Cooking 2016
Dec. 13th, 2016 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hazelchazI mentioned a couple of months ago that I was cooking easy-to-combine dinner portions. What else have I been cooking this year, besides dinner? Well, lunch, to begin with...
This year I've been doing something at work I call "Hot Food Wednesdays." I would set up a crockpot the night before, and then lunch is ready for a crowd of people. Or, I'd come in that morning and use my roaster oven. It's a lot like cooking for room parties, except the timing is trickier. My go-to recipe is my Carnitas recipe.
Room-party-wise, this year I did a few more "Taco Parties" at conventions, but it's turned into a lot of work. One thing I learned in 2016 is that you can plug in seven crockpots into the same circuit in a hotel room. But you can't do ten.
For room party sponsors, last year I'd been promoting MidAmeriCon II, the NOLA in 2018 Worldcon Bid, Girl Gamer Gathering, and Loscon. The Worldcon's over, New Orleans lost the vote, GGG isn't coming back any time soon, and I only do Loscon at San Diego cons and Baycon. So lately I've just been doing "A Bear's Picnic," where I focus on serving foods that are popular and easy to serve, generally centered around the PBJ Deluxe Bar.
And I've been baking. To be continued....
This year I've been doing something at work I call "Hot Food Wednesdays." I would set up a crockpot the night before, and then lunch is ready for a crowd of people. Or, I'd come in that morning and use my roaster oven. It's a lot like cooking for room parties, except the timing is trickier. My go-to recipe is my Carnitas recipe.
Room-party-wise, this year I did a few more "Taco Parties" at conventions, but it's turned into a lot of work. One thing I learned in 2016 is that you can plug in seven crockpots into the same circuit in a hotel room. But you can't do ten.
For room party sponsors, last year I'd been promoting MidAmeriCon II, the NOLA in 2018 Worldcon Bid, Girl Gamer Gathering, and Loscon. The Worldcon's over, New Orleans lost the vote, GGG isn't coming back any time soon, and I only do Loscon at San Diego cons and Baycon. So lately I've just been doing "A Bear's Picnic," where I focus on serving foods that are popular and easy to serve, generally centered around the PBJ Deluxe Bar.
And I've been baking. To be continued....
