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ladysailor > wrote:

> On Nov 17, 3:54*am, sf > wrote:
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> > The lamb Lin mentioned would be a good start!
> >

>
> The first year we were out cruising we sailed down the coast from
> California to Mexico and found ourselves in Puerto Vallarta for
> Easter. My husband really wanted a leg of lamb for Easter dinner but
> it was way too hot to fire up the oven on the boat to enjoy that
> particular feast. Then, a good friend told us that if we offered to
> make the food, the Yacht Club would buy the ingredients and we could
> use the big industrial kitchen to prepare it all. Great we thought!
>
> The only catch was that we had to put out a sign up sheet to let all
> the other cruisers know of the feast. Little did we know how the
> cruising fleet loves a good feed for a small price and like us, didnąt
> want to use their ovens to heat up their boats.
>
> We ended up cooking eleven legs of lamb for 60 people! We enlisted
> our łgood friends˛ who told us about this great deal as well as a few
> more friends who encouraged this effort. All in all it was great fun
> and a tremendous success.
>
> I believe that my husband used the Joy of Cooking for instructions on
> how to cook the lamb. The rest of us just winged it for the potatoes,
> veggies, salad and I donąt remember what else.
>
> Barb
> s/y Arabella
> www.sailinglinks.com


Sounds like fun. :-)
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