MangeTout
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Reged: 08/07/2007
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I haven't been invited to one in ages and I haven't had one for years. Mainly now I do lunch with girlfriends but rarely in mixed company.
Has anyone still got a hostess trolley? They were all the rage at dinner parties years ago.
Maybe they're going on all around me and no-one is inviting me. If you have them, are they worth all the anxiety?
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whitleybay
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Reged: 09/08/2008
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Hi MT
No I dont do dinner parties anymore, I do invite people around for supper though. Much less stress.Come to think about it I tend to meet friends for lunch, or early supper straight from work. Do you think its a generational thing?
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sunflower39
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Loc: warwickshire
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Yes, mangetout, I have dinner parties. Although I think thats quite a formal term for them. Basically I love having friends over to dinner. I love cooking and my friends seem to enjoy eating them! We all go to each others houses and take turns with the cooking.
I would quite happily spend all day in the kitchen preparing for it.
I think that we'll have to stop doing anymore for the time being though, as I said in another post, finances are pretty bad at the moment, and it not cheap to provide food and drink for 6/8 people.
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PLASMO
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Mange Tout,
When Oh was in the air force we used to have them on a regular basis, as we love entertaining. Since we have moved here to Derbyshire, Im afraid its only family that we invite, but still enjoy company.
I have to admit to owning a hostess trolley MT, and it comes in handy for storing my ever increasing numbers of crockery that are piling out of the shrank.
You would be welcome at any dinner party I was throwing anytime MT.
Plasmo x
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SPANGLE
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Loc: Lichfield, Staffordshire
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I haven't got a full size hostess trolley but a work top plug in mini hot trolley which holds 3 full size vegetable dishes. I've been on the dinner party circuit in the past - they are lovely to go to but horrible when it's my turn to do the cooking - quite stressful and always a worry about getting the quantities right so nowadays I try and avoid them and meet friends at restaurants instead!
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SPANGLE
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Loc: Lichfield, Staffordshire
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When's the dinner party scheduled for then, Plasmo??   
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PLASMO
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Spangle,
It will happen sooner, rather than later my friend.
Plasmo xx
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dizeeblonde
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Loc: Manchester
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Yes I do have them though mine are not really formal affairs. I like them to be relaxed and friendly not stuffy. A chance for friends to get together and unwind with good (though sometimes very simple) food and wine and enjoy each others company.
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PLASMO
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Hi dizzee,
Thats the way to do it I think, good company, easy tasty food, music, and making people welcome.
Plasmo x
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Sial
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Reged: 02/06/2007
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Loc: France
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actually MangeTout, I do, but it's usually dinner parties in winter and lunch parties in summer. 
As a matter of fact I had one lunch planned for tomorrow but my friend rang to say she and OH have just had a crash with the scooter and he was staying in hospital overnight. 
Fortunately nothing major, so we'll have the shoulder of lamb on confit of veg in a couple of weeks.
As for a dinner trolley, never seen one let alone own one! 
What are they used for ???
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MangeTout
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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Quote:
You would be welcome at any dinner party I was throwing anytime MT.
You're on, Plasmo! Derbyshire just happens to be my second favourite county, after Yorkshire of course.
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kate1
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Yes I do! But think the term 'dinner party' suggests a lot of people.......we like having just one other couple to dinner on a Saturday evening, and we do that a lot.
Don't enjoy the cooking for cooking's sake, but love that way to spend an evening, so the work is worth it.
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kazann
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Reged: 04/07/2008
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Loc: Derbyshire
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When I was younger we would invite friends round for dinner but people don't seem to so that as much.
I enjoy cooking and I think it's made so much easier now days.
Maybe thats why we all need the supperclubs.
People do have much busier lives also this must make it much more difficult.Our lives where much slower.
We had Sundays to get over the evening before
i.e no shops open on Sunday only the papershop and corner shop
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Kimberley
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Loc: KENT
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Yes, whatever happened to dinner parties, I used to love them, a group of us used to take it in turns to host them, about once a month. And yes I do have a hostess, although it has lost two of its wheels, I tend to use the serving dishes more that the hostess itself.
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Abbey
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We hold them fairly regularly and enjoy them and being invited back in return. I can certainly do a dinner party of six to eight people cheaper than going out for two. ie under £60.00. All good stuff and a relaxed way to spend a night at home with good friends.
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ejane
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Yes - I do dinner parties - 10-12 people and I LOVE THE WHOLE THING! I love choosing menu, shopping, laying table, ironing napkins, flowers...the whole event. I always work like crazy before folks arrive. OH does music & drinks and takes over kitchen at coffee time.
I ALWAYS choose food that is heavy work on preparation but leaves me free to be with the people as soon as they arrive. I rarely feel stressed and love the buzz of feeding lots of people. This makes the evening relaxed and lovely..Quite informal in a lovely kind of way...
ejanexx
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kate1
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Reged: 18/08/2008
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Loc: Leicestershire
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Ejane,
So tell me what food you do. Love to swap recipes!
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PLASMO
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Kazaan,
Couldnt agree with you more, things have changed a lot, people are so much busier these days, and what time they have to relax they probably want to do with their family and friends.
Good comment about the supper clubs though, at least we get the chance to have a "dinner party" so to speak with none of the hard work, and a lot more pleasure.
Plasmo xx
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annemari
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Reged: 07/03/2008
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My brother and SIL have loads of dinner parties,if SIL can think of a reason for having one,consider it planned.
She has a beautiful Hostess Trolley,a kitchen to die for,and a wine cellar to match. Sadly,no children,their choice but they just love having people around.
You couldn't wish to meet a more pleasant couple.
Of course it helps that SIL is 'Cordon Bleu' trained and consequently my brother is now MWTM trained!!
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MangeTout
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Loc: Oxfordshire
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What is MWTM??
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