An Italian Banquet Lunch
A Cold Buffet Feast For Fifty Souls
Cooked for the St Florian Abbey Museum Demonstration
Stefano d'Urbino (Alistair
Ramsden)
19th 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