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On Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 4:08:06 PM UTC-4, 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


LOL. How about Standing Rib Roast for 3,000? It's actually a peace of cake once you're set up for it. I like to pull that rabbit out of the hat and wow people. Except it's not really a wow thing. Just chuck those rib roasts into a couple of rotating ovens and Bob's your uncle.