Buffet quantities - does this sound right?

sugarwalsh

I thought you were feeding people twice! Sorry. Agree with bread and or cheese, but it sounds good.
Cheesecake is yummy!
M x

PinkPrincess83

I think it will be fine, people would have eaten lunch, and Im sure some would have eaten something before they come anyway so will just graze. When I go to a party I do tend to pick throughout the evening, but mainly because its there rather than because Im actually hungry, so Im sure even if the food does run out, most people would have had a good plateful each anyway.

Because its at your house you do have the advantage that if food does run out and people are still really hungry you could always just chuck more pizzas in the oven (you always find theres someone who is more than happy to keep an eye on them for you while you keep entertaining).

Or as others have suggested how about some french sticks, with some butter, cheese, pate etc. It wouldnt add much to your budget but would be filling food.

MrsDrink

For those interested - these are the cheesecakes - but they will be twice the thickness (all being well - ha - am making them during half term).



Do you know what - I haven't had a good french stick for AGES mmmm with lashings of butter gobble gobble gobble!! Ha

It is great - the above food is all costing me around £260 (obviously depending on 3 for 2s etc on the day of actually ordering them). Including the cutlery, plates etc. If I was to get an outside caterer in to do it (obviously I wouldn't be pulling my hair out over quantities or stressing myself out making it all) but it'd be costing me at least double that!!

BabyBoots

Wow! Your cheesecake looks delicious! I'd definitely be saving some room if I knew that was coming later! It's going to be a fab spread:beer:

Turtle

The cheesecake does look great, but I'd consider having at least one other option, I know several people who don't like it and personally I would choose something like a chocolate or carrot cake over a cheesecake (but that's just me sorry :rotfl:)

MrsDrink

Tough sh*t if people don't like my cheesecake. There is plenty of other stuff available to eat, they aren't going to starve. It is the one thing I am most certainly not budging on.

Carrot cake? Seriously? Over a cheesecake? Are you mad?! :rotfl:

ladymarmalade

Yum, cheese cake looks delicious. Cheesecake is one of my favourite desserts....there's one I make alot thats' from the good food website, and it's low(er) fat so I don't feel so bad.

Hmmm an aversion to crisps!!!! Would you have time before the wedding to make a batch of cheese straws...they are yummy and filling.

By the way it all sounds lovely..the sausages sound great!

VfM4meplse

Sounds as if you've put a lot of thought into planning this already Mrs D. My only suggestion is that you make less rather than more sandwiches so you don't have to throw anything away - sandwiches tend to be the last thing people go for, or the choice when they don't fancy anything else. Apart from the extra labour involved, you probably wouldn't want to eat curled up leftover sandwiches the next day, whereas everything else would be ok for a couple of days if stored in a fridge? Ditto the salad, I would say the same for crisps but you've already ruled them out. And the mini-pork pies are probably unnecessary, you might be better of buying a medium sized single pie for those who like it to cut slices from.

If you have enough oven space and a spare person who doesn't mind being in the kitchen for a while, I would recommend a lot more hot pizza being served during the height of the buffet, as you'll find it goes very quickly and fills people up. Most frozen pizzas take about 15 mins to cook, if you have 3 oven shelves and a fan oven that is theoretically 72 servings over the course of an hour. I'd also have that same person frying batches of chips, which are sure to fly out.

Also the cheeseboard is a great idea to fill people up if they are still peckish after your dessert.

sweetilemon

Oh I'd eat your bit turtle!!! Thats LOADS of food, yeah some people might eat more but most will eat less. French sticks are about 70p for huge stick so lots of that at the side and you cant go wrong! Sounds great! Makes our 2 mini rolls and sausage/bacon seem a bit stingy! Is the cheesecake your wedding cake?

MrsDrink

Thank you so much for everyone's thoughts.
It has definitely helped! :T

Yep the cheesecake is our wedding cake.
They will be displayed ala:

Each square is 5cm by 5cm, and they will be approximately 5-6cm deep.
Yum!
It holds 64 so I am hoping to have two pieces myself!!

(The cake stand is made out of perspex at the moment it looks blue because I haven't taken the film off)