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Surprise bday party amounts
Taylor
03/01/13 		Appetizers 5:30. Dinner served 7pm - 8:30
80-100 people

Do these amounts look ok

Appetizer:
300-- Shrimp on tray with cocktail sauce
20 cups --Spinach dip 6 loaves crusty bread
12lbs --Assorted Cheese Tray/crackers
20 cups--Buffalo Chicken Dip. 6lbs Tortilla Chips

Dinner
32lbs--Spinach,Feta and sundried tomato stuffed pork loin
100 pieces-- Fried chicken
20lbs--Beef roast w au jus
8lbs dry pasta--Rotini Pasta with Grilled Chicken
20lbs --Red potatoes butter a little fresh parsley
16 lbs-- Steamed Green Beans
10lbs rice --Rice pilaf

Salads:
Fruit salad fresh fruit salad... (your recipe for 100ppl)
Layered salad for 50 ppl
12lbs mix salad greens--Apple feta salad pecans
Rolls - 10 dz yeast rolls
Butter

10 gallons Fruit Punch
11 gallons Ice Tea Punch 176 8oz servings
7 gallons Water

Taylor
03/01/13 		By the way it is a self serve buffet
Taylor
03/01/13 		Sorry new to site. Is 4lb of butter enough for 10 dz rolls? Also cake cupcakes and cobbler for dessert.
ellen
03/01/13 		This is ample, in fact you will have some left. Here are a few adjustments:

32lbs--Spinach,Feta and sundried tomato stuffed pork loin
100 pieces-- Fried chicken, I would probably decrease to 80 and increase beef to 30
20lbs--Beef roast w au jus
8lbs dry pasta--Rotini Pasta with Grilled Chicken I would make this a vegetarian pasta, you don't have any entree for the non-meat eaters and you don't need the meat
20lbs --Red potatoes butter a little fresh parsley
16 lbs-- Steamed Green Beans- suggest 20
10lbs rice --Rice pilaf- 8 is enough with the potatoes

4 pounds butter is just right

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Taylor
03/01/13 		Thanks so much! It gives me piece of mind so I will certainly make a donation right now. I am a new caterer and I have found this site very informative.
Taylor
03/01/13 		Donation complete. Thanks again
ellen
03/01/13 		Thank you! Every generous donation helps.
Taylor
03/04/13 		A couple of changes. ...

Instead of beef roast we are going with Swedish Meatballs as an entree choice... .3lbs of butter rice lower rice pilaf to 5lbs. How many pounds of meatballs do I need with my other entrees

Cancel cheese tray and add cheese ball with chipped beef.
Is 10lbs enough?

Taylor
03/04/13 		Hopefully last change

Beef roast and Swedish meatballs gone and now fruit salad gone. Cheese tray now a cheese ball.

Do I need to add more of what's left?

ellen
03/05/13 		OK.

So this is just pork and chicken? Increase the chicken to 1 piece per person.

Maybe add a few pounds of a cheese ball with sweet/fruit flavor and no meat? menu is a little short in sweet flavors.

Good luck...

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