Lox and bagel spread

[Anonymous]

I’m doing a thing at work for my new team. I’m bringing a mix of bagels, cream cheese, lox, and a fruit platter. If I have time to prep, I’ll bring sliced tomatoes, onions, and capers.

For a group of 11, how much stuff should I bring?

[Anonymous]

I always order extra and have leftover food, but I would be mortified if there wasn’t enough for everyone to have what they liked. I’d do 18 bagels, 3 tubs of cream cheese (two regular, one scallion), 3 lbs of lox. I would probably add a fruit salad too.

[Anonymous]

I’d like to know of 11 people, how many will actually eat the lox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to know of 11 people, how many will actually eat the lox.

I would! But I’d guess half? I’d still buy enough for all.

[Anonymous]

My office always runs through the cream cheese so get extra of that

[Anonymous]

I think a bakers dozen of bagels would be enough. You don’t need more than 1 bagel pp for a work event and 2 cream cheeses should be enough. Could probably get by with a lb of lox but could get a little more if you think everyone would want some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a bakers dozen of bagels would be enough. You don’t need more than 1 bagel pp for a work event and 2 cream cheeses should be enough. Could probably get by with a lb of lox but could get a little more if you think everyone would want some.

2 cream cheese is not enough.

[Anonymous]

Please bring butter and a jar of jam, for those of us who like bagels but don't eat lox, cream cheese or capers, etc.

[Anonymous]

I would make sure the bagels are cut in half. Some people won’t want a whole bagel and will want the opportunity to take half.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a bakers dozen of bagels would be enough. You don’t need more than 1 bagel pp for a work event and 2 cream cheeses should be enough. Could probably get by with a lb of lox but could get a little more if you think everyone would want some.

2 cream cheese is not enough.

+1 so many people just gob cream cheese onto their bagels. Cream cheese always quickly runs out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a bakers dozen of bagels would be enough. You don’t need more than 1 bagel pp for a work event and 2 cream cheeses should be enough. Could probably get by with a lb of lox but could get a little more if you think everyone would want some.

2 cream cheese is not enough.

+1 so many people just gob cream cheese onto their bagels. Cream cheese always quickly runs out

+2 in the Before Times my office had bagels at weekly team meetings and there was one person who used half a tub of cream cheese (not exaggerating) on her bagel.

[Anonymous]

Please make sure the lox is Wild Alaskan. As a salmon lover, I can't stomach farm-raised/Atlantic.