This year Blane rented a hall for us and I changed it to pot luck instead of us providing all the food.
Menu this year is :
Deep fried turkey ( 3 which is down from the 4 of last year., us ..oil paid for by friend 3) Will buy this during this week
Mashed potatoes (us) ( in pantry)
Sweet potatoes (Blane as he has bragged too much about making better sweet potatoes than Katie because he uses their grandmother's so we stuck him with it)
Mac and cheese (Blane as requested from all his nieces and nephews)
Ham and fruit tray (Katie)
Deviled eggs, dried beef pickles and rolls (Kira and kids)
Dirt pudding (Heidi as requested from a couple nephews)
Veggie tray with dip and spinach dip with Hawaiian bread (friend 1)
Baked beans (friend 2)
corn( in freezer), green beans (in pantry), turkey gravy (have broth),Italian dry dressing cheese ball and crackers (in pantry),butter (in frig), apple butter(in pantry)
and whatever desserts I decide to do from what I have in the pantry. More it's what I have time to do.
I will need whipped topping.
Kira offered to make noodles but she starts a new job on Monday so I am waiting to see if either of us has the time.
Water (brought from home as I warned the water is crappy) for drinking ,coffee and tea.
creamer and sugar.
2 liters of soda pop that I got on sale and added a coupon with. I usually don't buy pop, that's who ever is having the meal (floats between Katie and Blane) but since Blane paid for a hall to deal with the issue of parking we now have I got the pop.
I did notice when I specified you had to bring a dish...the I'm coming dropped drastically. I figured it would as when Mother had it the same thing happened.Bothered my kids but not us. Lives change. Grandkids start going out on their own and it will change again.
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We've never done it any other way than everyone brings things. It works best for everyone that way because they know that when they host a gathering, the rules will stay the same--win-win for us all!!! It would be very hard for any one person to cook and bring it all. I'm glad you are not doing that any more.
ReplyDeleteWe have done catering so cooking for the crowd doesn't throw us.Until recently the kids were in apartments so don't have the room or after a few got houses no parking room as there is at least 20 cars with car pool.
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