BBQ - 11 Adults - This Sat - How much food do I buy ????

Penny-Pincher!!

You've been on that list website...havent you:rotfl:

Glad to see your so organised. How many people have you got coming? How much meat are you giving per person etc?

PP
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singlehouseholder

pavlovs dog- that sounds like a winner!! are you going to be the chef?

puffinmuffin

singlehouseholder wrote:

I've heard loads obout Costco, is it kind of like Makro but cheaper?? How do you get a card? .

It is a cash and carry but you have to pay an annual membership. Not everyone can join though. If you don't have a business you have to be a member of an eligible professional body or work in a certain area (i am NHS so can join) It's not always the cheapest as mentioned before.

pavlovs_dog

yes PP! self confessed list-a-holic :pmsl:

we are aiming for about 14 people - may go up, may go down. planning is still in very early stages - only came up with the idea yesterday tea time

im not going to be bbq chef... i will be 'mummy' lol, so i'll probably do most of the prep work on the fillers (have already enlisted a friend to help :beer: ) and we'll leave the men to play with the fire :j

havent decided on meat quantities yet.. im going to get in touch with people and ask their preferences. no point buying loads of sausages if people would prefer burgers we'll probably aim for around 3-4 pieces of meat per person though. i think that should be plenty, considering a) the amount of other food there will be to eat and b) the wait between each piece of meat..after all, its going to be quite time consuming catering for that many people!

steve_the_womble

for a cange go to your local lidil/aldi and pick up some bratwurst ( german sausage) and fricadelan( german burger type) as there pre cooked ,thy dont take to long to cook

newleaf

I must be a total 'mingebag' too then :rotfl: , because I always provide the drinks, salads, jacket spuds etc but ask everyone to bring their own items to barbecue - then there's no waste and vegetarians can bring corn cobs or Quorn whatever and don't feel left out.

Murtle

puffinmuffin wrote:

It is a cash and carry but you have to pay an annual membership. Not everyone can join though. If you don't have a business you have to be a member of an eligible professional body or work in a certain area (i am NHS so can join) It's not always the cheapest as mentioned before.

some companies allow it as part of their benefits, uf you work for a company check with them.

Jodi

Well we had the bbq, every one had a great time, but only 7 people in the end showed up so the freezer is stacked full of stuff. I went to the butchurs for the meat but feel that it would have been cheaper and probably just as good out of a supermarket, or possibily Costco. I did how ever go to the supermarket Asda for odds and ends, crisps soft drinks etc etc.

But all in all it was stressfull not knowing who would eat what etc etc. So, I told every one to just bring their own food the next time.

Good luck to all that are having a bbq soon !!!

abbecer

As already suggested keep extra's in your freezer, that you can use if need arises. If you don't use it it will be there for a later date. Better than cooking loads and wasting it. I find sausages, burgers, garlic bread, onion rings, pizza etc are favourites. Hope this helps.

Rebecca x :rotfl:

Spendless

MIL had a family bbq yesterday for 10 adults, 1 teenager and my 2 kids. She did sausages,burgers,kebabs, chicken drumsticks, belly pork and pork steaks with bread-rolls, roasted potatoes and lettuce and tomato as extras.

For goodness sake with alcohol don't do what I did. I took some passion fruit liquor which I bought in France, you add either orange juice or lemonade to it and it becomes like an alcopop. I left my glass whilst I sorted daughters food out, then I got my own. Later I looked for my drink and couldn't find it. Then I looked over to my son (aged 6). To my horror there was an empty glass just like mine in front of him. When asked yes he had finshed mummys orange juice off, it was very sweet :eek: .
Thankfully he wasn't ill and I'll keep a closer eye on my drink in future:o