feeding 12 time management help

adouglasmhor

Farway wrote: »

That's what you get with monks :rotfl:

I got caught out there didn't take long either.

cobbingstones

Thank you all so much. I'm just nervous about cooking professionally.

MM

ubamother

- yep pies will do it every time - think nice school dinners from the 60s - every monk and nun I've ever met (and yes, I've met lots!) had an incredibly sweet tooth and a penchant for crumbles, pies etc. with custard. I bet mince and dumpling style dishes would go down a storm as well.

lindab15

Like everyone's already said, I think good home cooking is the order (sorry !!) of the day.

I love 'The Dinner Lady' cook book - by Jeanette Orrey, can prob get it from the library now. She inspired Jamie Oliver to do his school dinners campaign.

It's full of good, solid, home-cooked recipes like pies, stews and yorkshire pudding / toad in the hole, plus some good puddings and cakes. And the ingredients are listed to serve either 4 (family) or 96 (school dinners). So very good if you've got a glut of Friars (or whatever the collective term is ?? Answers on a postcard !). The Moussaka using potatoes instead of aubergine is lovely.

Good luck either way, but the book (and its follow-up - Second Helpings) is def worth a look. I use both regularly.

thriftlady_2

bullet wrote: »

Taken from my 1940's cookbook:

Ooh thanks for this menu plan Bullet -I love stuff like this. I'm printing it off for my food file;) More menus please if you can manage it?:T

anguk

thriftlady wrote: »

Ooh thanks for this menu plan Bullet -I love stuff like this. I'm printing it off for my food file;) More menus please if you can manage it?:T

I've got a great book that belonged to my MIL called "Practical Cookery For All" and it's full of old-fashioned recipes and menu plans, judging by the photos in it I think it was printed around 1940/50. It's a great book to just sit and read. It's out of print now but there's a few marketplace sellers on Amazon selling it:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000N7I1BA/ref=sr_1_olp_21?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1222211947&sr=8-21

It has menu plans for the whole year similar to the ones bullet posted, eg.
Autumn - 1st week:
Sunday - Breakfast: Grapefruit, grilled ham & tomatoes
Dinner: Roast Goose, apple sauce, baked potatoes, brussel sprouts, apple charlotte
Tea: Mustard & cress sandwiches, sponge cake, lardy scones
Supper: Soused herring, cheese & celery salad, stewed blackberries and blancmange

Monday - Breakfast: porridge, grilled kippers, fresh fruit
Dinner: cold roast goose, celery salad, potato croquettes, baked apples, bread and butter pudding
Tea: wholemeal bread and honey, almond cheesecake, madeira cake
Supper: giblet soup, fried croutons, cheese souffle, cold cabinet pudding

Tuesday - Breakfast: cereal, croquettes, fried mushrooms
Dinner: stewed oxtail with carrots, turnips and potatoes, cabbage, greengage tart
Tea: tomato sandwiches, shortbread, fruit cake
Supper: parsnip soup, corned beef and salad, fruit jelly, cheese and biscuits

Wednesday - Breakfast: porridge, bacon, apple fritters
Dinner: shepherds pie, brussels sprouts, steamed apple pudding
Tea: brown bread and jam, chocolate swiss roll, biscuits
Supper: oxtail soup, fried croutons, cauliflower cheese, trifle

Thursday - Breakfast: porridge, scrambled eggs, stewed fruit
Dinner: roast rib of beef, roast potatoes, greens, yorkshire pudding, stewed damsons & custard
Tea: watercress & fish paste sandwiches, treacle parkin, wholemeal scones
Supper: mushroom soup, grilled herrings with mustard sauce, pear fritters

Friday - Breakfast: cereal, sausages & saute potatoes
Dinner: cold beef, beetroot salad, potatoes baked in their jackets, semolina pudding
Tea: wholemeal scones & butter, blackcurrant jam, genoese fancies
Supper: herb soup, poached egg on toast with herb sauce, stewed plums & junket

Saturday - Breakfast: porridge, potted meat, tomatoes
Dinner: Corned beef, rice & cutney, brussels sprouts, baked apples and golden syrup
Tea: bread & butter, lettuce, swiss roll, queen cakes
Supper: fried fillets of haddock, anchovy sauce, julienne potatoes, fruit salad & cream

paddy's_mum

Collective nouns ... ?

