Rachel's Baptism Lunch turned out truly cool! As Liz said, "Everything was just as I would have wanted it to be."
We served gourmet cheeses, and grapes, and gourmet sandwiches such as Ham and Swiss Baguettes, Turkey Caesar with the sauce in a serving bottle, Caprese Sandwich (Tomato, fresh mozzarella, pesto on ciabatta, Yum!) and the show stopper was the Cranberry Brie Turkey sandwich from Flour girls Dough Boys in AF. I bought their special sauce which for future reference was cream cheese cranberries (fresh steamed?) and orange rind, all of which was generously slathered on their Cranberry Walnut Bread, followed by brie cheese and turkey.
Meanwhile, we served platters of the leftover lettuce, tomato, cheese, meat, etc so people could make their own sandwiches. (It looked generous, didn't cost a thing and handled picky eaters.) Then we invited the Adams families to bring salads and the Summerhays families to bring deserts, which were all luscious.
Meanwhile the kids (T, Millie, Jody) served a picnic outside with frozen Welch's juice 6 packs, PB&J's supplemented by adult sandwiches, watermelon and chips. The kids used the camping chairs and camping pavilion, along with my table and table clothes etc. Part of the success was that I let the kids design this party. The teenagers were entertained and babies were not underfoot. Voila!
We my eclectic collection of fabric for table clothes along with my glass and garage sale silver, that came together with a Martha Stewart Charm and grace. Altogether we served at least 50 from this tiny kitchen and it was smashing, if I do say so myself.
Altogether, the Cranberry sandwiches cost about $20 for the platter (about 16-20 sandwiches?) which seemed expensive until you counted up the others, Caprese ran about $20 Ham and cheese was probably $15, the Turkey Caesar probably $10 cause I already had the Parmesan cheese. But with all the details the whole party came out to about $120, Best Party we have ever had!
