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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.[/quote]

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer.

For a BBQ, we do high-quality hamburgers, hot dogs and buns. I make my own pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, potato salad. Huge fresh vegetable platter, huge fruit salad, plus sliced watermelon. Fresh corn on the cob. Tortilla chips, salsa, homemade guacamole. Homemade brownies and Rice Krispie treats (which are just fun, I know they're not fine fare).

The quality of dogs/burgers/buns matters. Making the items I make vs. buying at grocery = far less sodium! preservatives, etc. Fresh options are great to keep it all balanced. [/quote]

You make your own baked beans?  Is this what you’d serve at a bday party?[/quote]

I do make my own; super easy as I can do this the day before, then reheat day of!

I also ask friends and family to help out sometimes, if they offer. I make good potato salad, but Aunt Lucy's is better, so if she offers to help, I take her up on that!

What I serve at a birthday party depends on the celebrant. Yes, I'd serve the above or similar for my husband. But my daughters prefer make your own pizza bar, tea party, etc.

The point is, it's fine to do a streamlined menu or take people up on offers to help rather than doing a vat of Giant potato salad and nasty frosted cookies from Shoppers. Two loaves of homemade banana bread pulled out of your freezer the day before are better than six dozen of those awful assorted mini muffins.[/quote]

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