A challice of churchmen
A surplice of priests
A chant of monks
A brethren of bishops
A sandal of friars
A vestry of vicars


(Think perhaps I'd better join Penelope Penguin and get my coat!)

bullet_2

No problem Thriftlady!:

Autumn Second Week:

Sunday: B: Grapefruit, bacon and egg, toast and marmalade
Roast loin of pork, roast potatoes, cauliflower, baked apples.
T: Watercress sandwiches, buttered scones, walnut cake
S: Vegetable soup, cold tongue, mixed salad, fruit flan.

Monday: B: Cereal, boiled egg, stewed figs.
Cold pork, mashed potatoes, apple fritters, jam pudding.
T: Sardine sandwiches, madeira butterfly cakes, biscuits.
S: Onion soup, fried cod, fried potatoes, fresh fruit salad.

Tuesday: B: Porridge, onelette, toast and honey.
Stuffed hearts, boiled potatoes, kale, date pudding.
T: Toasted crumpets, brown bread and butter, Victoria sponge.
S: Grapevruit, cornish pasties, mixed salad, jam tart.

Wednesday: B: Cereal, fish cakes, fried tomatoes, stewed prunes.
Lamb chops, cabbage, mashed potatoes, semilina pudding.
T: Tomato sandwiches, currant buns, date bard.
S: Lentil soup, curried vegetables, honey apples.

Thursday: B: Porridge, bacon and mushroomsm toast and honey.
Faggots, cabbage, roast potatoes, blackberry fool.
T: Brown bread and butter, girdle scones, jam, biscuits.
S: Cauliflower soup, stuffed eggs, salad, chocolate pudding.

Friday: B: Cereal, fried tomatoes on toast, stewed apples.
Onion soup, baked halibut, mashed tunip, cheese straws.
T: Anchovy sandwiches, lemon cake, iced buns, biscuits.
S: Hors d'ouevre, herb omelette, cauliflower, ginger pudding.

Saturday: B: Porridge, boiled egg, toast and marmalade.
Luncheon meat, mixed salad, potato salad, jam puffs.
T: Buttered toast, honey, fruit cake, biscuits.
S: Celery soup, braised ham, carrots, coffee creams.


Winter Second Week:

Sunday: B: Porridge, kippers, toast and marmalde.
Braised pigeons, cabbage, baked potatoes, plum pie.
T: Sardine sandwiches, coconut cake, eclairs.
S: Tomato soup, fish pie, salad, jam tart.

Monday: B: Cereal, omelette, stewed figs
Game soup, leeks au gratin, jacket potatoes, sago pudding.
T: Cress sadnwiches, brown bread and butter, orange layer cake.
S: Braised jam, boiled potatoes, brussel sprouts, marmalade pudding.

Tuesday: B: Fruit juice, fish cakes, toast and marmalade.
Lamb chops, cauliflower, roast potatoes, fruit pie.
T; Toasted buns, brown bread and butter, honey, biscuits.
S: Pea soup, macaroni cheese, spinach, sponge pudding.

Wednesday: B: Porridge, boiled eggs, stewed fruit.
Fried hake, fried potatoes, frozen peas, ginger pudding.
T: Wholemeal scones, jam sandwiches, caraway cake.
S: Herb soup, ravioli, cheese souffle.

Thursday: B: Cereal, bacon and egg, toast and marmalade.
Stewed steak, boiled potatoes, masHed swede/turnip, apple charlotte
T: Tomato sandwiches, scones, swiss roll.
S: Hors d'ouevre, fish au gratin, carrots, treacle tart.

Friday: B: Cereal, kedgeree, stewed prunes.
Vegetable casserole, herb puddings, jam pancakes.
T: Brown bread and butter, Yorkshire tea cakes, ginger date cake.
S: Potato soup, fried plaice, fried potatoes, salad, welsh rarebit.

Saturday: B: Porridge, mushrooms on toast, stewed apples.
Cabbage with sausage meat, jacket potatoes, orange fritters.
T: Cress sandwiches, scones, honey, fairy cakes.
S: Celery soup, soused mackerel, spinach, trifle.

Will copy more later.

spaghetti_monster

Wow - that's a lot of food! For me it's one (or one and a half) meals too many!

Although I think OH would be delerilously happy to get such a big breakfast, tea AND supper!

anguk

alex_w wrote: »

Wow - that's a lot of food! For me it's one (or one and a half) meals too many!

Although I think OH would be delerilously happy to get such a big breakfast, tea AND supper!

It does seem like a lot of food and I certainly couldn't eat all of it but I think back then people were more active and had more physical jobs than we do. I'm sure I read somewhere that they ate more food and had more calories each day but were slimmer than us.