From wedding receptions to office Christmas dos, the British buffet is a battlefield of beige. Which sad little offering secretly makes it worth queuing up with a bendy paper plate?
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Cocktail Sausages on Sticks
Cold, slightly rubbery, and somehow always the first to vanish. There's no dignity in it, but you'll grab a fistful anyway.
Coronation Chicken Sandwiches
An affront to both India and Britain, yet weirdly moreish between two slices of white bread. Blame the Queen, apparently.
Cheese and Pineapple Hedgehog
A foil-wrapped potato bristling with cocktail sticks of cubed cheddar and tinned pineapple. Naff, iconic, undeniably delicious.
Sad Egg Mayo Sandwiches
Curls up at the edges within minutes and makes the whole village hall smell like a sulphur mine. And yet, someone always finishes them.
Mini Pork Pies
Squat, dense and unapologetically British. The buffet's true aristocrat, especially with a blob of Branston.
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