Did I mention BBQs?

Thursdays seem to be the big day for after-class get togethers here.  I suppose folks realize Fridays just don’t draw students in when there’s plenty of bars just down the street.  From the moment I walked in until the sun was down, there was nothing but barbecues in my life.  Five different BBQs went out in three hours, feeding 1250 people varied menus of hot dogs, grilled chicken, burgers, sausages, and all the fixin’s.  That might not sound like a terrible amount, but it stressed the limits of our equipment and support services to get them all out on time and to the right place.  Considering we’ve got the big game on Saturday, I was also in charge of putting them all out alone, with cooks from other units coming in to handle the final on-site cooking.  This in theory would allow the other cooks from catering to prep up for the game (I’m planning on devoting a full week to a blow-by-blow of game day prep for our next game if you are interested in seeing the week-long proccess it takes to feed a stadium of folks for four hours), but they all had other events as well, so it’s another early morning and late night tommorrow.

Who:  1650 people total in the afternoon, which is one-fifth of the schools student body.  Not too bad for a day’s work. 
What: Other than the endless burgers and dogs, we also pumped out such interesting items as tuna carpacchio and mousakka for  events
Tommorrow’s menu:  Lobster bake, hor’douvres parties, and desserts at the museum opening.  And two days of football prep.

~ by amphibolous on September 7, 2007.