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What to serve to a crowd?

posted 2 years ago in Parties
  • poll: Easiest to serve to a crowd?
    Southern BBQ-pulled pork and smoked chicken sandwiches with beans, slaw and potato salad... : (9 votes)
    38 %
    Mexican- fajitas/taco buffet with beans and rice : (15 votes)
    63 %
    Other {I'll let you know below} : (0 votes)
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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    NWR, but I'm hosting a dinner for 40+ at my house in October. It's for all the parents in my daughter's grade at school. What would be easiest to serve to a crowd and what would be the easiest to eat? We will have tables, but not for every last person. Some people will eat standing up or sitting in a chair or the couch I'm sure. We're going to have it catered, so ease of preparation isn't really what I'm thinking about. 

    What would you serve? 

     
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    peeptoe    May 30, 2009   San Francisco, CA

    Tacos are usually easy to eat while standing. Plus, it sounds yummy. Now I am hungry!!

     
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    Charm bracelet    July 24, 2010   Placentia, CA

    Pulled pork! That sounds good.  Just try to not make them too messy.

     
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    Bamboo    June 2010   Midwest

    hmmm I LOVE BBQ! And I find it much easier to hold a sandwich while standing than a taco.

    Maybe do kabobs? Those are super easy to eat anywhere!

     
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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    I should have mentioned that we can PROBABLY get a discount, because two different sets of parents own different bbq places. Weird huh?

     
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    caitlanc    September 12, 2009   Western Slope of Colorado

    I voted for tacos/fajitas.  I'm biased because I LOVE mexican food but I also think they would be easier to eat standing up than a BBQ sandwich.  And yeah, that sounds delicious.  I think it's time to make dinner now.  

     
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    scissors    June 19, 2010   Atlanta, Ga

    Mexican! For our rehearsal dinner we're renting out a hole-in-the-wall mexican restaurant. How can you go wrong with mexican? :)

     
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    I think fajitas and tacos would be easier to eat while standing, but discounts are good too! Counting in the potential discount on BBQ, will there be a significant price difference in the two options?

     
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    MsHymanRoth    October 24, 2009   Boston

    Mexican Mexican! Yum.

     
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    penguin    June 7, 2008   Berkeley, Ca

    They both sound amazing! Did you see Mrs. Cheese's reception food? She actually managed to take pulled pork and turn them into either American OR Mexican (torta) selections! That might be a great compromise between Mexican and American! Check it out here:

    http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/08/11/yummy-yummy-for-my-tummy/

     
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    thefuturemrsjewell    August 7, 2010   Washington DC

    mexican all the way!  i am definitely now in the mood for tacos!

     
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    Ember78    December 15, 2012  

    The Mexican menu hands down.

     
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    KateMW    8.30.03   Birmingham

    @DewDrop...we could potentially get the BBQ for free, but will probably get it at cost. The Mexican would be around $15-$20 a person plus taxes, service charge and delivery. The BBQ is hands down the better deal.

     
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    tessabella76    September 12, 2009   Ohio

    I'm hungry now.

    I voted BBQ. It's always a big hit and if you can get a discount-bonus!

     
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    eloping    May 23, 2010  

    i love mexican but find it messy to eat, taco shells break & im still hungry afterwards because im trying to be so polite

    i voted southern pork because comeon... cant go past southern pulled pork!!!

     

     

     
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    bruschetta    August 29, 2009   Philadelphia

    Make your own pizza dough!  It's so cheap, and everyone can pick their own toppings!

     

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