First catering gig

[bigredsmoker]

Some good friends of mine who have had my smoked products have asked me to cater a party for them this Saturday. Will be doing 4 6lb butts, about 125 pieces of Kummoks' smoked Salmon, and 100 ABT's. I am a little stressed. The Salmon and the butts are in the brine and am planning on putting the ABT's together Thursday. Will smoke the Salmon Thursday, smoke the Butts 6 hours Friday afternoon and then put them in the oven. Then on Sat. smoke the ABT's before leaving to the party at 3:00pm. Hope everything goes well. They are expecting about 60 people, maybe a little more......I need a drink!! Wish me luck!!

[westexasmoker]

You'll do great bigred!  Although I'd be a bit stressed out too, kinda like a long tailed cat in room full of rocking chairs!  ;D  Need a drink....I'm thinking the whole bottle might help  ::)  Nah it'll be great and coolest part is your food will be the talk of the party!!  Good luck!

C

[Consiglieri]

I am looking forward to the debrief.  Good luck with the project and hope you find some time to take some pictures. 

[Smoking Duck]

Good luck, BigRed!  You'll do just fine.  Don't forget to have plenty of adult beverages on hand to make it that much easier.

SD

[La Quinta]

That is so kool BigRed...good luck...you'll do great!! :)

[Arcs_n_Sparks]

I need a drink!! Wish me luck!!

Bigredsmoker,

Having that drink for you as I type. Remember, skill overcomes luck; you'll do fine...

Arcs_n_sparks

[Gizmo]

After they are done chowing, whip them up a few pitchers of Corona Ritas.  The tips are sure to get bigger then.   8)

[Consiglieri]

I think Giz is onto something.  Start by plying with liquor all the while telling great smoking stories.  As the personalities start opening up a bit, offer a sneak ABT and a beer.  Tell your best "gotcha" joke, offer another ABT and open the talk to smoked scallops (which ought to be ready in about 30 minutes)...

You get the drift.  Play it like a poker hand knowing you're holding aces with the food!

[La Quinta]

Oh Consigs...you are a crafty one aren't ya!!! :) (I do it all the time!!!) But...with CoronaRitas...I lose my ability to be sly!!! :)

[Consiglieri]

Crafty implies ability and talent.  I just know hungry people want food, and if they can get a bit of everything else in between, then we knock over a lot of stones with one throw. 

There are so many inappropriate  :P analogies, that I'm going to leave it to the collective imagination of the crew. 

But I'll bite: what's a CoronaRita?  Anything more than sal y limon? 

[Gizmo]

A dangerous mixture that was a colaboration of LQ, my wife and myself from a base recipe I heard in a cooking store and then looked up on the internet.  We smoothed it out a bit and of course punched it up at the same time.
Freezing overnight and making a granita makes an awesome treat.

Here is a link to the original post.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=7241.msg73699#msg73699

[Consiglieri]

I like it.  Posted while I had to do things like work; not fair. 

I use lime ade for a special gin fiz recipe, when the occassion suits.  More on that one later. 

[Habanero Smoker]

Looks like you got yourself a nice gig. Be sure to let us know how it turns out.

[HCT]

Sounds like a good plan. Good luck.

[bigredsmoker]

Thanks for the ecouragement everyone. I'm pretty confident today that everything will be great. I am just not looking forward to putting together a hundred ABT's.

Terry