Rehearsal Dinner

[jessicacook]

We had the rehearsal dinner Friday night. My mom and I made all the food. We started cooking at 12 noon on Friday and didn't finish until a little after 4 that afternoon. We had started the prep work before 12 and prepared the toast after we went to the church.

It went really well, and everyone said everything was good! My sister (the groom's mom) had originally counted about 27 people that were going to be at the rehearsal so I said we would cook for 40, just be sure. Then she comes up on rehearsal day saying there were going to be 40-50 people there. So, we cooked enough. We had 5 large pans of baked spaghetti, 2 HUGE bowls of salad, lots and lots of garlic toast, and tea both sweet and unsweet.

50 people did not show up. Tim counted 24. SO we had 3 pans of spaghetti that hadn't been touched and a lot of salad and toast still left. Cleveland had just opened a homeless shelter, so we took the rest of the food there. So, thankfully, it didn't go to waste!

We were so tired after all the festivities were over! It was a beautiful wedding, and as Tim said....we are all glad it's over!!!

Thanks for all your help!

[beckrl]

Glad, to hear it went well.
The numbers will throw you off 50 to 24

[A2JGirl]

Baked spaghetti rocks the planet. I'm glad that it went so well. And how nice to bring the leftovers to the shelter! If it were me I'd have stuffed it all in my freezer somehow.

[jessicacook]

If it were me I'd have stuffed it all in my freezer somehow.

My mom and I don't ever want to see baked spaghetti again! We could hardly eat any that night!

I used Lawry's Garlic and Parsley salt for the toast (friend's suggestion) And she was right...that stuff will make even dirt taste good! Kids kept coming up wanting more toast! I was trying to pack all the food up and they were STILL wanting more toast!

[RamboPreacher]

basgetti - ewwww - glad some people got to appreciate it, though.