46 - Wednesday, May 6, 1992 - North Shore News

Preparing for large famil

THUS IS the time of sear
when family reunions are in
the planning stage.

Barbara
NicCreadie

BUDGET BEATERS

Oh, 1 Know there are other sorts
of reunions but for Mose we ex-
pect a bill, bFamily get-rogethers
generally hir on everyone doing
their bit and providing family
favorites,

Traditions are important,

Here are a few basic guidelines
for preparing load for the crowd:

Equipment

You can rent everything that
you could possibly imagine from
outsized barbecues, 50-cup coffee
makers, cutlery and china. But if
you're paring down costs you’ll be
wise to make do with some of the
things you can scrounge from the
family.

For example, most of us have at
least one big Dutch Oven and
roaster. Pieces of “"’ plywood
can be scrubbed and used for ser-
ving trays.

Big tinfoil casseroles are pur-
chased by caterers in bulk and
meant to be disposed. Do you
know anyone in the business? Or
do you know any place that is
hosting a catered affair? You
might be surprised at how many
perfectly good containers get toss-
ed out because it’s too much
trouble to clean them.

When you enlist equipment
from family, keep a list and make
the donor responsible for reclaim-
ing each article at the end of the
day.

Food

Here is a rough list of staples
you'll need and amounts, for 50.
Coffee; (For a 50-cup machine)
— IIb.

Tea: 40 bags (that’s for maximum
consumption).

Meat: (boneless) — 4-02. servings,
12% Ibs.

(bone-in) — 25 Ib.

Salad: Potato: 12 Ib. (8 Ib.
potatoes, 3 doz. eggs).

Green: 5-6 Ib. (Hint: Place let-
tuce, cukes, etc. together on
supermarket scale).

Bread: Large French loaves: 6
Rolls: 50

Butter: 1% Ibs. (double if serving
corn).

Salad dressing: 3 16-02. bottles.
Corn on the cob; Ar least 50 but
break them in half,

Pies: 8.

Chicken Casserole for 24
4 3-Ib. fryers
1) tablespoon
powder
Celery tops
6 bay leaves
F large head of celery, chopped
(tops used shove)
3 large cooking anions, chopped
6 ins mushroom soup
242 fh. dry chow mein noodles
(bulk or packaged)
6 tins sliced mushrooms, drained

chicken) broth

Inoue er two barge stock pats,
summer the chickeas ur water wih
powder, celers feps and: bas leaves
sgl past takes
roughts falta here thes
reach it boat.

Important: Let them cool ar the
broth. Reserve broth OnE may
Want to veda abit to the casserele
Was te be retrigentied overnishe,
The rest makes wander ful soup.

Step meat from chickens and
culo ta pieces. Combine with
remaining ingredients and) season
with sale and pepper. Phas amore
Ts a turkey coaster (anfoil, pur-
chised) or can be divided up in
smaller lots. bor a large dish,
bake 1): heurs at 3S00K but allow
two hours — laree, deep dishes
are tricky to time. Sinaller fots
will be done in about an hour,

This can stand on its own with
aosalad and rolls, Like any other

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Probably the most popular tam
is dish fora crowd un aut botse
ty cabbage codls. Uetore any party,
Pooprepate squads oof then: and
freeze them cooked. Ho you ate
maki cabbage rolls to freeze,
vhoose a recipe without rice mn the
filling for best results.

Ive printed this eecipe many
times before bal it’s so popular,
here tis again. This ume, chourh,
[ve increased othe amounts to
serve LA (or less).

Cabbage Rolls foes Crowd
4b. meat: 2 Ub. sausage meat, 1
\h. ground pork, Poth. lean pround
beef
Note: make these with

You can

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and beet bur thes dust dor do
right with only beet
depes
S cups dry seasoned stulfing mix
or crashed scasoned croutons
Siins undiluted tomate soup
Stins undiluted consonme soup
To min: A hove Dutch Oven or
hue bowl
To bake: A tutkev-sized rouster,
Shatlow, kitchen sanety or bao
tintoil enes,
Cabbage: 40 whole heads,
§-pia bowling ball size.
Wash, core and) freeze for a
week orosa. Thaw in cold: water.
For making this amount of cab-
baze orolis, vou won't want to
have co soften the leaves in boiling
water! When the heads thaw, the
leaves are very pliable and oni
need a bit of trimming at the core
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and therm ture the sides in dike an
envelop. and continue rolling,

Phice seatm-side down, side by
side in ag faree pan. You can make
two hayers bv staggering the colts,
but sists layers are easier to
serve.

Wisk the two soups together
and pour on top. Cover with tin-
foil and fake 2 Sours at 250°F,
Unease: tor he het hour,

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