Foster Family Fabulous Feast-Mystery Night

Oh, how I have missed FFFF!!! The last one we did was April 1, and we had to wait to do this one because of busy weekends (and one thing I had to buy for it). It worked out perfect because we were able to share it with friends, which really makes it all that more special!

This month's Foster Family Fabulous Feast was Mystery night! I found the idea on Pinterest of creating a menu of 20 items with random names. Notice I am saying items, instead of food. That's because they had to get their utensils, napkins, and beverages also this way! Although lots of people described it as a good April Fools dinner, I knew it would be perfect for mystery night! The meal was served in 4 courses, but everyone had to pick which 5 items they would have during each course from the get go. There was to be no repeat of items and no discussing what they thought each item was. Items had names such as Titanic's Demise (ice), polka dots (peas), and round and round (Ritz crackers). I'm so thankful for my friend Beth who was my partner in crime in actually serving the food. I had 20 slips of paper laid out on my kitchen island and we placed the designated item next to the numbered slip. It made the serving part so much easier! (And in case you are wondering, we had our family members pick our foods, so that it could still be random to us.)

To cap off the night we played Clue Jr. (which I found at the Winnetka rummage sale for $1!!!) It is the item that I needed to wait to get before we could have this month's FFFF.

Can you guess what some of these items are?

Here's an answer key:
1. ice
2. mashed potatoes
3. gravy
4. goldfish crackers
5. ritz crackers
6. ham
7. pineapple slices
8. peas
9. fork
10. napkin
11. water
12. marshmallow
13. knife
14. apple
15. chocolate syrup
16. ice cream
17. lemonade
18. meatballs
19. chicken noodle soup
20. spoon

Me giving the directions for the meal. Notice the blanket I hung up to keep the kitchen private?

The kids busy making their selections.

Some of our lovely guests!

Foster child #1 is all smiles because she got ice cream during her first course! Fortunately she had a spoon to eat it with!

Poor Foster child #2, only got a pineapple slice to eat in the first course! There wasn't too much complaining though!

Foster dad was smart and used his crackers to eat his mashed potatoes since he didn't have any utensils!

Foster child #2 digging in. Remember he had his fork and spoon during course 1! The best quote from the night came from Beth's oldest son, who asked "Mrs. Foster, do I have to use my best manners to eat tonight?" I asked him if he had any silverware (he didn't) and I said, "I guess not! You need to eat! " He then dug his face right in similar to Foster child #2 here. Beth didn't know what was in store for tonight except that it was FFFF. She had told her kids to use their best manners, which they did, despite the circumstances!

In course 3, Foster dad helped Foster child #2 eat his soup with his knife.

No utensils or napkins made this course a rather messy one for Foster child #1 as she enjoyed chocolate syrup!

Foster child #3 was too young to understand and appreciate the meal, so we just gave him his favorites. Here, he is enjoying his last course - ice cream!

Clue Jr. with our guests. It was Mrs. Peacock who ate the cake at 1:00 pm with chocolate milk!