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[Mom2Dogs]

My friend is having a gathering of about 40 people for an outdoor (very casual) event.  Everyone will bring a passing dish, but she was going to provide hamburgers/hotdogs.  She decided not do to that, to many to cook for and to hot to be over the grill.

Can you think of any other sandwich ideas?  I suggested sloppy joes,...she thought about ham sandwiches, but she priced out ham..so that is a no!!   Any other suggestions?

[nada54]

Tuna salad and egg salad?   

[ThinkingOutLoud]

pulled bbq chicken

[MariotaMurielle]

she could prepare a pork roast ( a lot less expensive than ham) in a slow cooker, then shred and mix with barbecue sauce. set up a serve-yourself bar with small sandwich rolls, cole slaw, potato salad, chips. that would be easy and would feed a lot of people.

[RedTop]

Manwich or pulled pork.

[ECBG]

A taco bar or salad bar.

[PA Mom-mom]

@Mom2Dogs  Sloppy Joes would certainly be easy in crock pots, but they may be too "sloppy." I was going to suggest a ham salad sandwich, but mayo and heat don't mix. What about just doing hot dogs in crock pots? She could have sides of baked beans and maybe sauerkraut.

ETA: Delish dot com has a recipe for doing 60 hot dogs in a slow cooker ("Slow Cooker Hot Dogs).

[beach-mom]

@Mom2Dogs - I'm going to something like this too, although we will be a smaller group.

Since it will be hot, I will suggest something cold. Tuna or chicken salad, as @nada54 suggested is good. You could think about something different, like cucumber and vegetable cream cheese on white bread with crusts removed, or how about deviled eggs?  

[mspatmac]

I would avoid any sandwich with mayo because of the heat.  Pulled Pork yum, taco bar, everyone can have what they want.  Hot dogs in crock pots is good and substantial. 

[Sooner]

New Orleans Muffaletta!  It is basically a sub sandwich made with cold cuts, cheese, olive salad, onions etc.  They are great and you could make them ahead and wrap them, put them in a cooler.  

The key is the olive salad!