On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:35:41 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito >
wrote:

>My 22 qt roaster came with a 3 canister steam table attachment. You put
>water in the roaster and then added the steam table gizmo assembly...
>turning the roaster into a keep warm dealie with 3 containers. My guess
>is good for keeping food warm for fair sized groups. Last I used mine was
>(2003) when my office moved to a new building and we fed around 100 at a
>changing buildings party. Mine was 1 roaster of many roasters full of
>things like soup, veggies, mashed spuds, rice, lumpia and chicken wings.

The roasters I saw growing up had the steam option too, but the only
time I ever saw it used was for the PTA's fund rasing "Hot Dog Day."
The moms would set roasters up in the school gym. Some roasters would
have the hot dogs and others would have the buns. We'd bring in our
little manilla envelopes marked with our order and filled with the
proper coins a few days before. On the event day the teacher would
give us our validated envelope and we collected out hot dogs and
chips. I don't remember what condiments were available. It was
always a day we looked forward to. As bad as it sounds it seemed
better than having to carry a lunch and seemed like we were "living
large" for the day.

Thanks for spurring the memory. I probably haven't thought about this
for 30 years. Looking back I remember some kids didn't have the coins
to participate and had to eat their PBJ's (sigh) I vaguely remember
there were extras for the kids that didn't have coins or a lunch. It
makes me wonder how many other sad things I've repressed.

Lou