[Sca-cooks] Vigil in a Hotel

[Lonnie D. Harvel]

Usually, when a hotel says "no hot food" they mean that you cannot serve 
hot food. So you will have no need for heating anything.

Whatever...

This past April I hosted the Con-Suite for Costume Con for about 4 days. 
The welcome room had a microwave, so we used theirs as needed. Wal-mart 
has cheap microwaves for $59, they take a while to heat something. Food 
was kept hot in either my commercial chafing dish (of which I only have 
one) or in the disposable ones I picked up at Sam's Club. You can get 
half-pans with the disposable chafing sets, so you can put two warm 
dishes in each. Each night when we went full swing, I had my commercia 
round one and two disposable ones with one divided in half. This allowed 
me to have four warm items at a time. We averaged about 100 folks an 
evening.

Aoghann

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> As i've already posted to this list, i'm preparing food for a Laurel 
> Vigil which will be held during our Kingdom Twelfth Night (on Friday 
> before all the courts, plays, competitions and displays). Our Twelfth 
> Nights are often held in hotels, so there will be no on-site cooking.
>
> In fact, it turns out that i'm cooking for Vigils for *two* Laurels 
> who are sharing the food and welcome room. The hotel has said "no hot 
> food" - so i am having this visual image of filling up a bath tub with 
> steaming water and warming food in plastic baggies. I have a new crock 
> pot and will probably borrow another one or two for warm beverages.
>
> As i've posted to the list, it's Andalusian/Arabic and Spanish, but 
> since i've gotten the "go ahead" from the second to make her food, i 
> may toss in some English recipes, since she is interested in both 
> Outre Mer and English culture. I'll probably make a cheese tart or 
> two, since most of the Spanish that is suitable for making finger 
> food, and for serving in a hotel bedroom, is sweet, and i want to have 
> a balance of sweet and savory. Hmm-mmm, maybe i'll serve some cheesy 
> goo in a crock pot to keep it gooey...
>
> Keeping food cool isn't a big problem as we can bring in coolers. But 
> heating food is tricky.
>
> Anyone have any other suggestions for warming food in a hotel room 
> besides crock pots and the bath tub? I don't own a microwave (and 
> neither does one of the Laurels) and furthermore, i don't know if they 
> use too much current to use safely in a hotel room...
>
> Anahita
>
>
>
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