Calvin is cooking for 160-180 Boy Scouts and their leaders next
week. I am his sous chef and you can bet
I’m feeding him vitamins, and making sure he wears his seatbelt, and goes to bed
on time so that I don’t become the head chef by default, because that would be a disaster (especially since
we’re cooking without electricity or
running water and have 20 coolers of
food to be moved, monitored, and kept cold).
Calvin has spent the last month computing, price comparing,
and organizing the excel spreadsheets of menus, supplies, and prices. My job has been more of the consulting kind –
like figuring quantities and reminding him what teenagers eat. (And that is why I made 40 cakes and
300 brownies in the last two days.)
This morning we left the house before 5:00 to buy groceries. After 18 hours and several
thousand dollars we have returned. More
than once as we stacked, transferred, moved, and loaded, I thought what a
blessing for Moses that the manna grew (dropped?) beside the trail. Mainly because manna took the guess work out of feeding the masses.
I swear we spent more time in the candy bar and potato chip aisle
deciding upon flavors than anywhere else.
10 comments:
This I know for sure.... you are a saint! They are going to love those desserts and chip flavors, I have no doubts. A big huge good luck to the head chef and his trusty sous chef.
(And 18 hours? You have to be dead. Good sleep ahead.)
Oh my goodness! What a job. Teenage boys are the biggest mystery when it comes to feeding them. Never really being around any, I never realize HOW much they can eat.
Hope things go well!
Wow, what a huge job! This sort of thing stresses me out! I would not be keen on the scale of this project. Randy and I have to provide lunch for Youth Conference next week and that's only 80 people but is out of my comfort zone!!
Wow! I just keep thinking ... I wonder how hot it is there and how do you keep it all temp co trolled?!
Man those scouts are sooooo lucky!!
What a task. You will have to take pictures of the great feast. I am sure those teenagers will eat every last drop. Yum!
Now I know that Andrew is in good hands! Good luck!
Are really are good folks. Wow.
Sounds like fun work :) Can't wait to hear more about it!
I laughed out loud at you keeping Calvin healthy so you don't have to be in charge!!
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