Kellielabs wrote:
> Help. We're doing a spaghetti supper for church for about 200 people
> and are wondering how to cook the pasta and then keep it warm while
> we serve all 200 people. We'll serve from 5 to 6:30 P.M. If we cook
> all the pasta ahead of time, it will get cold. If we wait to cook
> individual batches, it will take forever.

Presumably you will have multiple large pots. Cook the pasta
beforehand to just short of doneness. Drain and reserve. As people
come in, finish batches of pasta by returning it to vigorously boiling
water for a minute while stirring well. Won't be quite perfect, but it
works well enough for your purposes. -aem