On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 10:08:06 AM UTC-10, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> I singlehandedly cooked dinner for ten. Big deal you say? I used to
> cook dinner for three hundred for Ducks Unlimited. But I had lots and
> lots and lots of help.
> I cooked three sides of pork ribs, three boxes of chicken Rice-A-Roni,
> shucked, snapped and boiled six ears of corn for twelve pieces and made
> a Cole slaw for twelve. I used three glass casseroles to pack three-rib
> sections into and baked at 250F for three hours and fifteen minutes. I
> could have used a little more time, but it was fine.
> Then I individually separated the ribs into 42 pieces and painted each
> one with Bullseye.
> I chose to tell everyone that it was buffet style and collapsed in my
> La-Z-Boy while they served themselves. Oh, I also washed every damn
> utensil and casserole as they became available while I cooked. I
> encouraged everyone to eat more at any opportunity. We still have some
> of everything left except the corn.
> That was a one shot deal. I'm too old for this.
>
> leo

Congrats on living through that. My step-mom's son and family are coming over from Sweden and I have to do my part in feeding this crowd. Perhaps I can make them some funny sandwiches with only one slice of bread and some kind of dairy product and some pickled fish. Nah, I'll just throw some laulau in their general direction and hope for the best.