Dinner Concert Success!

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Last night my church had a concert. We have about 5 every year and Im the chef / cook. Its an evangelical church.... and a small one at that. Our maximum capacity is around 175. But we are the only church in the North Chicago area that has a coffee house and concerts.
Well thanks to YOUR recipes, the dinner was a SMASHING hit!!!
We had Greek Lemon Chicken on a bed of fresh spinach, garlic mashed potatoes with sweet potatoes mixed in, and fresh corn off the cob.
I got the recipes from our site, and the folks could not be happier!
Thank you everyone!!

 

[DampCharcoal]

Congrats, Sush! A coffe house and concerts? Sounds like a pretty cool church!

 

[lulu]

Hurrah! Don't you love it when things go well!

 

[mad_evo99]

You cooked for 175 people?!? Awesome! The most I've done so far was just a Thanksgiving dinner for 7

 

[shpj4]

I can't believe that you cooked for 175 people and it all went so well! Good for you!

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

Yup. It went really well. A bit of Romomo cheese and it was good.

 

[kitchenelf]

OK - I routinely cook for an organization - usually 50 - 75 people. Can you post links to the recipes sush? This sounds like a winner combination!

Don't you love it when a meal of that magnitude turns out great? It also leaves you wonderfully exhausted!

 

[SierraCook]

Sushi, you should be very proud. Congratulations!! It always makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside when I cook for others and it turns out to be a success.

 

[mish]

Way to go, Sushi. Congrats! Sounds delish.

 

[Michelemarie]

Great job Sushi! The menu sounds fantastic!

 

[candelbc]

Nice work! Sounds like it was a hit...

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

FOr the mashed potatoes I used these two threads:
http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f18/best-potatoes-for-mashed-potatoes-29613.html?highlight=mashed+potatoes

ANd

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f24/roasted-garlic-mashed-potatoes-29172.html?highlight=mashed+potatoes

We used 70 pounds of red potatoes and 14 big sweet potatoes. Eight garlic bulbs, and about a gallon of heavy cream and 8 pounds of butter. I made a total of 7 batches. That was the hardest thing about the dinner.

The Greek Lemon Chicken was from a combination of 2 threads:
http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f15/baked-greek-chicken-5911.html?highlight=greek+chicken

And This One:

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f15/greek-chicken-tnt-19015.html?highlight=greek+chicken

We used 68 pounds of chicken breast, 7 cups of lemon juice, 10 pounds of lemons, 3 gallons on olive oil. 1.5 gallons of plain yogurt mixed with oregano salt and pepper with fresh parsly. Baked the chicken with the oil, salt and lemon. Put a dalop of the yogurt on top.

And NOW...... the corn! We chopped off the corn of 20 cobs. Then we stopped that, and used canned corn. We mixed the canned and fresh after the fresh was cooked. Then I just added salt and butter.

We used plastic utensils and thick disposable 3-tier plates.