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On Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:08:00 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
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>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


Well done, I rarely cook for many these days. Easier to take them to
the pub However on the 21st have about 21 coming for a barbq but
my granddaughter-in-law and my grandson share the work with me which
is great for us all.