Steal this menu: Buffet-style, locally sourced, Eastern Shore wedding picnic

Guest post by Guinlilly

My fiancee and I have been working on the menu with my dad, who is a chef and will be preparing the food with some of his chef buddies. Living on the Eastern Shore (Maryland/Delaware) we want to incorporate a crab feast and pig roast with Smith Island cake at our reception. And since my fiancee is a brewer for Dogfish Head, we'll be having Dogfish Head beers, local beer from Evolution brewery and our own homebrewed beer and homemade mead.

Here's our buffet-style Eastern Shore picnic with all food and drink sourced locally:

Eastern Shore Steamed Blue Crabs

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Bought directly from the watermen in Chincoteague Island, Virginia.

Eastern Shore Oysters

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Eastern shore oyster photo courtesy of OystersOnline.com
Also bought directly from the watermen in Chincoteague.

Whole Roast Pig

That Smells Good!

Fried Chicken

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kaffir lime fried chicken © by Andrea_Nguyen, used under Creative Commons license.

Potato Salad

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Potato Salad © by NatalieMaynor, used under Creative Commons license.
We're doing a four-potato salad using sweet, purple, Yukon, and Idaho Potatoes.

Caprese salad

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Floating Island Caprese Salad © by bhamsandwich, used under Creative Commons license.

Italian Wedding Soup

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weddingsoup © by land_camera_land_camera, used under Creative Commons license.
To represent our shared Italian heritage.

Blueberry Cheesecake

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Blueberry Cheesecake © by upto6only.com, used under Creative Commons license.

Two kinds of Smith Island Cake

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smith island cake © by shoresheila, used under Creative Commons license.
Lemon with raspberry jam and buttercream and red velvet with cream cheese icing.

Homebrewed Beer and Mead

homebrew table

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