[Sca-cooks] OOP but food content - Wedding munchies
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Wed Sep 2 08:23:03 PDT 2009
On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Cat . wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am still trying to get a better idea of how many 2lb bags of frozen
> cooked shrimp (either 31-40 or 41-60 size) I want for 160 bodies.
This will depend in part on the size of the shrimp. Check the number
on the packaging (it'll say something like, "LARGE 31-40" or "JUMBO
21-25"). "Food For Fifty" recommends 3 ounces cooked as a portion, but
that's for entrees. Bearing in mind the tons of other food, that would
probably be excessive, but then there's the "pig-out-on-shrimp" rule
-- which is, I suspect, pretty self-explanatory -- I might go up to
two ounces, depending on budget, which would probably be something
like 3-4 shrimp per person. I sincerely doubt most people who actually
eat shrimp will put one on their plate and walk away.
But just as a model, figuring on roughly 44 jumbo shrimp to a bag,
four shrimp per person would be 640, or between 14 and 15 bags. 11
bags for three per person, etc. You might even be able to get a
discount on an unopened case of twelve bags; it's worth asking about.
> (ditto for frozen meatballs and little smokies,
I'm not sure how these are sold, but I expect the math would be a
similar process to the above for shrimp.
> hummus, pinaple chunks and sherbet punch. - the menu specified by
> the most important lady of the day.)
>
> And since the bride has specified the smokies in grape jelly-chili
> sauce, and cocktail sauce for the shrimp, I really think the RED
> DRIP factor is already in the mix. (I am still going to double check
> what sauce she wants, but Im betting marinara)
>
> HOWEVER, no tuxes
I'm glad to hear that. They're grossly overutilized as wedding wear,
and there is essentially no time at which they are appropriate (except
possibly for mud-wrestling) when there isn't something else that is
_more_ appropriate. I like a good morning suit or a simple soup-and-
fish (the grown-up's answer to the tux) myself, depending on time of
day.
But then, I wore a philamore, an Irish jacket, and a natural linen
sark for my own wedding, so I may not be the most typical authority.
But Ceandra did change her dress four times -- one arasaid, four
cheong-sams -- if that makes a difference.
Adamantius
"Most men worry about their own bellies, and other people's souls,
when we all ought to worry about our own souls, and other people's
bellies."
-- Rabbi Israel Salanter
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