An Italian Banquet Lunch

A Cold Buffet Feast For Fifty Souls

Cooked for the St Florian Abbey Museum Demonstration

Stefano d'Urbino (Alistair Ramsden)
19
th June AS XXXIII (1999)

(budget) actual

5kg Ham ($30)
5kg (=7½kg) roasting Beef ($30)
($60) $57.25

3½kg Dairy ($25)
500g edam, 500g mozzarella, 500g soft cheese, 1kg ricotta for angel food, 1kg butter, (honey, rosewater)

3kg (=1kg) Rice salad ($10)

1kg arborio rice, currants, flaked almonds, (saffron)

1kg Biscuits ($10)

500g Italian sponge fingers, 500g Dutch almond fingers

1kg Apple sauce and Mustard ($10)
2kg Olive oil, Olives, Pickled Onions and Gherkinsdivers Drinks ($25)

2l (makes 12l) lemon cordial, 7.5l ginger beer, 8l Coca-Cola

paper plates and plastic cups
($80) $84.89

3kg Fruit ($10)
1kg apples, 1 kg pears, 1kg oranges

3kg Vegetables ($5)

3
cucumber, 1 celery, (olive oil, balsamic vinegar)
½kg = 1 dozen Eggs
($15) $11.40

transport

($10) $8.90
3kg (=3) roasted Chickens ($20)
7½kg (=15) loaves Bread ($15)
Vegetables ($5)

2 lettuces, divers herbs

divers Drinks ($20)

3l (makes 12l) watered wine

garbage bags
($60) 61.56
Total 37½kg; 50p x 750gpp = 37½ kg; 60p x 600gpp = 36kg

($225) $224.00