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A progressive dinner (US) or safari supper (UK) is a dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different host. Alternatively, each course may be eaten at a different dining area within a single large establishment. It is essentially a variant on a potluck dinner, with travel involved. This is sometimes known as a round-robin.
Typically, this involves the preparation of one course only (a starter, main course or dessert), and visiting different neighbors for the other 2 courses. Although it is a little difficult to explain, and does require careful and complex planning, the idea is relatively straightforward: for example, Neighbor A makes a starter, and is visited by Neighbors B and C. After this, Neighbor A moves to a different house, Neighbor D, and is joined by Neighbor E. Neighbors B and C go on to different houses also, but not the same one. Finally, a similar pattern for dessert: Neighbor A moves to Neighbor F's house, joined by Neighbor G. This style of eating has recently become popular as a charity fund raiser in rural Britain, and is seen as a good way of meeting different neighbors in the community by virtue of each participant having 6 separate guests; it also has a long tradition in the United States.
In the USA, participants go to each house for the various course. Couple A cooks the appetizers, and couples ABCD attend at A's house. Then everyone moves to B, and so on. Often there is a regional theme for each dinner, such as Italian, German, or French. Various wines to suit the "courses" are generally served at each location. Keeping it to 4 or 5 houses in the same neighborhood makes it more reasonable. Problems include keeping the food warm and ready at each location - the main course is generally the most expensive so everyone should take a 'turn' at that course. It is nice to have about the same "level" of cooking skill with each home, although it can be fun to try new methods and cooking to see how it comes out. One variation is that the participants bring a "themed" dish to one house; this accommodates more people this way, and from further away locations. The host house picks the theme or even what each participant could bring. This is a variation of a cooking club or potluck.
An alternative to the above method involves restaurants. A group of people will start at restaurant A, where they will have an appetizer. When they leave, to have their main at restaurant B, another group will proceed to restaurant A for their main, after having had their appetizer at restaurant X. The event usually culminates in all groups meeting for drinks or dessert at one venue.
In a safari supper, the destination of the next course is generally unknown by the participants, and they have to decipher a clue before moving on. The term is also used to describe a type of baked curry consisting of ground beef and rice in a spicy-sweet sauce.[1]
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