AIBU to think this dinner spread will be enough for nine?

[geminicancerean]

Nine people for dinner tomorrow, 6 adults, 3 kids. It’s going to be really hot. 5 of the guests will have travelled some of the day.

I’ve actually been unwell this week so have relied on M&S to do the actual work. DH isn’t sure my planned spread is going to feed everybody so I’d like some opinions

I have bought:
2 quiches (one bacon and cheese, one cheese and onion)
2 packets hot flaked salmon
Ingredients for big Greek style salad (cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, feta etc)
Big bag of green salad
2 big pots of pasta, pesto and pine nut salad
6 sausage rolls
Big bag of M&S wotsits
Big bag of M&S bacon crisps
Huge double punnet of strawberries
Meringue nests
Cream
oh and cake

The sausage rolls and crisps are for whoever wants them but I obvs had the kids in mind picking those - I know all three kids like these things and eat them.

So that’s it. I think it’s enough. DH suspicious and thinks we might need ‘extras’.

Over to you Mumsnet (don’t worry, I’m braced for criticism and I can take it!)

Nowhere near enough. Worst host ever! 🤣

Good point. I think this thread is…..made up.

It’s a mango coconut layer cake. Made with French butter (browned) and a shitload of ganache. It really amuses me that people think it’s small because my husband laughed his head off at how huge it is. I’m not going to the garage fridge to take a pic because I just took 2 cocodamols and am feeling a bit groovy.

I think a bit light. I’d personally get double the quiche and enough sausage rolls for at least one each. I’d also get another bag of each of the crisps so you can top them up. Someone else mentioned getting some bread, maybe a few packs of part baked bread, you can slice up and just have some nice butter on the table. If it were me I’d also get a few big pots of hummous/similar dip and do a platter of veggie sticks - cucumber, carrot, celery and a few different coloured peppers. Arranged on a large plate around the dip it looks really nice and colourful, with a few cherry tomatoes too, the kids then have something healthy to go with their sausage rolls. You’d be surprised how much the tiniest of kids can pack away when they are hungry.

Why not a sausage roll each? I’d never serve such a skimpy buffet for so many people, neurowonky or not.

I’m starving after reading this thread.

crusty bread, cheese, and butter
some form of cooked chicken
loaded potato skins as suggested previously
more pasta and salad
potato salad if you can be bothered
cheese and pickle on a stick (pineapple on mine)
banana and a jar of Nutella for dipping with the strawberries

Very good of you to host when you’ve been unwell! Make sure you don’t over do it.

One for cake, two for frosting. Again, a baker would know.

I don't eat sausage rolls so you can have mine.

I'd want some quiche, salmon, a bit of all the salad and some strawberries and cream. Plus maybe a bag of crisps with a drink later. Cake I can take or leave.

Along with other stuff as well. It will be plenty.

How about a couple of really nice pizzas and more sausage rolls, also another dessert choice?

You need at least three times that amount, OP @geminicancerean

And definitely more sausage rolls. The backbone of any buffet!

He is. I am really taking the opinions on board. Not sure why people think I’m not. I haven’t gone through each reply and replied with a ‘yes that could work’ because there are loads. But yes. I will be adding food. This thread has served its purpose.

I do bake. And host. Often. I apparently just serve an awful lot more food than you do and have done for decades. And it all gets eaten 🤷‍♀️

Don't be daft. That award goes to those who puts out five different types of processed pork and 'a token cheese sandwich for the vegetarians' and everyone shouts at anyone who dares to take a cheese sandwich if they also eat meat.

I haven’t said I won’t. I’m not being obstinate, I’m literally listing the suggestions on my iPhone notes. Most of you here are being very helpful and perfectly lovely. Some others are behaving in the exact way I would expect, given that this is AIBU.

Will your boomer family eat that muck?

I brought strawberries and cream to a picnic before. It was a potluck type thing. There was a lot of salad stuff and some savoury food. It was mostly adults and a handful of kids. The kids didn't bother with any of the salad or savoury stuff (maybe they'd had lunch before they went out?) but made a beeline for the strawberries. They demolished all of the strawberries (several punnets worth). By the time the adults moved onto the desserts, there were about three strawberries left. The tubs of whipped cream went to waste, because there were no strawberries left to go with it. Don't underestimate how much kids like strawberries.

I can eat a bag of Jersey Royals on my own - luckily, I've not been invited. 😊

Can you do jacket potatoes and a load of grated cheese as well?

This cake sounds yummy, please post a picture when you feel up to it, love a bit of cake oggling 🤣

You don’t need an extra cake. But a different alternative to one. A ready made dessert.

Whilst I think the suggested food sounds a bit light, standard portion size for fruit and veg is 80g so she's not a million miles away at 72g each of strawberries.

It feels like you’re missing the main bit! How about a couple of cold roast chickens? And more sausage rolls!!

They can have 3 strawberries instead