Trying to figure out our wedding food has been a nightmare! My partner & I are planning a medieval gothic wedding in early November. We originally wanted a Halloween wedding, but I guess over the years October has become a very popular wedding month so we moved the date and did a slight shift in "theme". We're doing a family-style dinner, and everywhere we have looked give us no results unless it's going to cost up $100+ per person just for dinner. So I've been scouting out grocery stores and such that sell large party platters, and are planning on hiring our venue's servers to re-plate & serve to the tables. But this has even become a challenge because they mostly just sell sandwiches, cheese, sliced meat, fruit & veggies unless it's large saucey dishes that will require chafing dishes to keep hot. Since it's in the fall we were leaning towards more of a viking type of vibe, but we're not really following any particular area or time period, more like a fantasy type of theme. So far I've got this:
Dinner:
Assorted Lebanese Hand Pies
Halved Hard Boiled Eggs
Cheese Curds
Potato Harrah
Curtido
Dessert:
Assorted Glazed Donuts (tiered "cake")
Ricotta Stuffed Dates
Green & Purple Grapes
Chocolate & Yogurt Covered Pretzels
Drinks:
Warm Mulled Wine
Pumpkin Cider Mocktail
Cranberry Arnold Palmer Mocktail
Tea & Coffee