Saturday, July 28, 2012

Life in My World – Let Them Eat Cake


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.


I’ll keep you posted.

10 comments:

melanie said...

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.)

Deidra said...

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!

Jill said...

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!!

Alisa said...

Wow! I just keep thinking ... I wonder how hot it is there and how do you keep it all temp co trolled?!

Susan said...

Man those scouts are sooooo lucky!!

Nanci said...

What a task. You will have to take pictures of the great feast. I am sure those teenagers will eat every last drop. Yum!

Julie said...

Now I know that Andrew is in good hands! Good luck!

Lucy said...

Are really are good folks. Wow.

Becky said...

Sounds like fun work :) Can't wait to hear more about it!

michelle said...

I laughed out loud at you keeping Calvin healthy so you don't have to be in charge!!