Please take my quick food poll!

12-3Princess Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:41 PM

Please take my quick food poll!

Right now, my menu has an awesome and very full cocktail hour, but the dinner menu is just (1) Salad (2) Entree (3) Desert.

I'm trying to decide if I should add a pasta course (we're both italian so lots of our guests will like it).

Anyway, it would take away 45 minutes of dance time to add the course. To compensate, we're considering adding an hour to the wedding. It would go from 6 to 12 instead of 6-11 if we extend it.

What would you do?

CaCRmr Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:42 PM

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Personally, I wouldn't do it. Everyone is usually stuffed from the CH and to add pasta I feel would be too much. JMO

piat79 Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:42 PM

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Posted by CaCRmr

Personally, I wouldn't do it. Everyone is usually stuffed from the CH and to add pasta I feel would be too much. JMO

I completely agree!

nicpizzo Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:43 PM

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Personally, we cut the pasta out of our menu, so we have like yours is set up now. Between all the food at the cocktail hour (which in our case has 2 pasta stations), the salad, entree and dessert, no one will ever miss the extra course.

soontobemrsc Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:44 PM

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I voted to add the pasta course (we're both Italian too so I know how important this is) but don't extend the wedding. I just don't think it's neccessary. But, if you really want to, and the costs isn't an isue, go for it. I would love add another hour to mine.

hocus Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:45 PM

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Will there be a long gap between the salad and main course?

If yes, then add the course, otherwise I wouldn't bother.

kaklesmay Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:46 PM

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I would either go 6-12 (if its in yoiur budget)

or

DONT WORRY ABOUT IT!! Everybody will eat at cocktail hr and nobody will starve b/c they dont get a pasta dish. I dont think anyone would notice at all.

glinda_goodwitch Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:48 PM

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I am marrying into an Italian family, and I have learned that pasta is very important. I think the guests will really miss not having a pasta course. With all the stations at the CH people may not get pasta there, if they dont see it (or if you don't have a pasta station). So I would add pasta and an extra hour. Our reception is 5 hours (7pm-12) and I'm glad I have the extra hour.

jilmadison Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:59 PM

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Well do what you want. Dancing time is important to me, so if you do decide to add the pasta then you should extend and hour, but it sounds to me like another course and another hour wil be costly, if you can afford it, then I would go for it

October Bliss Posted: Sep 29, 2005 01:59 PM

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We are having a pasta station at CH, so I told FH no pasta course at dinner.

carlsbride Posted: Sep 29, 2005 02:01 PM

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DAVALJO2 Posted: Sep 29, 2005 02:03 PM

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I think the pasta might be too much. try adding maybe fruit or something.

FDWedding07 Posted: Sep 29, 2005 02:14 PM

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I went to a wedding a few weeks ago that did the pasta but did not have the DJ stop. So those who wanted to dance keeped going and those who wanted pasta sat down and enjoyed. It worked out great.

nicothy Posted: Sep 29, 2005 02:44 PM

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I WOULD CUT THE PASTA OUT AND ADD IT IN THE COCKTAIL HOUR, DON'T PAY EXTRA HOUR FOR PATSA

psf80 Posted: Sep 29, 2005 02:54 PM

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Posted by CaCRmr

Personally, I wouldn't do it. Everyone is usually stuffed from the CH and to add pasta I feel would be too much. JMO

Agree!

Nautical bride Posted: Sep 29, 2005 03:10 PM

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I wouldn't add pasta. But you could always enhance the dessert without adding an extra course if you think the food is too light: ex- having chocolate covered strawberries served with the cake. That wouldn't take away from the dancing either.

Blu-ize Posted: Sep 29, 2005 03:17 PM

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A pasta course doesn't take 45 minutes! Who told you that? Is that the caterers way of getting you to book an hour of OT?

dpli Posted: Sep 29, 2005 03:34 PM

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Posted by Nautical bride

I wouldn't add pasta. But you could always enhance the dessert without adding an extra course if you think the food is too light: ex- having chocolate covered strawberries served with the cake. That wouldn't take away from the dancing either.

This is what I would do too - I'd rather have an extra dessert served at the same time as the cake. It won't take anyone off the dance floor.

M&S Sept12006 Posted: Sep 29, 2005 03:35 PM

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Posted by CaCRmr

Personally, I wouldn't do it. Everyone is usually stuffed from the CH and to add pasta I feel would be too much. JMO

I agree with this...your guests will be stuffed from the CH, they're going to be tipsy and are going to want to PARTY!

ETA: And I also think that adding extra dessert is a waste of $$...there will be cake and regular desert...people are going to be stuffed...at this point they just want to party! Im speaking from my own experience as a wedding goer...