Making the food
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 14:22
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My son is getting married in July. The brides parents aren't able to pay for a wedding reception, so my husband and I have offered to throw them a reception. In order to be able to afford this, we have to make all of the food ourselves!!
The nice thing is that we have lots of friends and relatives who have offered to help. All of the appetizers and the salad are taken care of by others. We decided to have ham, rigatoni, sausage, au gratin potaotes, rolls and salad. Hopefully we can pull this off.
Making the food yourself is perfect! I mentioned in a previous post that my friend's sister in law did all the cooking for my friend's wedding. The food was spectacular. I didn't have to choose between meat and fish, I had them both and lasagna, and meat balls, and a ton different food that you don't usually see when a wedding is catered.
I just found out to cater this event it would have been $1500! I guess I am saving myself a fortune by making the food. I have help, so that is a huge bonus.
In my opinion, having everybody bring a dish is the way to go. One of my friends is getting married in August. She is having her wedding catered. The choices are chicken or prime rib. It is costing her $15 a plate. It's crazy. I tried to talk her into having everybody bring a dish but she said she would worry about whether or not people would bring the food. She wanted to know everything was taken care of.
I like the idea of having all different kinds of food. Plus, you save so much money doing it that way.
I think making your own food is great if that is what you choose. I know why people would not want to do this also. I can see both sides.
If I were to get married, I would probably have it catered. It's a lot to ask other people to help out. I also would not want to worry about making food, etc. when I should be worried about the wedding.
I think it's awesome that you as parents are stepping in and doing this. I bet you will do a great job and everything will be just fine!
It's great to make your own food if you can.. unfortunately a lot of venues don't allow you to bring in food and require you to use their caterer.
Sweetz - you are correct with that one. I have seen this problem. A close friend of mine wanted to have her reception and bring her own food. They would not allow her to do that. They had to make it. I can see it takes money away from them, but still you have to rent the place. Be sure to check that out Antk before you make those plans.
Making food of our own is a good idea,but the thing is calculation must be very correct.Because the food you have made should not be much surplus nor deficit.Plan accordingly else the whole function will be marked bad.
making food of our own is a good habit ........ this will be useful when nobody is there in our home.........we need not to depend on somebody else for food.........we can prepare ourselves.........
wedding food vary from
minimum is veg 120/- start till upto u
and nonveg with 180/- start till upto u ?
so u can make food on ur own
weddings are only a joy if no one has to spend months paying them off. A lion’s share of the expenses are spent on the food and drink provided at the wedding reception, but that doesn’t have to be the case. You really can have a feast for your guests at a reasonable cost with a little advance preparation and cooperation.
Ya i agree with you .... preparing food of our own is the good habit.....because i am maintaining that habit..........
There were many people at my sons wedding who asked who catored the event! This made me feel pretty good because they thought it was catored and I made all the food. The one thing with this, there was tons leftover. I actually got the amounts to make from a friend who is a catorer. I could have made 1/2 as much.
Doing the food yourself is a much better way of feeding the guests. That way you get exactly what you want.
When people club together it can all be done so much better than a vatering company anyway, and it also makes people happy to have made a contribution to events.
The idea of everyone bringing a dish is fantastic! Why not have a very informal reception in someone's yard? It could be decorated nicely, a DJ or band could still be hired and with it being more relaxed I think everyone would have a wonderful time. With times the way they are I would rather put the money into the ceremony and really enjoy and relax at the reception.
I think that's great that you can help your son out like that. I'm not that good of a cook so I probably wouldn't do it plus to cook for that many people, you have guts. It will save a lot on money though so more power to you.
I am planning on having my guests bring a dish. I will make some stuff as well. It is a cheaper way for sure. Have the food catered can be very expensive.