help: food for Abby's party q

Re: help: food for Abby's party q

• jjbmstinco member

  

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  I would do frozen corn and brocoli. No one will know the difference. While I don't think it matters that much, I would use fresh tomatoes only bc I know that some people can tell the difference. I am sure it isn't a big deal though. Remember you are having 30 people over but 30 people are not all going to have the salads. I usually do half the salad for the amount of people coming. So in your case I would do 15 servings for each salad to avoid excess.

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• Penguin129 member

  

  June 2014

  Do you really think 15 servings of each would be enough? I am so worried of not having enough food. I agree with you on not wanting to have excess food. There will be 20 adults, 2 babies, and 9 kids ages ranging from 4 -15. Four of the familes invited (8 adults and 7 kids) have canceled last minute on us in the past or just not shown up. Now that I see it written out I think you are right.
  
  How many hamburgers and hot dogs should I get?
  
  The corn salad recipie makes 10, 1/2 cup servings so I was going to triple it and the pasta salad recipie makes 14, 3/4 cup servings so I was going to double it. I am also making fruit salad. Maybe I'll just make 1 batch of the pasta salad and 1 1/2 batches of corn salad. I was thinking the same thing about the canned tomatoes.
  
  Thanks for your help. If anyone has anything else feel free to tell me. I can cook and bake, but when it comes to knowing how much food to serve I freak out.

  

  
  

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• jjbmstinco member

  

  June 2014

  Penguin129 said:

   Maybe I'll just make 1 batch of the pasta salad and 1 1/2 batches of corn salad. 

  I agree this is plenty of salad.  You figure the kids probably won't eat much of a salad.  I would make one batch of fruit salad.

  
  

  If you invited 30 people, I would do 25 burgers and 25 hotdogs, because most people eat 2. Plus, those can be frozen on what you don't use.  I wouldn't cook them all at once, but have them on hand. Same with buns.  

  
  

  I don't mind helping. I love to entertain. Now if I can only get people up here to visit. 

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• jtmh2012 mod

  

  June 2014

  I love entertaining too.  Unfortunately, the grill is in the garage until I can get a gas line run.
  
  I usually make all the hot dogs and hamburgers and then have what people don't eat as leftovers for the week.
  

  
  

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