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There may be some things wrong with the U.S.A., but our appetites and regional dishes are not part of them. Since a good
portion of our glorious country is country (rednecks are not only indigenous to the South!), why not try this summer Country Buffet—we'll call it Americana Buffet for July 4th.
Use red, navy and yellow bandanas to roll up the invitation. Say something on the attached card like: “Come to a country supper and wear your new bandana, jeans and chaps, and bring a good appetite, no shoes required. Stay late for fireworks” (and then include the other specifics).
"Come to a country supper..."The décor will be down-home, western-style and could be exceptionally kicky if you can set it
up inside a barn. Forgoing the barn however, have long-necked beer bottles, Mug rootbeer, and other sodas soaking in an iced-up washtub. Layer lots of gingham and checked patterns on the table, you’ll be using tin pie plates and unmatched dinnerware from the thrift store. (This is the time to pull out all those great rooster and cow-inspired artifacts.) Put on some B.B. King or Etta James CDs or find a favorite country star to wail at you through dinner.
Hors d’oeuvres will be chunky-cut pieces of country sausage roasted golden brown in honey barbecue sauce, mini ribs, and toasted, seasoned pecans. (Invite guests to take hot washcloths along with their choices!)Dinner is served buffet-style and offer up pots of greens, hush puppies or Tater Tots, ranch
beans, 1/2 size corn on the cob, nestled next to baskets of cornbread, fried chicken and catfish. For dessert you’ll serve pecan pie, sweet potato pie and apple pie with an enormous bowl of whipped cream (plunge the copper bowl filled with the frothy stuff into an ice water bath).
Invite guests to sit on the porch, on blankets on the lawn, or the more respectable older gents and gals can eat their grub on sunflower-decorated picnic tables. Yahoo!
Cautions and Tips for Buffets:
• Look for plate and cup combination holders to eliminate the buffet line carry problems. See for examples: http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/plate-caddy
• To avoid running out of popular food items before all guests have passed through the line it might be necessary to meter them out by a server. When everyone has been served, guests can return for seconds.
• Set out leftover food in individual serving see-through take-out containers for your guests to collect on their way out the door. Guests may be shy about filling “to go” cartons themselves, but they will very likely be delighted to accept them, filled, from the host.
• Add a personal touch to take-home containers with a sticker or gift card reading “Bon Appetit,” “The Party Goes on….” Or “Goodies to Go for a Great Guest.”
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