WHAT TO ORDER FROM A CATERER

AMOUNT: SERVES:
Cocktail sandwiches 5 or 6 pieces per person

Tea sandwiches, canapes,
bouchees 4 or 5 per person

] pint or pound of potato, mac-
aroni or cooked vegetable

salad 4 to 5

Relishes, celery, olives, pickles
etc. 3 or 4 per person

1 pound or pint of chicken, lob-
ster or shrimp salad 6 to 8, depending on menu

1 lb. or pint of lobster New-
burg, creamed chicken,
curried shrimp 5 or 6

] Ib. cooked cold meat (12 - 16

slices, depending on meat) 2 or 3 slices per person

1 cooked glazed whole ham

(12-14 Ibs.) 30 to 40 servings
1 Ib. cheese 16 1-oz. piéces ) 2 or 3 pieces per person
1 lb. cheese cake me 4 to 6 servings

1 lb. cookies (36 to 48 pieces) - 3 to 4 pieces per person

1 Ib. fruit cake 12 servings
Dessert cakes, tortes, layer 12 to 16 servings
cakes

For a dinner- hour party you will need more food than for a
late-evening buffet and more nibble food for cocktails than for eggnogs,
eggnogs are more filling.

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