[Sca-cooks] Recipe and menu ideas wanted

[grizly]

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2)  I want to "one-up" my supervisor.  We plan parties/special lunches
around the various holidays.  I work with adulis with {profound & severe}
developmental disabilities.  Most have either problems with chewing &
swallowing or have no teeth.  With summer here, her idea of the "good menu"
is sloppy joes, tater tots, baked beans, chips and maybe a cookie.    I'm
thinking to suggest pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw {cut finely, like KFC}
jello salad and "sorbets"  {fruit slushies}.   Usually the budget is ~$75.00
to feed 30 - 35 people.

I need to tap the brains of the greater collective here!
Thanks!
Caointairn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Any of a number of ground meat pasties comes directly to mind, like pies of
parys.  It's basically ground meat in crust.  Sloppy joes is saucy ground
meat in a bun.  Same same.

Tater tots can become croqueti using seasoned mashed potatoes and breading.
More work, but better tasting and more interesting.

Baked beans can become a baked pea dish from Scully's neaploitan cusine
(onions and
cinnamon)http://franiccolo.home.mindspring.com/fasoli_napolitana.htm.

Let 'em have the cookie if shrewsbury cakes aren't adequate.

It's a mix of modern and period that could be a fun meal.  Now that I've
looked at it, I'm starting to ponder a grilled meat (pork/lamb/suasage) with
this menu for a summer cookout next weekend.


niccolo difrancesco