Just when I had given up hope on receiving an actual parcel to write about (and had laboriously come up with this post topic around “part and parcel” which wasn’t much chop), this arrived:

I had completely forgotten that I’d bought them on ebay. Only 99c each! They’re for the Rubik’s Cube party which I’m having next Saturday, in which guests must arrive in the six colours of the Rubik’s Cube and leave wearing only one (so yes, basically a swinger’s party). I think I will hang them from the ceiling or something. Shy guests who don’t want to talk to anyone can occupy themselves with them.

I need to organise some vegan colour-coded snacks for the catering (niche food group that). Here’s what I’m thinking:

White: Steamed buns, dumplings, popcorn, some coconut-y sweet

Red: Raspberry & strawberry tarts, vege dogs, tomato bruschetta, cherries, kidney bean and tomato salsa

Green: Green tea cupcakes, guacamole, asparagus and pesto tarts, vine leaves

Blue: Blueberry tarts, some kind of blue jelly concoction, blue fairy bread, blue fairy floss, blue corn chips (Beth: Are these really blue enough? I remember having them in North America)

Orange: Polenta rounds with carrot and mango chutney, pumpkin bites, candied orange, sweet potato fries, rock melon, carrot sticks

Yellow: Stuffed baby squash, yellow cherry tomatoes, lemon vegan cheese cakes, corn dip, baby potatoes with mayo, Cheezels

Can you think of anything else? I do realise I’m sacrificing taste to theme here, but that’s the vegan way anyway, so it seems in keeping.

I do wish you were all coming.  As always, you’ll be missed (but you probably won’t miss the blue fairy floss).