Comments on: Pot-Luck Wedding, Highly Recommended

By: jannamo

jannamo — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:27:26 +0000

Hi Amie,

We didn’t worry about who brought what, we had enough people that we weren’t worried about getting a good variety of food, and with the server in the kitchen, if two ceasar salads showed up, she could just hold one until the other one was gone and use the second to refresh the table.

As far as the invite itself, I believe we just included a line that said “The meal will be pot-luck. If you’d like to, please bring a cold or hot dish to share, the server will collect it from you on your way in.” or something like that.

Hope that helps!

By: Amie

Amie — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:01:05 +0000

How did you ask your guest to bring items for the potluck in the invitation?

By: jannamo

jannamo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:38 +0000

Michelle – I’m pretty sure our friend just melted chocolate chips and dipped the cooked bacon into it. This summer I made candied bacon ice cream a la David Lebovitz, which starts with something akin to what you’re calling “Pig Candy”. It was divine although perhaps a bit toooo rich.
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2008/03/candied_bacon_i_1.html

Emma – We did hire waitstaff, I wouldn’t recommend it without that help. They would take people’s dish on their way in, so none of the guests had to manage getting their dish warmed up or keeping the table pretty. The waitstaff kept the dishes queued up in the kitchen and refreshed the buffet table as needed so it was always tidy and the food was hot. It cost a few hundred bucks to have it taken care of this way, and it was a lovely way to do it!

By: Emma

Emma — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:45:31 +0000

I would love to do a potluck, but we have huge families and it would be about 300 people in a large backyard type wedding. how did you organize your pot luck? also, both our sets of parents feel uncomfortable with this idea – did you meet resistance with this in your wedding?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:40:16 +0000

Chocolate covered bacon, eh? I’ve heard of Pig Candy (bacon covered in brown sugar and baked), but not chocolate bacon…

Any chance of getting the recipe? (Please???)

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Belated Thanksgiving Posts « Recipes and Ruminations — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:59:55 +0000

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By: jannamo

jannamo — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:41:19 +0000

That sounds like delicious minty hot chocolate! Great recipe, Gary.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:46:39 +0000

Nice look! Go, Janna.

Okay, how about this:

Ghirardelli’s “Double Chocolate” chocolate powder (few tbsp)
Half & half
Steamin’ hot water
One tea bag of Mint tea
Decorate with fresh mint leaf (which I don’t have at work)

By: Jeremy Osborne

Jeremy Osborne — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:52:10 +0000

Ahh, memories :) Happy almost 6 months, wifey.