Lot of guests, how do you manage?
By buchi_bulla
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
India
October 19, 2009 5:58am CST
I invited 10 guests for Lunch for Deepavali festival. All of them arrived on the same time. The cooking was at the final stage. I had to invite everyone and say hai to all. Offer seat, drinking water then tea for some and coffee for some and cooking in between. Of course later on it was ok. How much ever I plan also, that beginning few minutes I loose balance. How about you?
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6 responses
@vathsala30 (3732)
• India
27 Oct 09
If lot of guests arrives, i will take the help of my husband and children. i will concentrate in the kitchen, my husband arranges the seats and other things like changing the carpet, and arranging the messy household articles clean and the children cleans the house and the floors.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
8 Nov 09
You have supportive husband and children. Of course my husband and daughter also helped me that day.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 Oct 09
I hardly ever have that many guests at one time. I would try to get everything done before everyone got there. I would be in a frenzy if they showed up all at once and I still had cooking to do plus entertaining all of them at the same time.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
21 Oct 09
May be basically I lack courage and that is why this fear and tension. I must develop confidence.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
19 Oct 09
Hi Buchi,
It is difficult manage 10 guests single handedly. Yes we are supposed to invite them warmly, offer seats, and then ask what they would like to drink. If the cooking is over then it is not a problem. Otherwise the item (yet to finish food item) may get spoil in between
. If somebody is there in kitchen to keep an eye then we can go for attending the guest peacefully. I have a close friend and she is kind enough to take the charge of kitchen when guest start to come. So I can handle my guests without any tension about kitchen if the cooking work yet to over.
Hope you celebrated the festival well.
. If somebody is there in kitchen to keep an eye then we can go for attending the guest peacefully. I have a close friend and she is kind enough to take the charge of kitchen when guest start to come. So I can handle my guests without any tension about kitchen if the cooking work yet to over.
Hope you celebrated the festival well.
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
19 Oct 09
You are correct. I spoilt one set of vada which became little black. Since my husband likes vadas put in rasam, I coolly put them in rasam so that the semi burnt thing is not known to any one. Deepavali went on well. I hope you too enjoyed well.
@seanbryan (349)
• United Arab Emirates
19 Oct 09
Hi buchi,
My husband is fond of inviting guests at home though I am not comfortable with it I can't do anything but to cook and entertain them with pleasure. I can cook for as many as 20 guests given the time as my husband is a great help on times like this. He will be in charge of entertaining and serving them with drinks while I'm cooking and will help clean the mess after the guests had left. So I really don't have a problem of having lots of guests as I am used to it. Good Day!
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
19 Oct 09
With supportive husband, our tension will be reduced. Of course, my husband and daughter helped me but still I was under tension that everything should go well.
@deepasubramani (1074)
• India
19 Oct 09
In buchi_bulla,
It will be difficult to manage all the guests at the same time though we plan accordingly, I ask my close relatives or frens to help me out to prepare food or to serve them
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@tatazbrush (126)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 09
wow nice lunch party, you should have much maid to help you in the kitchen, this important because you must "say hey" to your guest, you much talk and have chit chat with them, you must manage your maid effectively =)
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@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
21 Oct 09
My maid does not know our way of cooking. My husband and daughter helped me in the last stages of cooking. Still the tension was there for some time and then I thought of you all as to how my mylot friends are managing and put that discussion later. Thanks for responding.
