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Baked Beans or Cheesy Potatoes or Cheesy Corn?

8 years ago

I'm doing a thank you luncheon for about 40 people in a couple of weeks. Both males and females will be attending. The menu so far:

Pulled pork with BBQ sauce (on the side)

buns

oil and vinegar sweet and sour coleslaw

Chocolate sheet cake/white Texas sheet cake

I am in a quandary as to my other side.

Baked beans (how we do them in the midwest -- canned pork and beans doctored up with molasses, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, onion, mustard and baked for about 3 hours)

Cheesy Potatoes: That potato casserole with hash browns, cheese, sour cream, a canned soup (and I forget what else) that are also known as "Funeral Potatoes" that are baked.

Cheesy Corn: Frozen corn with cream cheese, cheese and often served in KC BBQ places.

Which do you think would be the best side?

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bragu_DSM 5

8 years ago

baked beans. they will remember you fondly on the morrow.

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shirl36
8 years ago
Oh my what a decision! So how about all three? LOL..your menu sounds like a menu I would make. Seriously tho I would do bake beans or the corn, settling on bake beans.
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8 years ago
Baked beans are a must have with BBQ!
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sushipup1
8 years ago
I agree with Lisa, baked beans and slaw with BBQ, always. But I'd also be happy to have the potato dish with the baked beans. Can you do both? Some people are skittish about beans, so have the alternative.
writersblock (9b/10a)
8 years ago
Yup, another traditionalist here. Baked beans are a must, although personally I'd probably prefer the potatoes.
ci_lantro
8 years ago
40 people--I'd do all three but just plain corn. For the color. Cheese in the potatoes/ don't need it in the corn, too.
mamapinky0
8 years ago
I would do the cheesy potatoes since you already have the bbq sauce for pulled pork.
annie1992
8 years ago
Definitely baked beans for me. I love the combination of BBQ, baked beans and cole slaw, yum.

I'm not a cheese fan, so neither of the others appeal to me, although some kind of creamed or scalloped corn would also be good.

In my family, though, everyone loves the cheese potatoes, regardless of whether they are my homemade-from-scratch au gratin or the frozen hashbrown/soup/cheese mixture, they love 'em all.

Annie
roxanna7
8 years ago
^^^^ LOL!
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Anglophilia
8 years ago
Bakes beans for sure!
Nancy 6b
8 years ago
Our family cannot eat bbq without baked beans!
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8 years ago
Martha, I'm guessing by now you are leaning toward baked beans ; ) Great menu, and what a generous person you are to do such a huge thank you luncheon!
Louiseab
8 years ago
I agree with the beans and potatoes, I also found a recipe for a corn salad with red peppers and such that I’ve been wanting to try that looks really good to me.
artemis_ma
8 years ago
Cheesy potatoes or the corn. I was going to go with the baked beans, but not after reading about all the molasses and brown sugar. Need a side without the sweet...

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