[Sca-cooks] A hidden opportunity? (was Dinner at Crown)

[Johnna Holloway]

Before we lost the archives for the list, there were a number of posts
regarding dealing with caterers. One of the large events in Europe even
had a feast report on dealing with German catering trucks for an event 
there.
I don't know if Stephen has this stuff in a file in the Florilegium or 
perhaps
it's in a file waiting to go into Florilegium files.

Johnnae

Daniel Myers wrote:
> Thinking of the old saw about every problem being an opportunity ...
>
> Would some of those on the list with experience in professional 
> kitchens be interested in helping put together a sort of "feast 
> packet" for catering outfits?  I figure if they were handed a bunch of 
> recipes worked out for the equipment and methods they were used to, 
> and already scaled to the right size, that maybe they'd be more 
> willing to make a more authentic feast.
>
> It doesn't have to be incredibly fancy or have a huge number of 
> recipes - just some basics perhaps - meats, sauces, side dishes.  This 
> is something I'd do on my own, but I lack the restaurant experience 
> (my frying donuts and slinging pizzas really doesn't count).
>
> - Doc
>
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