Help with a dinner time buffet
Jamie
01/31/07 		Ellen - Pleas help! I have bought several books, and have searched several sites...problem is, they all say, "if serving multiple items, adjust amounts accordingly". Well, I don't want to adjust on the low side and be embarrassed. We will be having a reception through dinner time (5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) for 150 (inviting more, expect 150 to show) - buffet style. We are planning to have the following items (many purchased frozen, so prep. isn't a problem, it is the amounts that we are worried about). Is this enough? Should we leave something off? Would you consider these "crowd pleasers"?
sliced ham and turkey (deli style) and breads
meatballs in sauce
pigs in blanket with mustard
pinwheels (soft tortilla shells w/meat,cheese)
coctail weiners in sauce
boiled shrimp
salmon spread with crackers
veg. trays with dip
fruit trays with dip
spinach dip
green pea salad
pasta salad
ambrosia salad
mini eclairs
mini cream puffs
wedding cake/grooms cake
lemonade
tea

Can you help us know how much of each item? I have been reading your site, and you are awesome. Thanks!

ellen
02/02/07 		I am working on this, please email me at the contact address at the bottom of the page.
Jamie E. Crisp
02/03/07 		Ellen, THANKS so much for working on this...I went all the way down to the bottom on every page...it doesn't show an address to email you at. If you will email me at jcrisp@accessatc.net, I can respond that way. THANKS again, and God bless you. Your site is the BEST. I have probably used a cartridge already printing so many of your forums!
Jamie E. Crisp
02/06/07 		Ellen, these are the tentative amounts I have arrived at...can you tell me if I am in the ball park?

sliced deli ham - 20 lbs (various breads)
sliced deli turkey - 30 lbs (various breads)
shell on/deheaded shrimp - 40 lbs
meatballs - 24 lbs
approximately 480 pigs in the blanket
cocktail weiners in sauce - 21 lbs
64 ounces of chicken salad*
64 ounces of seafood salad* (both of these are for bite-sized fillo shells)
approximately 300 spirals
240 bite sized quiche
2 bread bowls with spinach dip/crackers
280 bite sized cream puffs
300 bite sized eclairs
12 lbs whole strawberries
6 lbs mixed fruit
3 lbs mixed berries
3 lbs blueberries
Then, I will have the raw vegetables with dip

Remember, this will be for a buffet that will be through dinner time (expecting 150 guests). Again, if there is anything I should omit, please let me know...I also don't know if I need pasta salad, and if so, how much. If there is something I should exchange for it, please let me know that as well.