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informal outside wedding reception for 50
Tonia 07/18/08	I am having an informal outside wedding reception in two weeks and I am unsure of how much to purchase. I plan to have a lunchmeat and cheese tray, meatballs, macaroni salad, potato chips, and a champagne punch. Can you help? I just don't want to make a poor estimate and have way too much or worse yet not enough!
ellen 07/19/08	Tonia, with all the tables for 100 posted, I rarely do an initial estimate, but you have left this way too late, so I am going to bend my own rule. If this is over a mealtime, you need to fill out the meal some. Even for a light lunch, I would add: rolls/bread and sandwich condiments fruit trays a dip with the chips non-alcoholic beverages So here is the idea: lunchmeat and cheese tray, deli-sliced, 2 pounds meat for 7 people, 14 pounds minimum- could go as high as 16 cheese, 8-10 pounds sliced rolls/bread and sandwich condiments See sandwich event page, use 1/2 the amounts for 100 meatballs about 1 pound for each 4 people with toothpicks macaroni salad, 2 gallons (start with3 -3 1/2 pounds dry macaroni) potato chips, 3 pound, dip 3 quarts fruit tray see the fruit tray page. Make 2 of the fruit tray for 25. Beautiful on the table and delicious. a champagne punch about 3 gallons nonalcoholic beverages about 3 gallons Don't forget ice and water. See the beverage planning page for help.