Baby Shower Bonanza

27 Dec, 2024

"Cat."

"Mmm?"

"You know you're pregnant."

"Right."

"You know you're really pregnant."

"I'm aware, yes."

"...do you think you might be overdoing this baby shower?"

You know, once I (Cat) get started, I really can't stop myself. This was a feast. It was a silly amount of different things to all make ourselves (says Bearkunin, the coward) but worth it in the end.

With credit to my long time best friend, who helped make some of the food, put together a nappy raffle, and logistically supported my extremely over-the-top vision for what was essentially 25 people packed into our house for afternoon tea.

Savouries

Scones served with butter, cheeses and quince paste

QUOTE: The Hobbit

^{“A big jug of coffee had just been set in the hearth, the seed-cakes were gone, and the dwarves were starting on a round of buttered scones, when there came—a loud knock. Not a ring, but a hard rat-tat on the hobbit’s beautiful green door. Somebody was banging with a stick!"}

Pickles

QUOTE: BFG - Snozzcumber

^{"Here is the repulsant snozzcumber! … I squiggle it! I mispise it! I dispunge it! But because I is refusing to gobble up human beans like the other giants, I must spend my life guzzling up icky-poo snozzcumbers instead. If I don't, I will be nothing but skin and groans."}

Potato and leek turnovers

QUOTE: Redwall

^{It was a joyous meal for honest creatures. Dishes were passed to be shared, both sweet and savory. October ale and strawberry cordial, tarts, pies, flans, and puddings, served out and replaced by fresh delights from Redwall’s kitchens. Turnovers, trifles, breads, fondants, salads, pasties, and cheeses alternated with beakers of greensap milk, mint tea, rosehip cup and elderberry wine.}

Salad

QUOTE: Peter Rabbit

^{Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail, who were good little bunnies, went down the lane to gather blackberries: But Peter, who was very naughty, ran straight away to Mr. McGregor's garden, and squeezed under the gate! First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes; And then, feeling rather sick, he went to look for some parsley.}

Toadstool sliders (mushroom walnut filling)

QUOTE: The Enchanted Wood

^{Frannie was watching some elves growing toadstools. As fast as the toadstool grew, an elf laid a cloth on it and put glasses of lemonade and tiny cakes there. It was all like a strange dream. ‘Oh, I am glad we came!’ said Beth, in delight. ‘Who would have thought that the Enchanted Wood would be like this at night?’}

Spinach Puffs

QUOTE: Emperors New Groove

Sweets

Peaches and cream finger buns

QUOTE: James and the Giant Peach

^{"Hallelujah!" Aunt Spiker shouted. "What a peach! What a peach!" "Terrifico!" Aunt Sponge cried out, "Magnifico! Splendifico! And what a meal!" "It's still growing!" "I know! I know!" As for James, he was so spellbound by the whole thing that he could only stand and stare and murmur quietly to himself, "Oh, isn't it beautiful. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."}

Marmalade sandwich cookies

QUOTE: Paddington Bear

Lamingtons

QUOTE: Possum Magic

^{“From that time onwards, Hush was visible. But once a year, on her birthday, she and Grandma Poss ate a Vegemite sandwich, a piece of pavlova and half a lamington, just to make sure that Hush stayed visible forever. And she did.”}

Honey mousse with biscuit crumbs and blackberries (in blue cupcake cup)

QUOTE: Winnie the Pooh

^{As soon as he got home, he went to the larder; and he stood on a chair, and took down a very large jar of honey from the top shelf. It had HUNNY written on it, but, just to make sure, he took off the paper cover and looked at it, and it looked just like honey. "But you never can tell," said Pooh. "I remember my uncle saying once that he had seen cheese just this colour." So he put his tongue in, and took a large lick. "Yes," he said, 'it is. No doubt about that. And honey, I should say, right down to the bottom of the jar. Unless, of course," he said, "somebody put cheese in at the bottom just for a joke. Perhaps I had better go a little further... just in case..."}

Fruit Platter

QUOTE: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

^{On Monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry. On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry. On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry. On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry. On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.}

Lemon cake (lemon sponge, loads of lemon curd, cream cheese icing - white-on-blue botanical/book design with fondant books on top)

QUOTE: Matilda

^{“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.”}

Candy bar

Chocolate poops (meringues dipped in dark chocolate?)

QUOTE: Captain Underpants

Chocolate mint fudge

QUOTE: Hairy Maclairy

^{“Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy”}

^{Chocolate buttons, jelly dinosaurs, strawberries and cream, white chocolate raspberry licorice bullets, marshmallows, red frogs, sour gummy worms}

Drinks

Raspberry cordial

QUOTE: Anne of Green Gables

^{When Anne came back from the kitchen Diana was drinking her second glassful of cordial; and, being entreated thereto by Anne, she offered no particular objection to the drinking of a third. The tumblerfuls were generous ones and the raspberry cordial was certainly very nice.}

Iced tea / Lemonade / Ginger beer / Soda water

QUOTE: Wind in the Willows

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