Diabetes etiquetteHello, Haven't been posting for a while now and I'm already asking for your help. :) Next week-end's guests include a diabetic - that will be a...
First you have to know what is exotic to her. It could just be what her mother doesn't know how to make. Then you have to be absolutely certain that you can make what she wants, faultlessly and in those quanbreasties. Jumping into an ethnicity that's unfamiliar is a tricky process and if you magnify it by the numbers, it can be impossible. Many Asian foods need to come off the cooker and onto the table immediately. Ten menus is way too many for choosing and will drive you mad. Her, too, probably. I would, instead, make up a list of perhaps 25 dishes I knew would work and that I knew I could make, and then propose them in different modes of service and combinations. I hope you have plenty of reliable help at hand, because 700 to dinner is quite an undertaking. Very few caterers have done it, as it is usually only doable by hotels or resorts. Have a look at a blog by a talented caterer: She talks in an entertaining way about the real life that she and her partner live as successful caterers. She also has links to others. And there is the recipe for her favorite alcoholic drink, which she finds necessary after a wedding for 400! I don't do food for even 250, since I know I'm not tough enough for the job.
