[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference turris::cooks

Title:How to Make them Goodies
Notice:Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski
Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

4040.0. "Suggestions for 40 person breakfast?" by MSDOA::GUY (Do you really read this?) Tue Mar 28 1995 15:33

    I am going on a retreat weekend coming up in April.
    
    Particlulars: 
    I need suggestions for Breakfast for the Sunday morning. 
    We will be feeding appx 40 Adults and children.
    There will be 3 people working together to prepare.
    We will have a normal size refrig. and stove w/ oven.
    We need fairly fast, fresh, and have appx $50.00 to spend.
    We do not need to make a  7 course breakfast, as people will
    be traveling back home appx noon.
    
    Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name
DateLines
4040.1An easy solutionbugsy.zko.dec.com::MENARDnew kid on the COMMON blockTue Mar 28 1995 17:1813
    When my [grandmother's] family gets together for a reunion, it's
    always at a retreat, and each family group is responsible for one
    meal during the weekend.  We seem to be drawn for Sunday morning
    breakfast every year, and we do pancakes with bacon.  (As an aside,
    we'll also use up any eggs left over from the morning before for a 
    few cooked-to-order breakfasts - first come, first served, of course ;-) )

    We use the pancake mix because:
	1) it's easy
	2) needs no refrigeration
	3) my family has no class anyway ;-)

	    - Lorri
4040.2MPGS::HEALEYKaren Healey, VIIS Group, SHR3Wed Mar 29 1995 09:157
    
    Brunch casserole (make ahead, the night before) and sausage, baked
    in the oven.  
    
    Or, continental.  I love bagels and cream cheese!
    
    Karen
4040.3Brioches ? Kedgeree ?XSTACY::GRAINNEsignal (SIGCUBE, SIG_IGN);Wed Mar 29 1995 15:3610
    If you'd like something a bit different, what about individual (mini)
    brioches filled with flavoured scrambled eggs ? You can make the 
    brioche dough the night before, allowing it a slow rise overnight
    in the fridge. You could flavour the scrambled eggs with mushrooms,
    chives, ham, smoked salmon (well, probably not for 40 ...) etc. I
    make this with a rich scrambled egg recipe, made with cream cheese
    and single cream rather than milk.
    
    Or what about kedgeree (sp?) with haddock, hard-boiled eggs, etc. ?
    
4040.4ADISSW::HAECKMea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!Wed Mar 29 1995 16:162
    Brioche sounds interesting.  I don't see it in the index note (5.*)  Is
    it known by another name or spelling?
4040.5XSTACY::GRAINNEsignal (SIGCUBE, SIG_IGN);Thu Mar 30 1995 07:4118
    RE: Other names for brioche
    
    I'm afraid I've never seen it called anything else in European or
    Australian cookery books, but it could well be called something else in
    America. Its an enriched yeast dough, cooked in a special brioche pan
    with fluted edges, and with a 'top-knot' of dough on top. Standard 
    brioches are cooked in loaf-sized pans, you can also get
    individual-sized brioche pans which are about the size of the
    compartments in an extra-large muffin tin. They're sold in most
    'French' bakerys and some general confectionery (sp?) shops over
    here (Ireland.) You might possibly find something under yeast cookery 
    and bread baking (either in this conference or in a cookery book.)
    
    I have several recipes, mostly from French cookbooks or bakery-oriented 
    cookery books. I'll try to remember to bring them in tomorrow, if
    you're interested.
    
    
4040.6ADISSW::HAECKMea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!Thu Mar 30 1995 11:076
    Thanks for the further discription.  Yes, if you are willing, I would
    certainly like to see a recipe.  It sounds like something that could be
    made ahead of time to some degree.  I am always on the lookout for new,
    easy or make-ahead, wholesome breakfasts for the kids.
    
    Debby