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Baptism Luncheon

I am having a luncheon after my daughter's baptism in late September. I'm estimating we'll have about 75 people. Anybody have any good meal ideas that are easy, but will please everyone?


 


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First-Time Mom

8/27/2011 2:35 PM
3 Replies to Baptism Luncheon

Any after event luncheons need to be kept simple. I would suggest sliced ham, rolled, assorted cheese, deviled eggs, mixed fruit (served in disposable cocktail glasses) and or jello salad, potato salad, assorted breads, cookies, beverage and always a good seller, wieners in casings, which can be put into a pot and brought to a boil and served on  a hotdog bun. I am not talking about hot dogs. Wieners are in casings, which are twisted and sold by the pound in a string. Eckridge has a very good product, sold in a box of about 2 lbs, maybe 2.5 lbs. I pay $8.99 for a box. If I remember correctly there are about 8 wieners to a lb.  They don't have turkey, chicken and fillers. For 75 people, you should get someone to set up the food, since you will be absent. There are 32 cooking spoons (about 1 serving) to a gallon of potato salad. Sturdy appropriate disposable plates and utensils are acceptable, IMO. 2 family size tea bags and 4 regular size green tea bags, brewed and diluted will make 1/2 gallon of tea for iced tea. We like Arnold Palmers, which is this tea over ice with about 1/4 glass of lemonade. A christening cake would be lovely, however, unless you are prepared to pay close to $100 for a rather mediocre cake, I'd just have homemade sheet cakes. Texas Cake baked in an approx. 12x17 pan, serves lots of people and is a real winner. I don't know what you are prepared to spend or if you have something more elaborate in mind, but I suspect if that would be the case, you would be having a catered affair or going to a restaurant. My estimation for the type of luncheon I described above would cost approx. $125, if you do most of the food yourself and volunteer help,  from scratch. That cost, I have based on our local midwest prices. City dwellers, I would expect, could count on spending more. I would also suggest not buying Deli ham. That's too expensive. Buy a small Kretschmar or Mickelbery ham and have it sliced. A small 8lb ham will more than feed 75 people. Ham goes a long way. Marble rye bread and $rolls are good choices for ham.

work makes living sweet.
8/28/2011 10:16 AM

jbm, if you give us a little more info it will help.  Will it be a sit-down meal with everyone being served at the same time and eating the same thing. Or a buffet style where guests pick and choose what they want.  Do you want the food to be a typical meat-&-three full meal or more of a heavy appetizer type with different choices.  Will it be in your home or at the church.  If at the church, will you have to bring all the food already cooked or will the food be cooked at the church kitchen. Do you want the meal to be more formal or more casual. 

8/28/2011 12:58 PM

pot roast ,peach cobbler with whip cream,chardnay or red wine,green bean casserole,dinner rolls

Becky a. Jackson
9/2/2011 6:17 PM

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