and jacket potatoes but they seemed a bit lonely on their own!

[21TonyK]

I've got about 50 people coming round so I'm keeping it nice and simple. Jacket spuds with chilli baked beans and pumpkin soup in mugs with toffee apples for the kids.

[Simpo Two]

I suppose you could get the summer BBQ out, stick some sparklers on it and call it a Fireworks Night BBQ?

From what I can remember of fireworks night it's always bloody freezing so I think I'd take the burgers out and put them in my shoes to keep my feet warm!

[Tumbler]

Huge chilli and jacket spuds, in the slow cooker if you have one, then people can just help themselves.

Lamb hotpot in a nice large casserole dish, again people can just help themselves.

[Shaolin]

We always used to have Bonfire Toffee when I was a kid, I have no idea how to make it, but someone always did and I don't think it's that difficult although the texture varied from glass-like to hard fudge. Kids might like it and it'll be nostalgic for adults maybe?

http://www.circlecity.co.uk/kitchen/recipes/bonfir...

[Jer_1974]

http://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/stovies.htm

[duckers26]

Errr I know you're supposed not to worry about what things look like but that will scare my guests!

[RichB]

Well I remember some great bonfire nights as a kid but they were always on or around 5th November, which is next weekend, so are you doing a proper Guy-Fawkes night or a sort of Hallowe'en party with fireworks? Makes a difference to the food you serve you see. As has been said, for the former you need nothing more than jacket potatoes, cowboy-beans (beans & bacon) or chili-beans and some sausages in the oven. For Hallowe'en I'm sure there's an American equivalent.

Edited by RichB on Sunday 31st October 17:21

[hondafanatic]

Black peas.

[ali_kat]

duckers26 said:

Having a few fireworks in the garden tonight

Tonight is Halloween

Friday is Bonfire night

[grumbledoak]

Jacket spuds and garlic bread done on the bonfire was always traditional for us. Good warming stuff as it was always damned cold. Easy to do, too.

[escargot]

A massive chilli.

[Shaw Tarse]

escargot said:

A massive chilli.

A bit late sir!
Good advice, but as it's for tonight, OP is probably already outside with his fireworks.
Though title should be Halloween foods;)

[stourbridges2tvr]

Here in the black country we have a couple of traditional dishes that still get bought out on bonfire night.

Groaty Pudding (sometimes refered to as groaty dick)
And Gray pays(peas)n baircun(bacon)

http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Food...

Gorgeous, cheap, easy and warming.

[Romanymagic]

slight party next Saturday for Fireworks night.

We (me and Mrs RM) tend to do a sausage hot pot (recipe and pics to follow) and a chilli ( recipe and pics to follow), jacket potatoes, mulled wine and nibbles, goes down too well each year.

As we like to say, "Standard!"

[RichB]

stourbridges2tvr said:

Here in the black country we have a couple of traditional dishes that still get bought out on bonfire night.

Do you mean sold out?