Vegetarian wedding

[Guest guest]

First off, Jamie, congratulations!!! May you have a very long and happy life

together (being vegetarian, I'm sure it will be a *long life*!!)

 

I really wouldn't worry about what people might say, one way or the other. You

are never going to make everyone happy, so at least make yourselves happy!

 

From my experience....

 

My son and DIL, being on somewhat of a budget, chose a Sunday morning wedding

with a brunch. They also chose to have *no meat*, but did have fish (we're

Jewish; most people can do without meat but not without lox and whitefish and

kippered salmon!). It was really very nice; we vegetarians had lots to eat and

we heard no complaints from the carnivores.

 

And please remember, people are there to share in your happiness, not for a

meal. I'm sure they will long remember the happy bride and groom, and not the

menu.

 

Ilene

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ilene wrote:

 

>And please remember, people are there to share in your happiness, not for a

meal. I'm sure they will long remember the happy bride and groom, and not the

menu.

 

Indeed. It was my intention to have only hors d'oeuvres-type food and punch (two

versions, one with champagne, one without) plus champagne for toasts and the

wedding cake, at our reception. My mother agreed with me, in fact she said all I

needed to serve was " cake, punch and mints " but I couldn't imagine providing

only sweets, so we did have some savory snacks. My husband was somewhat tough to

convince that he shouldn't go all out and cook a feast, but I let him get that

out of his system by having a party for about 20 of our friends a month before

the wedding (and most of them are vegetarians, so most of the food there was

veg, but not all if I recall correctly).

 

At the reception itself we had stuffed grape leaves (my husband made the filling

in advance, and the best man and maid of honor helped us stuff the grape leaves

the night before the wedding), cucumber and cheese finger sandwiches provided by

my mother-in-law, chocolate wedding cake made by my husband, punch, champagne,

and if we had anything else I don't remember, but I think we did. Anyway we

warned our guests that the reception would be hors d'oeuvres only - and we had

it at about 4:30 p.m. so there was plenty of time to get supper afterward. I

didn't hear any complaints either about the lack of meat or the lack of a full

meal. Then again all our friends and family knew we were doing this wedding " on

the cheap " and were understanding about it.

 

See pictures of our reception here: http://www.ailurodrome.com/wedding2.html

 

Kira Barnes

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you Kira- I almost forget how very much I wanted stuffed grape

leaves!! i think that is very doable for a brunch..

Our relatives aren't too open minded about food- and even though we veggies

wouldn't think of these as 'exotic " people see something wrapped in green

and run... lol

we'll see i guess.

 

I could even make those myself.

Your family sounds cool... we will have a slightly bigger weding of about 80

-90 people so i know some folks will be like- WHAT??? lol

 

I'll have to keep in mind some kind of fun-food for the kids too.

you guys really have me thinkin! thanks

 

thanks for sharin the photos too!

 

 

Kira Barnes [kira]

Friday, August 16, 2002 12:38 PM

Veg-Recipes

RE: Vegetarian wedding

 

 

Ilene wrote:

 

>And please remember, people are there to share in your happiness, not for a

meal. I'm sure they will long remember the happy bride and groom, and not

the menu.

 

Indeed. It was my intention to have only hors d'oeuvres-type food and punch

(two versions, one with champagne, one without) plus champagne for toasts

and the wedding cake, at our reception. My mother agreed with me, in fact

she said all I needed to serve was " cake, punch and mints " but I couldn't

imagine providing only sweets, so we did have some savory snacks. My husband

was somewhat tough to convince that he shouldn't go all out and cook a

feast, but I let him get that out of his system by having a party for about

20 of our friends a month before the wedding (and most of them are

vegetarians, so most of the food there was veg, but not all if I recall

correctly).

 

At the reception itself we had stuffed grape leaves (my husband made the

filling in advance, and the best man and maid of honor helped us stuff the

grape leaves the night before the wedding), cucumber and cheese finger

sandwiches provided by my mother-in-law, chocolate wedding cake made by my

husband, punch, champagne, and if we had anything else I don't remember, but

I think we did. Anyway we warned our guests that the reception would be hors

d'oeuvres only - and we had it at about 4:30 p.m. so there was plenty of

time to get supper afterward. I didn't hear any complaints either about the

lack of meat or the lack of a full meal. Then again all our friends and

family knew we were doing this wedding " on the cheap " and were understanding

about it.

 

See pictures of our reception here: http://www.ailurodrome.com/wedding2.html

 

Kira Barnes

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Jamie:

 

I think that if you don't actually TELL everyone that everything is

vegetarian, they may not even notice. ha ha!

 

The best way I have found to accomplish this is to serve foods that

non-vegs are already familiar with and don't really think of as

" vegetarian " -- the stuffed grape leaves you mentioned, for instance

(though there are some recipes that contain meat, not all do). If

you're going with " finger foods " -- other ideas are little savory tarts

with a variety of fillings, mini-quiches (with eggs if you eat them or

with tofu or egg replacer if you don't), finger sandwiches with various

fillings, " rolled sandwiches " cut into small pieces, stuffed mushroom

caps, a vegetable platter (getting *very* fresh and flavorful vegetables

is the key) with a dip, etc.

 

I think for many people who eat meat, the " turn off " when they hear a

meal or whatever is going to be vegetarian, is that they think they are

going to get a bunch of " health-foody " , bland, tasteless, or not very

tasty food that is not filling. Of course, we know better! You might

teach some people a thing or two.

 

Hope this helps! Again -- congratulations and good luck!

 

Thanks to Kira for the ideas and sharing the photos -- you were a

beautiful bride and it looked like a very nice wedding!

 

Karen

List Owner

 

 

Jamie Orozco wrote:

 

> Thank you Kira- I almost forget how very much I wanted stuffed grape

> leaves!! i think that is very doable for a brunch..

> Our relatives aren't too open minded about food- and even though we

> veggies

> wouldn't think of these as 'exotic " people see something wrapped in

> green

> and run... lol

> we'll see i guess.

>

> I could even make those myself.

> Your family sounds cool... we will have a slightly bigger weding of

> about 80

> -90 people so i know some folks will be like- WHAT??? lol

>

> I'll have to keep in mind some kind of fun-food for the kids too.

> you guys really have me thinkin! thanks

>

> thanks for sharin the photos too!