House Party for teens - good food suggestions please

[Angelina]

I'm looking for ways to mitigate the effect of the expected over consumption of alcohol and want suggestions of food they are likely to eat (without having to re-heat etc.).

I haven't hosted a teen party before but do realise food needs to be subtle but available.

I'm more than happy to get a flow of deliveries/ heve an account with the pizza place but just want good ideas from successful hosts out there please!

[malumbu]

(a) Control the alcohol consumption (there are ways, without spoiling things)

(b) when my parents kindly let me use the house at that age, something as simple as nice crusty bread (try Slatters in Sygenham), cheese, and ham worked really well

[siousxiesue]

Make your own pizza! it's fun and time consuming too. Have varied toppings available.

Hummus is usually a winner, with nachos etc.

Chocolate Fountain!

[Calsug]

Pizza is definitely a winner and easily eaten cold or hot.

My parents rule was no spirits at our parties - it seemed to work well.

[Angelina]

thanks all - lots of soft drinks, crisps and dips, pizza, sausage rolls - like the bread and cheese suggestion :-)

I think I have 15 coming.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Put it on Facebook and you could get a few more...

Angelina Wrote:

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> thanks all - lots of soft drinks, crisps and dips,

> pizza, sausage rolls - like the bread and cheese

> suggestion :-)

>

> I think I have 15 coming.

[Angelina]

haaahhhAAAAARGH

[tomskip]

Provide beer and cider (some will probably drink vodka beforehand or bring it with them but there's not much you can do about that) and hide all the other alcohol in your house! They will find it and drink it whatever it is!

[lavender27]

Iceland do lots of different party foods.

[tiddles]

Have someone on the door (an older teenager is best) who can check for spirits

They tend to tuck half bottles of vodka in waistbands. Bread and cheese plus the pizza

Sound a good idea!

[Angelina]

It went well! Too smoothly perhaps? Everyone happy, midly hungover this morning but all good. They even left me a G&T!!!!

Best food options were veggie pizzas, olives, crisps and bananas (!). Alcohol was vodka, glitter schnapps and fruit cider. Only damage was odd bit of pizza on the wall......

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Heartwarming. Oor teens ain't so bad eh.

Angelina Wrote:

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> It went well! Too smoothly perhaps? Everyone

> happy, midly hungover this morning but all good.

> They even left me a G&T!!!!

> Best food options were veggie pizzas, olives,

> crisps and bananas (!). Alcohol was vodka, glitter

> schnapps and fruit cider. Only damage was odd bit

> of pizza on the wall......

[bawdy-nan]

Really glad it went well.

Broadly speaking, depending on how old the "teens" are, if you are intending to provide alcohol at a party (or to "allow" it), I think you ought to discuss it with the parents of the children you're planning on inviting and giving it to.

What you might think is ok for your child might not be ok for other people. I was horrified when I found out parents of year 9 children (aged 13 - 14) were blithely "allowing" alcohol at house parties not only because of the damage that alcohol can do to young brains, the dubious message that it sends about the "correct" way to socialise, but also that those parents felt they had the right to decide things for my children.

[Angelina]

Older teens, BawdyNan - my younger teen was not allowed to stay, she had to come out for dinner and a movie with the grown ups

[bawdy-nan]

Hi Angelina - sorry - that wasn't a criticism (or necessarily) directed at you. Really glad they had a good time and it all went well.

[Angelina]

Thanks :-) I think if I didn't know the group very well and some of the parents, I probably would have felt differently about it

She's already planning the next one now...

[tiddles]

Great it went so well!!!!