Comments on: 5 Frugal Super Bowl Party Ideas http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/ A blog about frugal living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aidan http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3384 Aidan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:20:13 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3384 It does have to be kosher. But many staples are now certified kosher. I make all my own bread, and I buy my flour from an Amish store in Shipshewana, Indiana twice a year. Even the flour milled by the Amish community carries a kosher certification. Where kosher means expensive is hard cheeses. Cheddar, Parm, etc. These can run double and triple what their non-kosher relatives would. So we created the menu with only one dish that included cheddar. It does have to be kosher. But many staples are now certified kosher. I make all my own bread, and I buy my flour from an Amish store in Shipshewana, Indiana twice a year. Even the flour milled by the Amish community carries a kosher certification.

Where kosher means expensive is hard cheeses. Cheddar, Parm, etc. These can run double and triple what their non-kosher relatives would. So we created the menu with only one dish that included cheddar.

]]> By: Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 Leah Ingram Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:45:43 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3383 Craig: Glad you like the potluck idea. Leah Craig:

Glad you like the potluck idea.

Leah

]]> By: Craig http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3382 Craig Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:54:45 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3382 Potluck is the way to go or just split everything that you order. Makes it easier for everyone and tongs of different foods to eat. Potluck is the way to go or just split everything that you order. Makes it easier for everyone and tongs of different foods to eat.

]]> By: Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Leah Ingram Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3372 This is all very cool. Thanks for sharing these suggestions! Do you need to keep the food kosher? Does that add more costs? You have wonderful friends to help you out this way. Mazel Tov to you, your son and your family! Leah This is all very cool. Thanks for sharing these suggestions! Do you need to keep the food kosher? Does that add more costs? You have wonderful friends to help you out this way. Mazel Tov to you, your son and your family!

Leah

]]> By: Aidan http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Aidan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:14:33 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3371 It isn't a super bowl party, but in a couple of weeks our son is becoming a bar mitzvah. Because I enjoy it AND because money is tight, I am doing all of the food for the luncheon (250 people) myself and I hired a caterer to serve the food only. My friends are all spending a day helping me cook. This saves about 50%. I did the same thing for them when their kids were having their bar & bat mitzvahs. And as for doing away with disposables, we priced heavy plastic plates out at $0.65 per piece. We went to Ikea and bought 275 places at $0.99 each. And we donated them to our synagogue. That way the synagogue has them to re-use, we save a boatload of plastic from entering the landfill, we have nice plates to use, AND we can write off part of the cost of the plates as a donation. I am limiting the menu -- not so anyone else would notice, but we cut a couple of dishes from the menu just to make the budget a little leaner. Because the numbers are so much higher, I will do my shopping at restaurant supply companies and wholesale greengrocers. What I can't get there, I will supplement from Costco. It isn’t a super bowl party, but in a couple of weeks our son is becoming a bar mitzvah. Because I enjoy it AND because money is tight, I am doing all of the food for the luncheon (250 people) myself and I hired a caterer to serve the food only. My friends are all spending a day helping me cook. This saves about 50%. I did the same thing for them when their kids were having their bar & bat mitzvahs.

And as for doing away with disposables, we priced heavy plastic plates out at $0.65 per piece. We went to Ikea and bought 275 places at $0.99 each. And we donated them to our synagogue. That way the synagogue has them to re-use, we save a boatload of plastic from entering the landfill, we have nice plates to use, AND we can write off part of the cost of the plates as a donation.

I am limiting the menu — not so anyone else would notice, but we cut a couple of dishes from the menu just to make the budget a little leaner.

Because the numbers are so much higher, I will do my shopping at restaurant supply companies and wholesale greengrocers. What I can’t get there, I will supplement from Costco.

]]> By: Leah Ingram http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3369 Leah Ingram Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:59:56 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3369 Well that's a way to keep it frugal--just be the two of you! Well that’s a way to keep it frugal–just be the two of you!

]]> By: dee dee http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/2010/02/5-frugal-super-bowl-party-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 dee dee Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:53:59 +0000 http://www.suddenlyfrugal.com/?p=2594#comment-3368 I think it will just be the 2 of us and I'm going to try making chicken liver pate - I've never done it before and I have a hankering! I think it will just be the 2 of us and I’m going to try making chicken liver pate – I’ve never done it before and I have a hankering!

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