My part in Adamantius' menu- was Re: [Sca-cooks] My Menu for IanandKatherin

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Mon May 15 05:16:49 PDT 2006


On May 15, 2006, at 7:09 AM, Denise Wolff wrote:

> Not only did he get his soup (Chicken, Barley and vegetable), I  
> announced that I made the soup just for him and I would remain  
> nearby to make sure he got his share. He finally, after prodding of  
> others got a big bowl full and sat next to me to eat it.
>
> ::chuckle::

The back story here (sometimes I don't remember what gets posted to  
which list) is that I posted the evening menu to the local group's  
list, hoping people would get a clue that this was really happening,  
and either send in checks before the day or at least give the event  
steward a firm commitment on whether they were coming.

I said that if I wasn't going to find out until 5 minutes before  
dinner if I was serving 15 people or 120, and find out the hard way,  
at that, I was serving everybody Tuna Helper. We discussed the  
different flavors, and I think everybody wanted to try the Creamy  
Mexi-Tuna Skillet Dinner in honor of Cinco de Mayo (I think the  
actual Mexi-Tuna Skillet Dinner wasn't actually creamy; I probably  
combined different concepts from the Betty Crocker website and it was  
more frightening that way, anyway).

In the middle of all this, a week before the event, after  
constructing a menu designed to generate minimal dish-and-pot- 
washing, minimal delay between the service of dishes and courses, all  
cooked on three portable propane burners and a grill, one person  
began to gripe [admittedly, mildly] about a lack of soup on my menu.

As it happens, I did not add a soup to the menu, but Mistress Andrea  
did add one to hers, for the dayboard. The gentle who had requested  
it proceeded to show up late and almost missed it.

Adamantius



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