BOY do we have leftovers.

[cjsmith]

Attrition was high on the morning of the party. This is partially due to the "people with small children" demographic intersecting with sniffles season; folks' kids would get sick and they'd let us know they wouldn't be coming. At least one guest sent regrets because he was not feeling well himself. Then there were the people who simply didn't come. We had twenty-eight, not forty.

We would have had way way way too much food even if we'd had forty. We're talking five TIMES too much food, here.

I estimate people ate:

About 1/8th of the fancy olives
About 1/20th of the hummus
Less than 1/8th of the jicama
Maybe 1/8th of the baby carrots
None of the celery sticks
About 1/8th of the provolone and the salami
Maybe 1/16th of the cheddar and the pepper jack
About 1/8th of the crackers
Most of the chocolate chewy cookies with nuts
About 1/4 of the TJ's truffles
Maybe 1/8th of the gingersnaps
Maybe 1/4 of the butter cookies with sprinkles
None of the pfeffernuesse
About 1/3 of the contents of the crock pots
About 1/2 of the rolled-up lavosh sandwiches
1/12th of the sodas
1/6th of the beer
Most of the fruit juice
All of the wine (except they brought some, so I do have a few bottles now)

I bet a lot of this was due to the layout of the food vs. chairs, the fact that the party wasn't very formal (thus people were wearing clothing that was comfortable to sit down in), and the fact that everyone there had a big interest in common. Eventually everyone sat in big groups, some folks in chairs and some on the floor, and had lively conversations. People didn't get up to go fetch food.

Next time: less food, food closer to where people will sit down, and buy more wine. :)

Comments

[kimatha.livejournal.com]

At least you won't have to worry about food for several days. :)

It seems like you ALWAYS need more wine than you have for parties. That's the item that always runs out first.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's for sure! We leave for the east coast on Wednesday. I have a lot of rolled sandwiches to eat in two days.

Next time I'll know about the wine. At least it doesn't require cooking and slicing and arranging!

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

The Rabbit Warren is having an all-night Solstice party on Wed night. The rolled sandwiches (and anything else you might want to unload in their direction) would probably be welcome.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The rolled sandwiches are getting really droopy (I ate a plate of them for lunch yesterday). But the Li'l Smokies and the cheese, perhaps? I'll post asking who's heading that way.