Yesterday in the cafe, I sold chlil, chili dogs and taco salad.

dawn_mo

dawn_mo

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I was completely uninspired and I wanted easy. The little local grocery that I like to buy my meats from (actual butchers) had a sale on ground chuck.

I sold the heck out of the chili dogs.

During winter, when I would make chili, chili was not a very good seller. People would tell me how good it smelled and then shared their recipe. I just figured out that during the warmer months, people do not want to make chili, but they love to eat it. Yay!

On my menu for the big to do on Saturday, chili, chili dogs and taco salads. Well, also biscuits and gravy (yuck) and pastries for breakfast and the above mentioned for lunch. It is a special event, so I will be swamped. No help, anyone feel like flying out to MO for a short visit?

 
OMG, Charlie you went from a joisey accent to y'all to ole! What is NC doing to you! : )

BTW, I saw your buddy produce pete this past weekend on the air. He is so fun to watch. He is clearly knowledgable about his produce and comfortable being on camera. And he loves his Betty. : )

P.S. My favorite word that I learned when I went to school in NC was "how-do?" Couldn't help but smile when my friends would ask....

 
And I have good ones. Not a Taco Bell taco in this joint.

It's all about the toppings, and I have a ton of them.

 
Off to bed for an hour of sleep. Hopefully.

A special event tomorrow at the antique store. I will be swamped. I don't plan well, so I took an order from the FM last week. 24 cups of potato salad for a FM customer. They brought me plastic containers that were 12 cups each. I of course, lost them, so I had to go and buy new ones. 5 pounds of red potatoes didn't quite make the 24 cups, so I had to make more. Needless to say, I hate fEEEEcking potato salad.
I have to get up, haven't gone to bed yet, in 2 hours, and I have to ask the question....why? Is anyone out there as unorganized as me. I get it done, but the stress I go through is ridiculous. My sisters are all so organized, I seem to have not inherited that gene. Anyone else out there like me? My sister-in-law sets her table at least 5 days before Thanksgiving. HUH? I am the hostess that is running and drying her hair 10 minutes before the party starts. Any tips and help?

 
Dawn, I know how you feel. I am not organized by nature, and it's not going to happen any time soon.

What helps me a little when I have a big dinner or a catering gig coming up is to ask myself what can be done ahead. I don't make a list because I would lose it, but I may make dough and freeze, set up a table in the corner to pile up needed stuff as I think of it--utensils, jars of condiments, etc., so I won't forget them later.

I try to prep one dish as completely as possible before moving on to another--i.e. if it's a salad the greens are washed, everything else is sliced or chopped, the dressing is mixed in a jar, the bowl and tongs are out where I can see them, etc. before I go on to prepping the main course. It helps keep me from getting confused.

I would never want to be the type that sets the table a week ahead, but I've also learned it's better to nix a dish at the last minute and be showered and relaxed than it is to be streaking from the bathroom to the bedroom as the guests arrive.

 
But you can't pin anything to the fridge because it's metal and all the magnets are taken

so you pull a few loose items down to free up a magnet and you have to file them--photos in a drawer, business cards entered in the address book, which you can't find. So you're looking for the address book and the phone rings....

I have accepted the fact that I will lose every list I make.

 
You need the *big* neon Post-it notes. Or a magnetic whiteboard. smileys/smile.gif

Or if I really, really need to remember, I put it in the bathroom. I've even been know to use a post-it as "the pin" and stick a list on the hallway wall so I can't avoid it.

 
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