Yogurt Dip
Sue
05/01/09 		I need to have a yogurt dip for a fruit salad. Can I just buy vanilla yogurt? I've never used a yogurt dip for fruit and I am not a cook so anyone can give me some advice. It is for a fruit bowl for a graduation for approx. 150 people
ellen
05/01/09 		Get plain yogurt, sweeten with about 1/3-1/2 cup honey plus 1/2 tablespoon vanilla plus 1/4 teaspoon mace for each quart, be delighted and amazed how good this is with fruit.
Sue
05/03/09 		Fruit bowl delema
I am in charge of making a fruit bowl for a graduation party with these ingredients: melon (which melon is best for this and easiest to prepare), pineapple, grapes and strawberries. It is a side dish for a graduation party in a week and I do not know how many melons, grapes, pineapples or strawberries to buy. It will be for 150 people give or take. Please help, time is running out and I'm clueless.
ellen
05/03/09 		Did you look at the fruit tray page? It gives all these quantities. The fruit tray for 25 contains exactly these ingredients. You would want 5-6 times these amounts.

By far the simplest approach is to use mostly the mixed melon balls sold frozen for the melon and mix with seedless watermelon chunks you have cut up. You partially thaw them in the refrigerator for a day before you mix them in. You would use the 3/4 same weight as fresh whole because you don't lose the peel or seeds- they are already gone.

Fresh strawberries are lovely and a lot of trouble; they must be washed and stemmed within 12 hours of use for best results. What I do is use some other fresh berries that just need rinsing, like blueberries, raspberries, etc.

If you use fresh pineapple you need at least 4 large for 100 people, and 6-8 would not be too many. If you get whole, get them several days, up to a week ahead, they are NEVER ripe when you get them at the store. Or get the already peeled ones available in some produce stores.