Pineapples are common fresh in Honduras and Belize... That's Caribbean..
On 25 August 2011 15:53, Terry Holsinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, we only have 7 weekends till TCR IF we count this one. > > We need to get this menu figured out quick. > > We need to figure out exactly what DISHES (recipes) we are going to have > and who is going to cook what. We need to test cook those dishes unless it > is something that the cook is used to cooking, and need to make sure the > different dishes fit together somewhat as a meal, sort of. > > Stef, home-made sausage is out, no time, we still need to go and > select/collect the cow, kill the cow, butcher said cow, figure out how to > cook a WHOLE cow (not just the choice bits) cook said cow, and also make > sausage out of the other bits (also remember this will be a lean range feed > animal so low on the fat content, same as the wild boar we SHOULD be getting > , also will need to go and get that) and at the same time figure out the > rest of the menu, purchase ingredients, prepare ingredients, and get out to > and set up at the site (fill propane tanks, service cookers, haul trailers > out, set up tables, find servers, etc,) then feed 500 folk on site. Not > really enough time unless we all have all the weekends free till then and I > know "we" don't. > > > Sandi has given us two "side dish" options so far > > > "Congri arroz: Cuban black beans and rice dish. Cheap, easy, and > vegetarian. Often served with fried bananas/plantains. > > Jamaican cornbread: Spiced version of cornbread with coconut in it. Had it > at the Jammin' House Cafe in Marble Falls. I can prob rip off the recipe." > > Clearly we are looking at cooking some Beef and wild pig, but how, and what > else for a main? Chicken? Fish? > > Are we going to have appetizers (sausage bits?) for the line before (to > help keep the grumbling down)? > > Desert may be Matt's suggestion of pineapple upside down cake. (Pineapple > is pacific ocean in origin, correct?) > > Leaves the whole rest of the menu open...... > > Terry H. > -- Go find out! -Heather Tuček UT Grotto NSS 59660 (512) 773-1348 [email protected]
