New Year's party food ideas

[rasputin]

So far I have 72 confirmed guests coming to my New Year's party on Sunday. I have all of the liquor worked out and in plenty, but I haven't even begun to calculate feeding these people. This is my first year hosting a party of this size so what would be recommended as good food for 72+ people with half of them intoxicated? There are a lot of Italian/Chinese carry-out places around here or should I just go with the old-fashioned chips, dip, pretzels, cheese cubes and the like?

[N4P4LM]

drunk people like to snack.

i dont know your budget, but on top of chips, dips, pretzels, etc, a good start would probably be like 250 wings (buffalo, bbq, whatever...a variety), 6 loaves of stuffed breads, and 9 pounds of large cocktail shrimp (figure 30-40 shrimp per pound, and each person will eat 4-5 shrimp) some large hunk of beef brisket to make sandwiches wouldnt be a bad idea either...just make sure you cook it in a covered pan so it doesnt dry out too much.

[rasputin]

I don't have a budget, and thanks for the ideas. That sounds good to me.

[Ignatz]

go to the local supermarket and get party trays. Fairly cheap and easy. Chicken wings, deli meats and a few loaves of bread, cheese trays, etc.

[crosby]

maybe steak would be nice

are you looking to feed them for dinner or what time are they even coming over?

[Suicidal Anomaly]

Steaks for 72 people won't be cheap and even though money isn't an issue that's a lot of time cooking. When you're hosting a party where alcohol is involved the things that go over best are usually finger foods like others said. Not much if any cooking involved and you can have enough of a variety to please pretty much everyone. I like n4p4lm and smacks ideas and I'd say if you don't go a hunk of brisket get something like a party sub instead.

[RabidPanda]

i would get 2 verity packs that has all the chips in them and get some peanuts..
and some lil smokeys?

[the scrill]

Costco has some really good sweet and sour chicken , you bake the chicken and it come with some sweet and sour dipping sauce,SOOOOOOOOOO good..youll be the talk of the town seriously...

[beast]

just get it catered

[hawk]

72 steaks. Grrrrreat idea.

[crosby]

not everyone gets a huge piece of steak for themselves rim job

[_loche]

from what angel tells me about your financial status, couldnt you afford getting it catered?

if not, wings, shrimp, salsa/dip, etc. is always good

[matt-]

I tried for a long time to think of a joke involving a cabin but I failed.

Haha :P

[rasputin]

from what angel tells me about your financial status, couldnt you afford getting it catered?

if not, wings, shrimp, salsa/dip, etc. is always good

I could, but I'm not sure if I could get a good place to do it at this short notice.

Matt - it's a log home you dolt!

[Fivestar]

Chex Mix, assorted peanuts, rolls and butter, grapes/other small fruit.

Chicken fingers/nuggets (you can get platters from Chick-fil-A (http://www.chick-fil-a.com/MenuItems.asp?Category=partyTrays))
BBQ Pork

Can't really think of anymore at this time. I have and go to get togethers a lot, but most of the time it is under 20 people. So the assortment of food is somewhat the same, but it's still a lot different. I would tell you some homemade ideas you can do, but you probably won't have time for that.

The best thing to do is look up a local Wings restaurant and just get a few platters of boneless wings and whatever you like on the menu. They make it pretty fast and it can be small or large portions. Most places are 48 hours notice, so call around tomorrow morning.

edit: I really wouldn't do Italian/Chinese, since that's more of a sit down and eat type thing. If everyone is gonna be walking about, you wanna stick with finger foods that you can put on a paper/plastic plate and carry around easily. Have a snack portion (your chex mix, chips, etc), then a small meal type portion (bread, rolls, chicken, etc).

[WonderBoy]

definately need corn dogs

[Nuggs|*1]

gettting platters from restaurant places FTW

chik-fil-a party platters kick ass, as well as chipolte platters (or any other southwestern gtill type places) and tortilla wrap platters

[Vanquish]

Buy as many packs of pre-cooked sweet n sour meatballs as you need, and heat em up and stick toothpicks in them. They're delicious, not *too* expensive, and they're easy to prepare.