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[grietje at wolvesbanemanor.com]

in my haste to respond while still half asleep I didn't reply to the  
list, so...

Kids' meals are easy. White bread, PB&J, chips, soda/lemonade. Voila.  
Or, hot dogs and mac'n'cheese. Either one they'll be happy with. In my  
experience the simple OFFERING of kids' meals is enough to have  
parents bowing at one's feet.

I have an 18qt roaster with no lid that we can use for serving, and if  
we cover it with foil it can certainly be used for heating. (The lid  
went AWOL at the Coronation back in '01...)

Remember, we've done a full three-course feast (four dishes per  
course) for 150+ by cooking ahead (28 pies, dozens of ravioli, gallons  
of stew...) over the course of a month or so. It *can* be done. It  
ain't easy, but it can be done--and people gape when they find out  
*how*.

And considering what I was originally told (by the autocrat in the  
first early emails she sent me) we should consider serving (brats,  
chips, brownies, soda)--I think we've already raised this bar  
considerably. :-)


Quoting daniel davis <danieldebear at yahoo.com>:

> OK, Just so I understand we need to prepare for 450 people.  50 of   
> which are children who somehow expect a special kids meal.  We will   
> need 80 quarts of beef stew and about 40 quarts of veggie stew.  We   
> will need 10 seets of cornbread and the same of browines probaly   
> more.  We can not use the kitchen, We can not set up outdoor cookers  
>  to prepare the stews. Yet we have to bring 120 quarts of pre made   
> stews and soups up to a safe serveing temp and hold them there while  
>  we serve.  A standard Hot plate or any eletrical heater will not do  
>  it.  It will not have the capacity.  To not let us use the kitchen   
> is makeing this impossible.  Will they at least let us bring up the   
> stews to a boil at serveing.  I have a 40 qt. pot and an 80 qt pot   
> we could use and then just bring home for cleaning to cut down time   
> in the kitchen.  We will have to meet at Wolfs  the weekend before   
> and cook bread and brownies and it will probaly be an all weekend   
> project with home equipment.  We will need to
>  set a time limt on lunch as we have to keep the hot food at a safe   
> temp.  I do not know how the brats will be prepared but this is a   
> hell of a lot of sausage and w will have to get it hot there.  I am   
> sorry to be so blunt but this has turned in to a huge project and I   
> can not understand how they expect us to accomplish this without a   
> kitchen.
>   A mildly frighted Lord Daniel.
> George Reichard <gmreichard at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> For those that want more info
>
>
> First the number of people has gone up,
>
> we heard four hundred last year and they sold out
>
> also 30-50 childrens meals
>
> cooking on site ...they do have stoves and such available, but   
> becuase of feast being prepared,cooking time, clean up   
> time,.........We will most likely have to precook anything we can .
>
> (my part) $$$$$$$......we said $5 a head ...we were told 15-16% goes  
>  to the landlord..we said ok, that makes it $4.20-4.25 a head
>
>
> food...so far beef stew,veg stew, hot dogs,corn bread, white bread   
> ,cheeses,fruit,cookies,brownies....we do not do beverages.....we do   
> need final menu and ingedient list soon so they can post it.
>
> we will need to get cooking(haha) sometime end of Nov.......have an   
> estimate for Feastocrat to ok, so checks can be made out for shopping.
>
> donation gladly accepted...(anybody have half a steer)
>
> See you at Wolvesbane
>
>
> Martin
>
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