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| Dutch Oven Cooks |
Last Friday I did a little Dutch Oven cooking. With the help of two other guys, we fixed
dinner for 62 people. It was for a
nature center which I’m involved with and we cooked for the board of directors
(which I’m on) and staff and family.
Dinner included chicken, pork, potatoes and onions (with bacon), sweet
potato casserole, root vegetables (beets, parsnip, carrots, onions, etc) and
two kinds of cobbler (one apple and two cherry, all served with ice cream). The sweet potato casserole and root
vegetables were new dishes and were made to satisfy the vegetarian crown. We had 12 ovens going at one time or another. Topping off the meal were a dozen or so
growlers of beer from a local micro-brewery.
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| Sweet Potato Casserole |
I need to do some catching up on blogs (and blogging) as I’ve
been incredibly busy the last few weeks.
Yesterday I got my boat launched—the mast looks really nice—and the day
before I was in Detroit for a ball game and the Tigers lost and I could have
probably sailed my boat home with as much water as there was on the
highway. The game went to 10 innings and
we got out just in time, soon after getting back to the vehicle, the clouds opened. Both of the events could become stories, but
I am not sure I’ll get around to it. Have
a good week.
You seem to be a multi-faceted person!!
ReplyDeleteI love Sweet Potato and that dish looks yummy....
Long time I have been here but so what? I have returned, have I not?!!!
Glad to have you back in these parts!
Deleteha fun stuff all the cooking...and it looks very nice...and i imagine quite tasty as well....taking in a detroit game...would love to do that some time myself....good to hear from you...i think it is the nature of summer to be busy...
ReplyDeleteI wish I could get to a Pirate game--they're hot this year.
DeleteThough I'm not a sweet potato fan, this looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Tigers are surely a joy for you this summer. All Minnesota Twins fans are envious....
Well, the Tigers didn't pull it off last Thursday!
DeleteA little? Wow, you all are hired! You have now made my mouth water.... You all look to be having fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the offer... just in case you didn't read the fine print (we bring our own contracts), we expect to be paid in advance (yeah, right, sure thing)
DeleteYou had me at growlers of beer! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's some good stuff!
DeleteI am not familiar with a dutch oven so I looked it up. The first definition on the Urban dictionary was.....not what you wrote about, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lot of fun, something I'd love to do if my family were not so interested in simply eating out.
Okay, I must be part cat because you got my curiousity up and I had to check out what the urban dictionary had to say about Dutch Ovens and no, I wasn't saving up gas under the sheets! Gee, just the thought of that takes my appetite away. The examples of saving it up for your spouse was questionable because I didn't think they allowed Jr. High Students to marry and who else would be talking about such
Delete62 people? Wow Sage that's great. And how did you know I love anything sweet potato and all root vegetables but beets--just can't!
ReplyDeletepia
well, we did have beets, sorry, but you're in luck, I didn't save you any :)
DeleteI'll bet that was just delicious eating! My dad had one of those cast iron dutch ovens. I would have never thought to put sweet potato casserole in that.
ReplyDeleteIf you bake it, you can cook it in one of those pots!
DeleteAnd you did this of your own free will?
ReplyDelete:-)
I'll bet it was wonderful!
Pearl
Yes, I did, in the hopes they'd be cute wait staff running around in black pants and white shirts... :)
DeleteI'm impressed! That's a lot of cooking!
ReplyDeleteIt's fun but it's not even near the maximum number I've cooked for-when out west I once cooked for 200
DeleteI've rabbit-trailed my way to your blog and wanted to say that I enjoy the variety of topics here. I especially like your "shelfari" book reviews.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that sweet potato casserole made in the dutch oven looks wonderful. There's something about the rustic nature of those heavy pots serving up delicious foods that drives up an appetite : )
that sounds like a major undertaking, the menu sounds good too
ReplyDeleteYou are multi-talented my friend!
ReplyDeleteThat meal sounds so darn good...