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Kari 06/04/13 |
Hello! I have a wedding reception coming up, and want to be sure I have enough food and not buy too much! There will be 120 people. I have the following questions: Appetizers:
Fruit 240oz
Veggies 240oz
Crackers 240oz Main Course
Build your own Sandwiches, with various meats, breads enough for 1 per person, 4oz meat Baked Beans 234 oz Potato Salad 13.5 pounds Macaroni salad 13.5 pounds Ambrosia salad - 13.5 pounds Broccoli salad 13.5 pounds Greek Pasta Salad 13.5 pounds Potato Chips 130 oz Doritos 130 oz Chip dip 45oz
Dessert Thank you a million for any help you can give! |
ellen 06/04/13 |
You are definitely headed in the right direction. Here are some tweaks and suggestions. Appetizers:
Fruit 240oz OK
Veggies 240oz OK
Crackers 240oz- 8-10 pounds plenty Main Course
Build your own Sandwiches, with various meats, breads enough for 1 per person, 4oz meat- maybe not enough, people tend to pile on, see the sandwich page Baked Beans 234 oz- you need about 4 ballons Potato Salad 13.5 pounds- I allow 4 gallons per 100- and it weighs about 8 pounds per gallon- people take at least 4 ounces per serving
Macaroni salad 13.5 pounds- Ambrosia salad - 13.5 pounds- you need 4 gallons Broccoli salad 13.5 pounds- 20
Potato Chips 130 oz Chip dip 45oz- way short. 1 cup (8 ounces) per 6-8 minimum
Dessert
Drinks 30 2 liters of pop- 20 plenty with the other drinks: about 1/2 regular caffeinated, 1/4 sugar-free caffeinated, balance mixed fruit and sugar-free non-caffeinated 24 bottles of wine- OK 3 kegs of beer- 1 full keg (15 gallon) is 200 servings, and beer drinkers only drink about 4. 1 is likely enough, 1 1/2 at the max 150 bottles of water- if outside, go 200 Suggest you add 6 gallons of iced tea, some unsweetened. Suggest you add dinner level coffee, see the beverage planning page. |
kari 06/04/13 |
thank you!!! You took a lot of stress off my shoulders! |
ellen 06/04/13 |
You are welcome. If it saves you time, trouble, or money, consider a donation, maybe a dime or quarter per person, to support this site. |