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Patrick 06/09/05 |
A group is starting to volunter at a soup kitchen. We have to prepare a meal for 100 - and have access to the kitchen for only 1 hour prior to the meal. Any suggestions? Would like to do pasta but not sure I could boil the pasta in that time frame? Thanks |
ellen 06/09/05 |
First of all, if you have only one hour cooking time, find out if you can store premade or prepped items in the cold room or refrigerator earlier. Second, how large is the work group and is it stable, or does the membership change every week? Third, do you have an institutional serving line, or is it serving from a table? Also, find out how others are doing it. With this time limit, they may be bringing in all the food already prepared. What menus? Cold foods? Hot foods? I always include a cut up fruit dish and a dairy dish for homeless cooking; vitamins and calcium are in very short supply on the street. Also some good large cookies or bars that can be taken away. Teeth are bad, meats should be tender-cooked. One reason why cold cuts/ sandwiches are popular. Pasta is good, but only possible in this time frame if it is pre-cooked and rewarmed. I suggest you look in the big pots section spaghetti page for the baked pasta and sausage recipe, it might be good. |
Pam pam@zoomtown.com 06/20/05 |
vegetable tray and fruit bowl for 50 people I am having a shower for my daughter. It is only 6 days away. Iwould like to know how much vegetables I would need to make a tray to feed 50 people? I would also like to know how much fruit I would need to make a bowl of fruit to feed 50 people. I am sending this letter on 6/20/05 and the shower is 6/26/05. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
ellen 06/20/05 |
Go to big pots, the planning session and see the fruit tray and the veggie tray section, this info is already posted. You want about 6 ounces ready to eat fruit pieces and about 3 ounces ready to eat veggie bites. |