[Sca-cooks] Cooking Feasts without a Kitchen

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From: Fairy Tale Designs <avrealtor at prodigy.net>
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> I need a bit of advice from all the wonderful cooks on this list:
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>   I was asked many weeks ago to cook Coronation Feast again here in Caid. Doing 
> this is not a problem, except I was told that I will not have any kitchen 
> facilities.  I will have a dayshade or 2, electricity and a water source but no 
> sink.  Also, i live about 1 1/2 hours away from the site so cooking at my home 
> and bringing it there will be difficult. Oh and no refrigeration either.
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>   Besides, telling the autocrats they are crazy :) What advice does anyone have 
> for menu ideas?  I know Their Royal Highnessess well since they reside within my 
> Barony. Prince Sven eats pretty much only pizza (and I joked with him I would 
> just order 300 pizza he was happy said that was ok, but I think I might get in 
> just a little bit of trouble if I did that)  
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>   I will look into buying/renting a big pit BBQ roaster for meats but any other 
> things will have to be simple.
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>   Oh and I don't have to worry about deserts, that will be handled differently.
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>   -Muiriath
>   (just recovering from Caid Crown)
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Hmmmmmmm.....
Well you could use things like electric coffee urns to reheat soup...and you can rent large chafing dishes to also keep things warm, though cooking in them really won't work.  You may find that you have to use coolers to keep stuff that needs refrigeration.  I would also look into doing as much pre-cooking as possible.  That way, you could even freeze some things (stews do this particularly well...and taste better if they've aged a bit!).  Frozen, they will help keep other stuff cold as well.  You could make pies of various sorts that you cook a day or two ahead and serve cold.  There are veggie dishes, like compost, that can be served cool or at room temp...as can salads.  

So far as not having a sink is concerned, you may have to use dishpans...much as most of us do when camping, for those thing that you need a sink for (washing veggies, washing dishes, etc.)  Push comes to shove, you may have to take pots home (or send them home with others to be cleaned).

Hope this helps!  

Kiri