Sometimes it's Actually Work
So tomorrow, two of my very good friends are having a wedding party. I believe the wedding was a private affair and this represents the community celebration. He's designed the business cards for the venture that this will eventually become; she is my cat's doctor. She is a vegetarian, but for this party, they've ordered over 100lbs of barbecue: 60lbs brisket, 25 lbs pork shoulder, and a whole rack of chicken. My first order this size. So all week I've been hauling cuts of meat, mixing up spices for the rub, and the other chores that go along with this.
I'm getting to the end of my backyard's firewood bounty (which my neighbor calls "God's endorsement of your cue") so I now have to worry about obtaining firewood. Craigslist has lots of people who offer free firewood; it's usually a tree down in their yard and you can have it, if you can haul it off. So, I need a chainsaw. As is my usual style, I want to buy a chainsaw that will last twenty years. I want it to be a professionals' tool. I went with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher.
So I went to the first place that had responded about the firewood. The lady told me that it was at so-and-so address, to go ahead and chop it up. Well, apparently her idea of what constitutes "firewood" diverges a bit from mine. It was a freakin' stick! 3" wide at the fat end. I got maybe 15lbs of wood out of it. I felt like a fool chopping up this twig with a 20" husky. (But it cut the stuff like butter!)
When I get home from work tonight I'm going to have to prep the briskets and shop for the veggie offerings. We're making these killer veggie burgers for the bride. Then, the briskets will go on the trailer at midnight or so. They'll cook all night and until around noon tomorrow, when I'll pull them off, wrap them in cellophane and put them in the warm cooler. The shoulders will have the same treatment. Then the grill can rest until around 4, when I'll drag it over to their house, fire it up again, and throw the chicken on.
So as I said, this is the biggest catering job I've done yet. I'm pretty confident but it's a lot of work.
Oh and the business cards? I ordered them, paid extra to have them here by today. Nope. They're here monday. Dagblammit.
I'm getting to the end of my backyard's firewood bounty (which my neighbor calls "God's endorsement of your cue") so I now have to worry about obtaining firewood. Craigslist has lots of people who offer free firewood; it's usually a tree down in their yard and you can have it, if you can haul it off. So, I need a chainsaw. As is my usual style, I want to buy a chainsaw that will last twenty years. I want it to be a professionals' tool. I went with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher.
So I went to the first place that had responded about the firewood. The lady told me that it was at so-and-so address, to go ahead and chop it up. Well, apparently her idea of what constitutes "firewood" diverges a bit from mine. It was a freakin' stick! 3" wide at the fat end. I got maybe 15lbs of wood out of it. I felt like a fool chopping up this twig with a 20" husky. (But it cut the stuff like butter!)
When I get home from work tonight I'm going to have to prep the briskets and shop for the veggie offerings. We're making these killer veggie burgers for the bride. Then, the briskets will go on the trailer at midnight or so. They'll cook all night and until around noon tomorrow, when I'll pull them off, wrap them in cellophane and put them in the warm cooler. The shoulders will have the same treatment. Then the grill can rest until around 4, when I'll drag it over to their house, fire it up again, and throw the chicken on.
So as I said, this is the biggest catering job I've done yet. I'm pretty confident but it's a lot of work.
Oh and the business cards? I ordered them, paid extra to have them here by today. Nope. They're here monday. Dagblammit.
posted by Steve at 10:28 AM
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