[Great Hall of Rockwall] Feast or Famine?

[Cskatlady at aol.com]

well hello there Abraam, 
a bit of history in the kitchen?  You are a master of  understatement
 
Okay, more thoughts on this thread 
 
we have at least three Nescos,   that will handle at least two  batches of 
stew.   If the freezer is still available at Wolf's Bane we  pre cook the 
veggies and meat we can store it there until we need to start  thawing.  
 
so we could still do stew for maybe half of the hungry crowd.
 
the rest could be cold sandwiches, brats, homades, mac & Cheese.   I can get 
sandwich peppy, salami, maybe ham for the sandwiches.
 
Brats at 13.50 for 10 #. the "count" is 3-4 per pound.   When the plant 
handles the brat stand at charity things, they charge  $2/brat, and usually sell 
everything they take.  if it works for them, it  should work for us.
 
HOmades are 22.50/10# box,  
 
sandwich meat will vary. and there is still chance we could get some of it  
donated or at a discount.  
 
Astridr
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/3/2007 3:15:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
kirsh01 at clearwire.net writes:

Greetings unto the shire,

OK, I admit, I have been  lurking.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I was just
looking over  this thread, and decided to offer my 2 cents.  So, welcome 
or  not,
here it is ;). 

As some of you might remember, I have a bit of  a history in the kitchen.  
Here
are my thoughts.  First, I  wouldn't try to reheat the stew in one big batch. 
Splitting it up into  20qt batches would be quicker.  Second, the stew doesn't
all have to  be heated at once.  I would aim for trying to heat 2 20qt  
batches
early.  When they come up to temp, pull them and hold them in  your
Nescoes/crock pots/chafing dishes.  Once those are empty, you can  reload for
round two.  You would only need 2 burners, and would be  rotating what was
warming up.  If you started the process around  9:00am, you should be fine.  I
have found that when I am running out  of time to reheat, cranking up 
the burner
works only if you stir  continuously.  If you are short of holding pans, 
walmart
sells the  cheap wire/foil chafing dishes that use sterno to heat.  I  would
recommend setting up a water bath for the thicker items like stews to  avoid
scorching. 

Anyway, those are just some thoughts from this  peanut in the gallery. 

Abraam Samuel ben Jucef
(M.K.A. Lyle  Kirshenbaum)


 



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