TeonW
Assistant Cook
Ok So I'm like the resident chef on my floor, and The Resident Advisors have just came to me with something that I was sooo wanting to do (though maybe not on such a big scale ^.^ ) and that is to plan and creater thanksgiving for our entire dorm! I've chosen my assistants (basically anyone who knows how to follow the directions on a ramen pack and not burn the noodles (I was amazed btw at how many women fit did not into this catagory) basically theres 360 people in the building, I'm guessing we'll be feeding either roughly 200-250 or maybe as high as 400! (I would love if there is 400!) and the RA has kinda given me free reign to set it up as I please. So here's my ideas:
1. We do like an Iron Chefu! and have each floor prepare a meal, I'll research 12 recipes on various dishes (I'm thinkin 6 different styles of turkey maybe 2 Roasts and a vegetarian dish (though, help me out here, I have no idea of a vegitarian main dish, maybe like a tofu meatloaf?) that way people kinda have a choice as to what the want to cook. (I'm also working with the Health center so I can get the allergy information and plan accordingly. ^.^ In this case I would be looking for relatively simple dishes, with a large difference in both flavor and texture.
Pros: Promotes friendly competition; allows for a variety of dishes that can satisfy many different tastes; easy to see food/mouth ratio;
Cons: will take an extraordinary amount of time to plan, with marinades and such; requires a lot of trust in others abilities to follow recipe's; increased risks of mishaps in the kitchen; may be a lack of attention on other Thanksgiving components.
(I was also thinking about imposing a time limit during the cook and/or prep, just to be sure that ppeople stay within the cooking time)
2. The second Idea is to just split them into the 6 different kitchens and have each of them prepare part of the meal. I think this way will consolidate most of the necessary ingredients. I haven't really gave this way some thought becausse the Iron Chef Idea sounds so awesome! but any other ideas wil be wonderful. I have about 4 other people with recent cooking experience and 1 with a lot of experience, so It shouldn't be very hard to delegate.
This is a pretty awesome oppurtunity to get some good experience, especilally with managing that many people (And 6 kitchens!!)I really hope I can pull it off! any Recipe's that you guys can provide will greatly help cause I don''t want to get recipe's that'll be hard or difficult to follow. Thanks oh so very much in advance, and wish me luck! ^.^
1. We do like an Iron Chefu! and have each floor prepare a meal, I'll research 12 recipes on various dishes (I'm thinkin 6 different styles of turkey maybe 2 Roasts and a vegetarian dish (though, help me out here, I have no idea of a vegitarian main dish, maybe like a tofu meatloaf?) that way people kinda have a choice as to what the want to cook. (I'm also working with the Health center so I can get the allergy information and plan accordingly. ^.^ In this case I would be looking for relatively simple dishes, with a large difference in both flavor and texture.
Pros: Promotes friendly competition; allows for a variety of dishes that can satisfy many different tastes; easy to see food/mouth ratio;
Cons: will take an extraordinary amount of time to plan, with marinades and such; requires a lot of trust in others abilities to follow recipe's; increased risks of mishaps in the kitchen; may be a lack of attention on other Thanksgiving components.
(I was also thinking about imposing a time limit during the cook and/or prep, just to be sure that ppeople stay within the cooking time)
2. The second Idea is to just split them into the 6 different kitchens and have each of them prepare part of the meal. I think this way will consolidate most of the necessary ingredients. I haven't really gave this way some thought becausse the Iron Chef Idea sounds so awesome! but any other ideas wil be wonderful. I have about 4 other people with recent cooking experience and 1 with a lot of experience, so It shouldn't be very hard to delegate.
This is a pretty awesome oppurtunity to get some good experience, especilally with managing that many people (And 6 kitchens!!)I really hope I can pull it off! any Recipe's that you guys can provide will greatly help cause I don''t want to get recipe's that'll be hard or difficult to follow. Thanks oh so very much in advance, and wish me luck! ^.^