ELLEN'S KITCHEN
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30th birthday party 60ppl
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Tina
10/28/10
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Hi I am planning a 30th birthday party in a few weeks and we are doing all the food on our own. The party is at 6:30pm and we were thinking of serving: Cesar salad, meatballs, hot roast beef, ham, baked ziti, macaroni salad, and roasted potatoes. Is this too much...not enough???? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Roughly 60 adults
Thanks,
Tina
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ellen
10/28/10
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Hi, Tina,
For only 60 people, too many meats, and an unbalanced set of side dishes.
Caesar salad, OK
meatballs, hot roast beef, ham, the meatballs will get treated as an appetizer- 1 pound per 5 people. You need 5 ounces ready to eat beef (see the beef roasting article for yields on various roasts) and 3 ounces ready to eat ham per person to come out right, if this is buffet service
baked ziti, macaroni salad, and roasted potatoes; don't serve mac salad with the ziti. Have a vegetable dish instead, at least a squash or green bean casserole.
For 60 people, I would do 4 pounds dry pasta and 15-18 pounds of potatoes
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