Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:6pm must be dinner.

Pizza or
Catered Meteranian.

I'd do Met.

If you must do heavy apps they need to be heavy. Like Shimp platter, egg rolls, samosas, anything at Trader Joes really in the app section mix it up. Charcuterie alone does not cut it.

What is Meteranian?

What they eat on planet Meteran

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably just better to level with people and explain that you’re broke and that you will be ordering dinner or potluck. An invitation at 6:00 implies dinner. Assuming no known allergies, I would do three different salads, a quiche, a fruit tray, a cheese tray, nuts, pickles and olives, smoked fish, and a bottle of rose, a bottle of white, and seltzer. If people ask what to bring, say dessert.

To the DCUM fatties it does. To normal people who can read an invitation and judge from there, no it doesn’t.

No polite person invites people over at 6pm for cocktails and a game night without serving dinner (it can be buffet or heavy apps, but it must be substantial). Maybe your parties are just terrible and everyone leaves promptly after an hour.

Anonymous wrote:6pm must be dinner.

Pizza or
Catered Meteranian.

I'd do Met.

If you must do heavy apps they need to be heavy. Like Shimp platter, egg rolls, samosas, anything at Trader Joes really in the app section mix it up. Charcuterie alone does not cut it.

What is Meteranian?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

Was it your choice to start at 6 or is this a standing event that you’re hosting this month? 6pm means dinner is served. You should have started at even 7 and avoided the confusion.

Who makes these precise rules? To me 6 and 7 are equally reasonable dinner times, but I would not assume dinner is being served unless I'm invited to dinner. And game night implies using my hands to play and therefore not eating a sit down dinner but just having light snacks.

My MIL hosted a recurring game night and book club at her place for many years and she did a lot of soup and sandwich type meals since people don’t always arrive on time. You can put the soup in a slow cooker on warm and order a sandwich tray or wrap tray from a deli/caterer. There was also usually some sort of veggie tray and a cheese and cracker tray or pita and hummus.

6pm must be dinner.

Pizza or
Catered Meteranian.

I'd do Met.

If you must do heavy apps they need to be heavy. Like Shimp platter, egg rolls, samosas, anything at Trader Joes really in the app section mix it up. Charcuterie alone does not cut it.

It's actually easier and cheaper to serve dinner than a bunch of cobbled together appetizers that somehow still don't look like enough food or fill you up. I think being served something like pizza or spaghetti for a game night would be a fun, unexpected choice for a party for a group of women.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably just better to level with people and explain that you’re broke and that you will be ordering dinner or potluck. An invitation at 6:00 implies dinner. Assuming no known allergies, I would do three different salads, a quiche, a fruit tray, a cheese tray, nuts, pickles and olives, smoked fish, and a bottle of rose, a bottle of white, and seltzer. If people ask what to bring, say dessert.

To the DCUM fatties it does. To normal people who can read an invitation and judge from there, no it doesn’t.

It’s the people who think dinner can be a bunch of pigs in a blanket who are the fatties.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably just better to level with people and explain that you’re broke and that you will be ordering dinner or potluck. An invitation at 6:00 implies dinner. Assuming no known allergies, I would do three different salads, a quiche, a fruit tray, a cheese tray, nuts, pickles and olives, smoked fish, and a bottle of rose, a bottle of white, and seltzer. If people ask what to bring, say dessert.

To the DCUM fatties it does. To normal people who can read an invitation and judge from there, no it doesn’t.

I’m not sure what you and your fellow misogynists/bigots do for fun, clearly not a book club with your literacy and people skills? Maybe you vodka and ten almonds per person? I’m shocked you have enough friends for any kind of party..

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably just better to level with people and explain that you’re broke and that you will be ordering dinner or potluck. An invitation at 6:00 implies dinner. Assuming no known allergies, I would do three different salads, a quiche, a fruit tray, a cheese tray, nuts, pickles and olives, smoked fish, and a bottle of rose, a bottle of white, and seltzer. If people ask what to bring, say dessert.

To the DCUM fatties it does. To normal people who can read an invitation and judge from there, no it doesn’t.

Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

Was it your choice to start at 6 or is this a standing event that you’re hosting this month? 6pm means dinner is served. You should have started at even 7 and avoided the confusion.

It’s probably just better to level with people and explain that you’re broke and that you will be ordering dinner or potluck. An invitation at 6:00 implies dinner. Assuming no known allergies, I would do three different salads, a quiche, a fruit tray, a cheese tray, nuts, pickles and olives, smoked fish, and a bottle of rose, a bottle of white, and seltzer. If people ask what to bring, say dessert.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d make a fancy charcuterie board. Or, a deconstructed one. That’s what we do for book group. Don’t overthink it.

Charcuterie is deconstructed by definition!!

Nope. I make one huge fancy board. If you have crackers in a bowl, cheese on a cutting board, and some nuts, and fruit and chocolate on the side, it’s deconstructed.

Anonymous wrote:Hosting about 12 women all early 40s for a game night together starting at 6 pm. I don’t want to do a full dinner spread, but want to make sure I have enough food. Help!

At 6pm and not serving dinner??

Also, agree that a shrimp cocktail platter is always popular.