I've not of that before Summer - sounds a bit stingy to me

I went to a really lovely wedding about 6 years ago in lainstone house, a beautiful 17th century house. They really pushed the boat out and in the evening they did that, they scrapped the buffet and the staff walked round with sausage sandwiches, bacon sandwiches and newspaper cones of chips. It was really really good, and hit the spot. After a day of drinking thats really what you want!

yeah..tight b*stards lol

I sound a right grumpy mare this morning don't I - I blame your thread - Never pays to remind oneself of their gain in years & loss in functions 

But I will say - it is a tad stingy still !

Nooooo its really not stingy, its fun

Lol dont worry slim, hope we can cheer you up a bit I've had mixed feedback from talking to people too, some think it's a great idea after a good drink, others think it's stingy lol One fella told me he binned off a posh hotel for his own reception cos they wanted to do bacon sardines at £10 PER HEAD for the evening do! For £10 I'd want half a pig in there!

I think its a fab idea... 

and I don't think its stingy...  maybe it just that its catering more for the guests that have been there for the whole day, the ceremony & the wedding breakfast.   So for the evening guests it may seem a bit odd.

I only got  married 7 years ago..  so the memory of the cost of feeding all those people, during the day & in the evening is still quite vivid..    and seeing at least half of the reception buffet sitting there uneaten was a bit gutting.

Not as bad as the daytime "no show" guests though...   the ones who we had paid the "£35 a head" for, who rsvp'd yes, but on the day didn't show.    we had about 8 no shows (out of a 80)..  I still don't speak to 2 of them...  If they could have let us know we could have given their places to other people (we had to work to a max of 80 people in the ceremony room).

Oh god...  just thinking about all the stress!   Never ever again!!    There's alot to be said for buggering off somewhere hot with a few close family & friends!

Sardines! 

Not the aroma I would want to give off on my wedding night...

Sounds lovely, but there could be wars over the white/brown, red/brown issue! 

My brother got married, last year, and they had a Hog Roast - delicious.

 This a BB forum 

A hog roast sounds scrummy !

The more I think about it, eloping seems like a fab option

definitely!!

We were determined to not have any falling outs or stress or the usual wedding palava's you hear about...  but we did.

its always the people you least expect to cause you grief that end up being the ones that do!  (parents & relatives included )

just have a shower

I love bacon and sausage sandwiches .. at home .. it would not go down so well at a wedding reception eating a greasy sandwich with my hands with my sunday best on  each to their own it is their big day 

I'd probably throw a strop and tell them all to feck off

Ditty, how rude of people to no show at your wedding how dare they?! They could have at least let you know

I wouldn't mind a subway right now

I just had a homemade cheeseburger in a bun ...

what were you doing in a bun..?

nuffin 

heehee-im really stalking you today

or am I stalking you 

Are you bored ?

My cousins wedding two summers back had a lovely 3 course meal at around 4pmish, then later on in the evening they brought out a load of bacon sandwiches and cheese toastie type things, they hit the spot pretty damn well.

yep... I did that a couple of times on the run up to the big day!




I know!!   And from people you'd least expect it of as well.   One of them had a totally valid excuse... she had just started going into labour that morning..   in fact I thought it a bit beyond the call of duty for her husband to still attend 

I went to a wedding some years ago and we had afternoon tea after the service - a reception dinner at around six and then bacon butties at about 11.30.

it was fabulous!

see, put into context it does sound quite fab... got to say though, if me and B ever got married, bacon sarnies wouldn't go down well

oh that sounds good - i like the afternoon tea idea

Yes it was lovely - it was in Cambridge and the whole wedding party was punted to the reception with pink champagne - followed by afternoon tea and more champagne!

i was well tiddled before we even sat down to eat the dinner!

 

I was gonna ask what do the poor veggies in the party get but you've answered a possible choice with cheese toastie 

I'm with Ditty on this, I'd rather people eat and enjoy their fill than leave a half eaten buffet 

Ooh afternoon tea after the ceremony would be fantastic!

Bacon sarnies would be Ok with me.... as long as they had plenty of tomato sauce

what's an evening buffet?  Is that the sambos and stuff when the dancing's started?  After the meal?  Or does it do away with the meal altogether?

The buffet is the big table of all different foods yes temps, sarnies, pies, crisps, pickles, sweets.. Its separate from the 3 course meal earlier in the day

I love a good buffet!

i was amazed when I was over in England for a wedding a few years back and they had a buffet (think 21st temps) shortly after the 4 course meal. What a waste! I prefer the sambos and cocktail sausages we have over here. The sambos are a way of using up the meat etc that are let over from the main meal.

A mate's mum got married a few years back and her OH was/is a biker. Reception was in a barn with lots of loud live music and the "buffet" was a mate's burger van - take your pick. Sleeping facilities comprised a number of tents set up in the field. 

we went to a posh wedding at a top hotel last year and the evening food was bacon rolls.............was great........