The cookie table - Page 5

Irshgrl31201 · ‎03-18-2010

@151949 wrote:
@nun ya wrote:
OMG the cookie table is the best part of the wedding!!!!!!

You got that right for sure. These people don't know what they are missing. I feel certain I have NEVER eaten a store bought cookie at a wedding! It would be a mortal sin !

I grew up in Buffalo and have attended many Italian weddings and the ones I have attended most had homemade cookies too made by the family. A few times the cookies were from Pumpernick N Pastry which had really good Italian cookies too.

I am not even a cookie person but they were really delicious. They were also usually served with a sweet liquor and we did the tarantella.

I hadn't thought about that in a while. What a nice memory!

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shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

No, I've never heard of this - and my brother married an Italian girl. So I guess it must be regional. Around here the Italian cookies get a place of honor at St. Joseph Day altars, which will be on March 19. The cookies are placed in little bags to take home when you visit the altar.

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cater · ‎03-10-2010

Polish cater here and also am part of a team who do wedding and different types of parties all the time. We have done some that the family has decided they did not want to do a cookie table, Also most of the times the families decide they are making cookies and bar type cookies and they bring them in frozen and in boxes and plastic containers and we put them on trays. We have done some events with as little as a couple dozen to as many as 200 to 400 hundred dozen of all home made cookies not one came from a bakery store all were made by the family and friends. Some times it is just one or two cookie tables and then there are some that just about take up one whole side of building wall full of different types of cookies. Makes a beautiful display but there is a lot of work put in by the family to make all these fancy cookies and nut rolls, poppy seed rolls, etc. It is in all of what a person wants to have at their event. Will say in our area of swPa. we do cookie displays not just for a big wedding or event but even at our homes if we are having some kind of a gathering.

Allegheny · ‎03-19-2010

Almost every wedding DH & I have attended have cookie tables. But we are from Western Pennsylvania where it is quite common. We are Polish and Slovak and whenever a family member is getting married we all make cookies.

At our wedding 22 years ago there were ten people baking, myself included and at least 500+ dozens of cookies. Our caterer plated them, but they weren't put out until after the meal was finished.

Our bridal party table was elevated and I remember when it was announced that the cookie tables were open. I laughed and poked my DH and commented to him that it looked like a bunch of ants scurrying up to those tables.

In addition to what is eaten at the wedding everyone expects to take cookies home, so we provided take out containers.

It is a fun tradition, but I think some brides are getting away from it.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

perhaps one reason why people are getting away from cookie tables is health concerns? i have seen so many times on these boards (and in person) where people say they will not eat food that is made by others.......they dont accept gifts of food because they dont know the bakers/cooks habits in the kitchen. a number of posters have said that if anyone gives them a cookie plate during the holidays that it goes right into the trash.

times have sure changed.

our local public schools cannot even do bake sales anymore and they were so popular when i was growing up.

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I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

At many NY "Jewish" weddings and Bar Mitzvah's they have a Vinanesse(sp) table which has assorted sweets and things at the end of the meal

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muttmom · ‎11-28-2012

I grew up and still live in suburban NYC. I've been to more than a few Italian weddings. At most, if not all, there were trays of Italian cookies from specialty bakeries. I've never attended a wedding with homemade cookies or pastries.

I remember my mother saying when she was a child and teen, many wedding receptions were held in church halls. The food was prepared by parish members . It was how the ladies' religious society made money for scholarships and donations.

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

Very common around here. But, as time goes by (now-a-days), it seems as though the younger generations (some/many) just aren't much interested in baking cookies for the bride and groom. Or anyone, for that matter. (lol) I've always enjoyed baking cookies; brings back beautiful childhood memories baking with my mom every Saturday. Oh, and then they sent me around the corner to buy a dozen freshly baked hot donuts every Sunday morning. I'm smelling the aroma right now.......

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missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

Most venues don't allow you to bring homeade food items, because they would be liable.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I am Italian and live in South Central PA. Every Italian wedding that I have been to has a cookie table... All homemade by aunts of the bride and sometimes the groom.

My own cookie table was quite memorable. I had over 500 people at my wedding so my sisters and aunts baked for weeks....in July.

I have also been to Italian weddings in the Philly area and cookie tables are common there too. It's a true labor of love that you bake for family members. No one would think of buying cookies. I've never seen any children paw and touch cookies and even I visited the table when I was a child. All of the work is done on a volunteer basis. No one is made to feel that they must bake.

It's a beautiful tradition. Some weddings that I have attended recently also have a candy table. There are jars and jars of candy and bags to help yourself.