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Menu Selection Delima

my wedding is next weekend and we are sooo stoked!
it will be an outdoor poolside wedding at our beachhouse on the bay.
we are doing all of the food ourselves. for the day of, we've hired help to help set up and keep the food refreshed.

we'll have two food stations (one surf and one turf)..

here is the menu:

surf food station:
seafood gumbo (2 gallons),
a whole smoked salmon with crackers and cream cheese selection,
boiled shrimp

turf food station:
sliced roasted beef tenderloin with tea biscuit selection
oven roasted veggies on skewers (squash, carrots, zuchini, onion, mushroom)
oven roasted red potatoes
homemade mac and cheese

i was wanting to have some sort of chicken skewer, but i'm not sure if there will be a grill available for us to grill them...and the more i think about it, the more i'm thinking that maybe the menu without the chicken skewers would be enough for the reception.

we've invited 140 people and about half have rsvp'd.

what do you guys think?? is the menu variety large enough without the chicken skewers?

our dessert table will have our wedding cupcakes...and i''m trying to pull a cute candy table together too.

Re: Menu Selection Delima

  • edited December 2011
    That sounds excellent to me! I'd consider adding a leafy green salad too, but that's all I can think of that I'd miss. 

    Congratulations and good luck! 
  • edited December 2011
    Oh, btw, if half have RSVP'd, do you mean that only half have responded or only half have said yes?? If you haven't already done so, I'd call people who didn't respond at all just to give yourself a better head count beforehand. =) 
  • TEA&CoTEA&Co member
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    edited December 2011
    I second the green salad idea.  If you can do the chicken price-wise/logistically, I would.  I don't eat red meat and I wouldn't eat any of the seafood that you have planned (I'm weird), but I'd have noooo problem filling up on veggies, mac n cheese, and potatoes!  You know your crowd, so if everyone would eat the fish or the beef, you should be fine.

    Good luck and congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
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  • carahbrookcarahbrook member
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    edited December 2011

    thanks ladies!

    i'm a huge veggie lover...the leafy green salad sounds like something i'd rather serve than the chicken..and i have the perfect serving dish for it too!

    leafy greens with feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, red onions, and maybe some sliced strawberries, candied pecans and a sweet vinigarette dressing...i love a salad like this, but i also tend to love weird stuff when it comes to food ;)

    11 more days...yikesyyyy! i'm such a ball of nerves, but in a good way with my head in the clouds lol
  • tammy41tammy41 member
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    edited December 2011
    Excellent menu!!! well thought of!!!.Add the salad and youll have a totaly awesome wedding venue!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
  • FaithCaitlinFaithCaitlin member
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    edited December 2011
    Great menu!! I'd skip the chicken and add the salad! Sounds perfect!

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