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Default Bringing spaghetti to a school dinner

Becca wrote:
> aem wrote:
>> Find out immediately if they have facilities to boil water. If so,
>> you can cook the pasta, drain it, toss it with a little oil, transport
>> it, and reheat it in boiling water. Pastorio used to claim quite
>> vociferously that pre-cooked, reheated pasta was great. He was blind
>> to reality but it gives you a guideline.
>>
>> If they can't boil water for reheating purposes, I don't have any
>> idea. Maybe there are steam tables and you can use hot, if not
>> boiling water.... -aem
>>

>
> Chris, please be prepared for them to take your well made spaghetti
> sauce, and mix it in a vat with everyone else's. Just be prepared for
> this to happen. Yes, I know it hurts. lol
>
>
> Becca

And, if they're selling dinners they will water it down if more people
show up than anticipated. At least they always did when our kids were in
school.