[Sca-cooks] Dayboard anxieties

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

Brighid, you will do fine. There is LOTS of food here. No one is going to
go hungry. The only thing you have left to worry about is having servers
to dole it out in smallish quantities, and it will be fine. Do you have a
small ladle for the toasted cheese? I can't guarantee to get it to you but
I can try-- we're on the way to Northern Lights on Friday.

I'm really impressed and I wish I could be there...
-- Jadwiga

> So here I am, two days away from my first major dayboard, and I'm starting
> to get nervous.  Do I have enough food?  Do I have enough of the right kinds
> of food?  Am I going to have to change my name and move to another
> kingdom?
>
> I have been told to prepare for 400, but Mudthaw is a popular event, and it's
> not impossible that the gate will go up to 500.  Here's what I have planned:
>
> 25 lbs pork sausage
> 23 pounds beef meatballs
> 200 hard-boiled eggs
> 80 lbs roasted chicken thighs (served cold)
> 24 lbs savory toasted cheese
> 15 lbs cheddar
> 15 lbs monterey jack
> 2 cases small apples
> 2 cases small oranges
> 10 lbs baby-cut carrots
> 8 bunches celery
> 1/2 gal. each black and green olives
> 4 gal. dill pickles
> 1 gal. pickled cabbage (time permitting)
> approx. 90-100 lbs bread
> butter and honey for bread (separate)
> 6 lbs quince paste
> 3/4 gallon cider sauce
> garlic sauce w/ walnuts
> dried dates (5 lbs?)
> 20 doz. anise bizcochos
> 20 doz. almond jumbals
> beverages: cold water, lemonade (from mix), pomegranate drink
>
> I'm also planning some kind of bean dish for the vegans.  Maybe the
> Andalusian lentil dish from the Miscellany, or something with chickpeas.  I'd
> prefer to have something that doesn't have to be served hot.
>
> I still have money left in my budget, so I can add more items or increase
> quantities if necessary.  Observations?  Advice?  Comforting last words?
> This is my barony's biggest annual event, and the royalty will be there, and I
> really don't want to screw this up.
>
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa   jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
"The tumult and the shouting dies/The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice/An humble and a contrite heart."
	-- Rudyard Kipling, Recessional