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Informal dinner party - checklist

  • 23-05-2021 9:36pm
    #1
    pj9999
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭


    Without going into food planning etc., here’s my checklist for a good dinner party.

    (optional) Slideshow of interesting photos in the background
    Ensure ice in freezer
    Tidy house & garden
    Clean toilets
    Think about where guests will sit if necessary
    Interesting starter e.g watermelon
    Plenty food & drink
    Room temperature
    Candles
    Background music
    Don’t gobble down your dinner before everyone else.

    To clarify, I'm primarily talking about the people you'd mostly have over for dinner, in my case it would be parents, inlaws, brothers, sisters. It would be VERY CASUAL.


Comments

  • #2
    Smee_Again
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,082 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    Large bowl for car/house keys.


  • #3
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    Congrats?


  • #4
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    You need to have prepared a long list of things to spout BS about that also shows how well off you are. The expensive holiday you're going on, the new car thats parked outside the door, how much the bottles of wine on the table cost. Really thats what dinner parties are about, showing off.


  • #5
    54and56
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,700 ✭✭✭54and56


    pj9999 wrote: »
    Interesting starter e.g watermelon

    :-)


  • #6
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,255 ✭✭✭Ubbquittious


    Smee_Again wrote: »
    Large bowl for car/house keys.




    Pampas grass outside?


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,725 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Unoaked Chardonnay is very in vogue amongst wine people at the moment.


  • #8
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    pj9999 wrote: »
    Without going into food planning etc., here’s my checklist for a good dinner party.

    (optional) Slideshow of interesting photos in the background
    Ensure ice in freezer
    Tidy house & garden
    Clean toilets
    Think about where guests will sit if necessary
    Interesting starter e.g watermelon
    Plenty food & drink
    Room temperature
    Candles
    Background music
    Don’t gobble down your dinner before everyone else.

    Probably have one of stupid bastard bichon freise dogs running around too.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,725 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Unoaked Chardonnay is very in vogue amongst wine people at the moment.


  • #10
    hurikane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 691 ✭✭✭hurikane


    Rohypnol


  • #11
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    Hard liquor. No fannying around with this unoaked chardonnay business. If you are not on the verge of puking and wetting yourself then you haven't done it right.

    Fart Porn.

    Strippers.

    Illegal drugs.

    Handcuffs.

    Selections of whips and chains. Throw in a couple of hand grenades and chainsaws. You know, spice things up a little.


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  • #12
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    WiFi code


  • #13
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    You need to have prepared a long list of things to spout BS about that also shows how well off you are. The expensive holiday you're going on, the new car thats parked outside the door, how much the bottles of wine on the table cost. Really thats what dinner parties are about, showing off.
    Don't for Demis Roussos,
    everyone loves Demis.
    Beaujolais nouveau, a good vintage.
    Cheesy Pineapple.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    - Fridge full of beverages.
    - The Just Eat app.


  • #15
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    chooseusername wrote: »
    Beaujolais nouveau, a good vintage.
    .

    Don't the nouveau bit and the vintage bit cancel each other out ?

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #16
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,560 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    chooseusername wrote: »
    Beaujolais nouveau, a good vintage.
    .

    Don't the nouveau bit and the vintage bit cancel each other out ?

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #17
    chooseusername
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭chooseusername


    Markcheese wrote: »
    Don't the nouveau bit and the vintage bit cancel each other out ?
    It's a Dell boy quote.

    Del's Spiel: 'Pressed from the finest grapes in France, 5 year old Beaujolais Nouveau white wine as drunk by Jean-Claude van Damme.'

    But I did mess up there , I had Dell boy at Abigail's party.
    That would be some party.


  • #18
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 596 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Current COVID restrictions


  • #19
    magic_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭magic_murph


    pj9999 wrote: »
    Without going into food planning etc., here’s my checklist for a good dinner party.

    (optional) Slideshow of interesting photos in the background
    Ensure ice in freezer
    Tidy house & garden
    Clean toilets
    Think about where guests will sit if necessary
    Interesting starter e.g watermelon
    Plenty food & drink
    Room temperature
    Candles
    Background music
    Don’t gobble down your dinner before everyone else.

    To clarify, I'm primarily talking about the people you'd mostly have over for dinner, in my case it would be parents, inlaws, brothers, sisters. It would be VERY CASUAL.

    Watermelon as a starter... GTF


  • #20
    mariaalice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,615 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    Background music? would never occur to me, where would they sit, would never occur to me either, they just sit at the table for the food, then on the sofas, I am a good cook so the food will be good and I would have wine, cocktails, and something interesting for the nondrinker.

    A bit of bleach in the loo and quickly tidy up that's it.

    If you are not interested in cooking this is a brilliant idea just requires assambley.

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=189166669734607


  • #21
    O'Neill
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭O'Neill


    pj9999 wrote: »
    Without going into food planning etc., here’s my checklist for a good dinner party.

    (optional) Slideshow of interesting photos in the background
    Ensure ice in freezer
    Tidy house & garden
    Clean toilets
    Think about where guests will sit if necessary
    Interesting starter e.g watermelon
    Plenty food & drink
    Room temperature
    Candles
    Background music
    Don’t gobble down your dinner before everyone else.

    To clarify, I'm primarily talking about the people you'd mostly have over for dinner, in my case it would be parents, inlaws, brothers, sisters. It would be VERY CASUAL.

    Kruder & Dorfmeister


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