We have a local Dolly Madison bakery, with an outlet store. I called them prior to our event and ordered all our buns/kaiser rolls…huge savings, and they were fresh and delicious…

For this brisket recipe, as I mentioned, I did several double batches just to feed our “planned for” 100 guests. So about 5-6x the recipe above for every 100 people. You could also use roast beef, but the brisket is delicious. And it freezes wonderfully, just thaw it 3 days in advance and then reheat it in one of those huge electric roasters.

As far as beans or potato salad for that many people, allrecipes.com (I think!) has the option of plugging in serving amounts that will automatically generate one recipe to feed however many you request. Otherwise, you’d just have to check the recipe–most say how many they’ll feed, and then do the math to multiply it to feed 250. I always end up with too much food, but that’s better than not enough! You also need to realize that when you’re doing fundraisers, you need to have servers dishing the foods up, or people will help themselves to more food than necessary. This way you can make sure you’re dishing up the exact amount for everyone, no one will feel gypped!

Good luck, it’s a big undertaking but at least you have help!

Thanks

That said, I’d love to be half the woman you are! I love it when you stop by!

The recipes look great, the day sounds wonderful!

And…my mom is like that too. Indefatigueable. I don’t know how she does it. She works me in circles!