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jmcquown wrote:

> On 7/7/2019 4:08 PM, 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
> >

> Leo, if I neglected to say so before I'm saying it now. It sounds
> like you single handedly cooked a meal for a crowd that was very well
> received. Congrats on the well deserved sit down and rest after all
> that work.
>
> Jill


Agreed Jill. It read like a lovely event!