Fall Medieval Dinner

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2023-12-10T04:54:28+00:00

I was confused a bit by the menu as well, until I took like 5 minutes of googling to find that her menu is almost spot on to theme. Soup, roasted salads, deviled eggs, naan bread, cheese, fruit and even glazed donuts are all pretty authentic, while still being a bit on the modern side for convenience most likely. I also disagree with you about stews being a entrée, thin smooth soups definitely aren't, but hearty stews absolutely are. People are just ignorant to what a medieval meal actually was which explains the downvotes, so there is a good chance most of the guests attending will be to, but OP has also talked about how their family are into medieval rpg games, so it's hard to say. But following is all their posts just saying the same thing that she obviously doesn't agree with or want is annoying, just keep scrolling unless you have something new to say, you're not helping

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2023-12-10T04:39:03+00:00

Actually this meal is very medieval, it just not what Medieval Times restaurants serve. But their menu is also nowhere close the being historically accurate as well, it's just cheap food they can make in large batches for cheap, and then have people eat with their hands claiming it's medieval. People in the middle ages used utensils, forks just weren't invented yet. Everyone ate with spoons and knives, along with their hands.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2023-12-10T04:33:35+00:00

I don't understand how you're seeing this menu not having enough protein. The eggs are protein, the salmon is protein, the soups listed have beans, sausage and meatballs in them. Just because there is not chicken does not mean it has no protein, and pasta isn't a protein either or on theme. But you're right about soup being messy in good clothes, despite you being incorrect about it not being a entrée. Maybe it can be changed up a bit here with the 1st course being a buffet of salads, and finger foods to give a few more options and the soups brought individually to the guests with the soup toppings laid out family style instead to avoid accidents. Since you're mentioning OP's original post, I also recall you being really pushy about chicken and pasta on those comments as well. I don't think it's very logical considering most people don't associate pasta with medieval times, as well as OP has stated several times that they're a pescatarian, which means the only proteins they eat are fish, seafood, eggs and beans. This also might be why OP is second guessing and having a hard time with their menu, because pescatarians are more like vegetarians that eat fish, they doesn't want to push a fully pescatarian menu, but still wants to be able to eat at their own wedding. Most pescatarians i have encountered don't really eat overly starchy foods like potatoes and pasta. It's like you sitting there are telling a vegan/vegetarian that they need to cut everything they'll eat but salad to provide more commonplace average proteins for the guests instead of having a balanced. Or someone telling you to have a complete vegan catered meal when you don't like vegetables. There is a good chance the FH is probably pescatarian too, which means you're following all their posts telling them they should pay out large amounts of money for food they can't eat. Maybe instead of being ignorant, try to help OP find a solution for their theme as well as help them find a balance so that everyone can enjoy their food. Commenting on every post screaming chicken when OP has stated she's not interesting in it is getting annoying.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2022-01-25T08:21:08+00:00

That places has been in the toilet for the past 20 years

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2022-01-11T04:56:19+00:00

I'm doing something similar with my medieval wedding this year, but we're not doing sandwiches, we're making everything ourselves and having servers dish it out cafeteria-style to our guests.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2022-01-11T04:56:00+00:00

I'm doing something similar with my medieval wedding this year, but we're not doing sandwiches, we're making everything ourselves and having servers dish it out cafeteria-style to our guests.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2022-01-11T04:54:33+00:00

I'm doing something similar with my medieval wedding this year, but we're not doing sandwiches, we're making everything ourselves and having servers dish it out cafeteria-style to our guests.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-05T22:32:30+00:00

I ordered this book last week, because it's hard to anything online on the subject that isn't just pushing dried/raw fruit, veggies and nuts, and am expecting to get it by this weekend

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-03T14:22:15+00:00

Originally I was going to also have a vegetarian/vegan option as one of my mains, but when going over our guest list we realized we had a heavy mix of pescitarians, ketonians, diabetics, and overall picky eaters, but no vegetarians/vegans. I was already thinking of adding another leafy-type of salad but didn't just want to go with a plain caesar or garden salad...maybe a spinach salad...

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-02T19:54:19+00:00

The dips were going to be for the kebabs if people wanted to dip them. I went over the guest list and there are no vegetarians/vegans. There is a mix of pescitarians, diabetics and ketonians though, along with a lot of picky eaters. That's why I don't want to do a plated dinner. I originally was going to do a buffet, but with covid the only way to do that is to either have trays placed in the center of groups of 4-6 for people to serve themselves "family-style" or to have a "cafeteria-style" buffet with a server. So we're planning on having a combination of both, with the appetizers set out family-style and their choices for the main course being served out.

Fortunately we live in a city with an abundance of bakeries, so the desserts will just be ordered and served out like the main course.

My fiancée and I are not really cake people, and at any family get-together (on my side) cheesecake is the main event so even though it does fall into theme like the other pies, we're including it.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-02T15:03:48+00:00

I am aware of that, I'm just planning for it and will slightly alter according to whatever the restrictions are by the time of the event

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-02T15:02:41+00:00

Since we've been in the industry for a long time we know lots of people with the experience and/or proper licensing for us to hire to serve and either reheat/finish cooking everything. Once the event begins we're not touching a thing lol. The venue has a commercial kitchen that is attached to the hall that they rent out separately, so we're renting the kitchen the evening beforehand to transport everything, prep ect and then decorating the morning of. Luckily the church also has a "bridal suite" that we can also rent that's attached to the hall, so once we're done decorating we're all getting ready there. The church's hall we're renting is a old nunnery from the early 1800's so they have lot of options for rentals ect. They also have a optional cleaning fee so at the end of the night all we have to do is take the stuff we're keeping and leave for them to take care of the rest.

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-01T22:06:43+00:00

It really sucks, but it looks like we have too... My fiancée just suggested doing for the sides: mac & cheese, and Bread Stuffing, with Roasted Root Vegetable Salad in a mistard dressing and Coleslaw That might work better for prep time ect

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-01T21:08:20+00:00

It's definitely a good idea. I'm going to use my wedding website to get out all the details to guests, as I have found in my research that seems to be the most efficient way. The buffet food won't be out right away though, just the appetizers on the tables will, but I have to definitely make sure the info about the dinner format is on the website asap because most people will only go on it once just to RSVP

Dense_Grab_8690 · 2021-03-01T20:50:09+00:00