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Friday, August 12, 2011

Menu: Hors D'oeuvres

Follow up on last post: I made copies of the contract :)

I'm looking at the contract which includes the choice of hors d'oeuvres I can choose from. The plan is to hold all guest in the lobby until a set time. Since, I know his and my families tend to be late to events, the wedding invitation will actually detail an earlier arrival time, with the expectation that everyone will actually get there at the time I've designated with the venue.
(Smart thinking, huh?! Thanks. It comes from years of frustration)

While guests wait in the lobby, they will be treated to 6 different passed hot/cold hor d'oeuvres.
Here's what I can choose from:

Cold
Smoked salmon canapes (Yuck)
Roasted vegetables with balsamic vinaigrette (ehhh)
Cheese, berries and crackers (boring)
Garlic crostini with wood smoked artichoke dip (Mmmm... garlic breath)
Fresh tomato and mozzarella caprese (love... but I'm thinking this might be a salad option)
Roasted asparagus and prosciutto roulades (tricky... not too many people enjoy asparagus)
Roma tomato bruschetta with toast points (YUMMM)
Fresh vegetable crudite with dipping sauce (what the heck is a crudite?)
Cold cajun chicken strips w/ louisiana dip (might be too spicy for some of my spice-intolerant family members)
Roasted zucchini stuffed w/ boursin cheese (Vegetables and cheese? YES!)
Antipasto (not a fan of olives or stinky cheese breath...)
Fresh fruit skewers w/ yogurt dip (Fruit before dinner? Weird)
Herb crostini w/ spinach artichoke mousse (anything moussed must be good)
Roasted garlic hummus w/toast points (I think my mom would be the only one really enjoying that... and Fonda)

Hot
Spicy chicken wings (messy)
Chicken drummettes (same thing)
Mini quiche lorraine (ehhhh)
Mini italian sausage (okayyyy)
Hawaiian chicken brochettes w/ pineapple glaze (That'll probably stay on the platter all night)
Stuffed mushroom caps (I'm not liking the stuffing choices--sausage, crabmeat or spinach)
Grilled chicken diavolo strips (People will already be eatting some type of chicken at dinner, so... let's not over do it)
Vegetable spring rolls w/ hot curry mayo or sweet & sour (adventurous)
Grilled lemon chicken strips (no chicken!)
Stuffed jalapeno cheese puffs (Does spicy and alcohol mix?)
Mini cocktail meatballs--Italian, swedish or BBQ (Yum)
Homemade foccacia bread (served with.... what? Just bread? haha)
Aracini--italian rice balls (just how did these balls form? Hmmmm)
Mini vegetable quesadillas (Like)
Beef empanadas (Usual...)
Chicken or beef satay w/ peanut sauce (beef? Why not.)
Mini crab cakes w/ remoulade (tasty!)

So... if you've followed my pattern so far, none of the food that I'd like passed out really follows a theme. It's all over the place. I think I'm going to have to bring Luna into the picture and have him make the final decision... with my commentary though (haha)




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