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wedding reception for 200 people
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Sonyette
02/04/09
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I'm having a full course wedding dinner for approximately 200 guest. The menu consist of three meats w/the option to choose one:
3-turkeys, 2-hams, or chicken (200 pieces)
dressing w/gravy, potato salad, baked mac and cheese
green beans, greens, sweet potatoes,and rolls.
I need to know how much dressing and sweet potatoes needs to be prepared (lbs..bags).I'm also not too sure on how many pans (lbs) of baked mac & cheese I need.
The desserts will be a three tier wedding cake, a sheet cake, punch bowl cake, and jello pies.
The drinks will be tea, lemonade, punch, and water. Is this menu ok? If you have any other advise or info that you would like to share, please do so.
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ellen
02/04/09
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Sonyette,
This is a very large group if you are planning to do it yourself, and if you are having it catered or dropped off, the person should be able to halp you with amounts.
You need about 3-5 kitchen people and 12-18 servers for this size group.
This is basically an OK menu, but I am a little confused by your description. If this is self serve, people will not chose one meat, and even it is buffet with servers for the meat, many people ask for more than one. If it is plated, you have to have enough that people can have their first choice, and it looks to me like you will not have the flexibility for that.
First the easy part, you need about 30 pounds of potatoes per 100 and dressing is discussed in the article on planning and shopping for a large community dinner in the holiday cooking section at the top of big pots.
You have enough chicken for about 100 people, enough turkey for about 50 and enough ham for about 60 unless they are VERY large. This does not give most of your guests a choice, they will get chicken because the others will run out. I would probably stick with ham and turkey and use the guidelines in the planning section of the holiday cooking section in big pots, which would indicate 150-200 pounds of whole raw turkey PLUS 35 pounds of boneless ham for this size group.
There are several rescipes and also quantity guidelines for the mac and cheese on this site. If you post a plan or shopping list I will check it for you.
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Sonyette
02/05/09
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Thanks for your response. After I posted this message to you, I made the decision on changing the whole menu all together overnight. The food will be buffet style with servers. I have decided to go with chicken wings...fried, barbecue, and hot
(how many lbs of party wings will I need?)
meatballs...w/barbecue and some w/gravy
(how many lbs will I need?)
the ham and turkey will be slice and served w/rolls or croissant
lil' smokies w/barbecue sauce
(how many lbs will I need?)
mash potatoes, potato salad, pasta salad
what do you think about cheese & cracker/veggie trays?
I didn't make any changes to the desserts but I was thinking of adding a fruit bowl...your thoughts.
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ellen
02/05/09
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mash potatoes, potato salad, pasta salad- all covered in the [plan for 100 tables.
cheese & cracker/veggie trays? I would put these out as a nibble table for the guests to eat while they wait that hour while you do pics and everything gets set up. See the appetizer planning page.
Though you have picked appetizer type meats, you need a dinner's worth per person:
chicken wings...fried, barbecue, and hot
(how many lbs of party wings will I need?)
~1/2 pound per person
meatballs...w/barbecue and some w/gravy
(how many lbs will I need?
~1 pound for each 5 persons
the ham and turkey will be slice
~1 pound of each for each 5 persons deli thin sliced
and served w/rolls or croissant
small rolls or mini croissants,
~2 per person, and have butter as well as sandwich spreads
lil' smokies w/barbecue sauce
~1 pound for each 8 persons.
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millie
10/30/09
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Thanksgiving for 100 people
Can you tell me how many turkeys I need to cook for 100 people?
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ellen
10/30/09
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Between 75 to 100 pounds raw. See the discussion in the planning and shopping for large community feasts at the top of Big Pots.
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Therese
11/20/09
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Planning a wedding reception for my daughter. Approx 200. We were going to have both ham and turkey. Do you need more turkey than ham?
So for 200 hundred approx 150 or so lbs of turkey and another 150 of ham?
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ellen
11/20/09
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You need 5 ounces cooked ready to eat turkey PLUS 3 ounces cooked ready to eat ham per person. There is a turkey yield table so you can decide how much raw, depending on what cut. Ham, presliced boneless, 1 pound for 4-5 people, depending on the sides.
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