"teleflora" wrote
Quoted message said:I am having a dinner for 12 people on Friday night. My menu includes
Alfredo sauce. Most of the guests have indicated they like shrimp, 3 like
chicken better and 2 are Vegetarians.
My question is how would you go about setting up the buffet line with the
choices for the Alfredo?
Snipped to keep it short but have you got a lazy susan perchance? Alfredo
in the center then put the various meats in every other tray and add some
steamed veggies to the others. Make 2 or 3 types of shrimp (base is same
with butter, spices differ with one garlicy, one 'hot' and one plain). Make
2 types of chicken (one with an asian treatment of soy and the other with a
garlicy dryrub applied to the chopped chicken).
For the vegetables, I'd suggest steamed broccoli, 2 types of mushrooms
(plain butter saute and a spicy hottish one with paprika and cayenne), and
the last (most dish sets have 9 pockets that I have used) to be roasted bell
peppers in several colors.
Grin, if a friendly group, ask folks to let the vegetarians go first or be
ready to make more veggies on the fly if needed.
I had a lazy susan years ago that had a warmer at the base. The various
bowls were also microwavable for a fast reheating and the center part could
be either the bowl, or a sort of small crockpot (not quite fondue but you
could keep a cheese sauce melted in it).
If you do not have a lazy susan, you can still use chaffing dishes but
obviously do not put the veggies in the same one with the meats. Put the
garlicy meats on one, and the spicy-hot meats in another with a 3rd for the
veggies if you can do that.
Theres also a simple way to keep food hot if it isnt for too long and it's
all you have. One larger bowl with boiling waterfrom a kettle, and a
smaller one (smaller but taller is best) with the food in it.
