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Holiday Dinner
Dec. 10th, 2014 03:36 pmTonight is the night of the big holiday dinner at UNH. Prime rib, seafood stuffed cod and rotisserie duck head up the entrees. Assorted sides, appetizers, yadda yadda. And Frozen themed decorations of course because what else would you do this year?
Getting all of this ready was a major endeavor of course. Five hundred forty pounds of prime rib has been sitting in my freezer for several weeks - taking up space desperately needed by stuff we use on a daily basis. But then so is the funnel cake left over from a special event two months ago. The funnel cake remains, but I also got to bring out the 230 loaves of french bread that got ordered because someone didn't know they came in units of 10 so he ordered 40. Lots of garlic bread. And bread for steak subs. And then whatever else the cooks can think of to use it up. That releases two and a half shelves of space intended for various chicken products.
I actually finished all of my usual duties early enough to spend some time filling balloons for the decorating. And tomorrow I need to see if they ended up using those branches they dragged onto my loading dock last week saying they were for decorations. Odds are good I'll end up having to dispose of those.
Yes, the aftermath. Clearing away the debris, dealing with the leftovers. I hope we get huge crowds of famished people who eat everything in sight. We've only got until next Thursday before we close for winter break. Not a lot of time to use up stuff.
I'm so looking forward to a few weeks off. Let my back and hands recover. They've been taking quite a beating lately.
Getting all of this ready was a major endeavor of course. Five hundred forty pounds of prime rib has been sitting in my freezer for several weeks - taking up space desperately needed by stuff we use on a daily basis. But then so is the funnel cake left over from a special event two months ago. The funnel cake remains, but I also got to bring out the 230 loaves of french bread that got ordered because someone didn't know they came in units of 10 so he ordered 40. Lots of garlic bread. And bread for steak subs. And then whatever else the cooks can think of to use it up. That releases two and a half shelves of space intended for various chicken products.
I actually finished all of my usual duties early enough to spend some time filling balloons for the decorating. And tomorrow I need to see if they ended up using those branches they dragged onto my loading dock last week saying they were for decorations. Odds are good I'll end up having to dispose of those.
Yes, the aftermath. Clearing away the debris, dealing with the leftovers. I hope we get huge crowds of famished people who eat everything in sight. We've only got until next Thursday before we close for winter break. Not a lot of time to use up stuff.
I'm so looking forward to a few weeks off. Let my back and hands recover. They've been taking quite a beating lately.
