Sheldon wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I have been asked to cook a large Gumbo for an event by my brother. 80
>>>>> quarts to be exact. After much deliberation it is apparent that the
>>>>> challenge is really in preparing the rice. My best estimate right now
>>>>> is somewhere around 15 lbs of rice.
>>> Cooking the rice is the easiest part... wait'll you try to tackle 80
>>> qts of gumbo.
>>>
>>>> Basically, cook it like you would pasta. I tried that with brown rice a
>>>> few days ago and it turned out much better than steaming it.
>>> Do you have any idea what size pot you'll need to cook 15 pounds of
>>> rice like pasta, think cooking 15 pounds of pasta... a small orca could
>>> swim in it... think about 100 quart pot.
>>>
>>> You've obviously never cooked more than 1 cup of rice at a time. RFC
>>> is always hilarious when someone asks about cooking large quantities.
>>> Please don't entertain the concept of how to handle 15 pounds of rice
>>> after it's cooked, I wouldn't want you to have a stroke.
>> I've never cooked more than about 2 or 3 cups of rice at a time, and when I
>> did I wished I had just cooked 1 cup :-)
>
> Whut I said.
>
>> I think one could probably cook it in a 20 quart pot if he did it in 2
>> batches.
>
> The OP probably has one ordinary residential stove... didja ferget the
> 80 qts of gumbo... adn by the time the second batch is cooked the first
> batch has congealed into adobe.
>
>> 20 quart pots are usually very thin stainless steel, or kind of
>> thin aluminum, so it'll have to be cooked with excess water to keep it from
>> burning.
>
> Oh bullshit... you really think commercial cookware is made of Reynolds
> wrap.
>
The OP isn't worried about the gumbo, so I assume he has access to a small
commercial kitchen -- like in the basement of a big church. I actually
have cooked in a kitchen like that a few times. The big pots are about 20
quarts or a little bigger and too thin to do much cooking in; they look
like they are designed to heat lots of water.
What *do* you suggest, smartass? A 200 quart steam kettle? That's
probably not available.
Bob