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maybe another dozen or so eggs. 36 eggs for 30 people is just over 1 egg p/person. maybe make another dozen mini cinnamon rolls too. 24 won't give each person one and if they're mini's,i.e. bite-sized people will be milling around popping them like snacks.

did this for 150 people last april. cooked the pork 2 days ahead, cooled, wrapped and refrigerated the pork. saved all the jus separately. day before event sliced all the pork and put it in disposable chafing dishes and wrapped well and refigerated. day of; brought jus to a boil for a few minutes, poured it over the cold sliced pork and covered the pan with tin foil. put into the oven for about 15 minutes to reheat and served. came out great.

a sunday roast joint of lamb with garlic and rosemary, a pan of parslied new potatoes, something grean like spinach or asparagus or grean beans and great big family around the table to share it with.mmmm and chocolate cake.

sometimes i do a small dice of raw potatoes S & P and fry till golden in a wrought iron pan, remove from pan and carmalize LOTS of onions (as suggested already). Toss the whole thing together and brown up a little more. I think they're just awesome like this. Sometimes if i have a quantity of baked potatoes left over, i'll slice these up and do the same. I never cook the onions from a raw state in with the potatoes, they just come out soggy and not carmalized and everything sticks to the pan. +1 @ CJ McD on not stirring till the first layer (bottom) is good and golden.

i need a couple more neighbors so i can expand my farm. most of my friends think it's too dumb to waste time on. want to by my neighbor?

@gastronomeg, mom said the same thing, over and over. LOL

nothing says fall like a giant pot of stew with slow cooked meat, gravy and root vegetables or pot-au-feu

i think a fruit crisp is a must for pud

ya know it depends on how much you want to spend and how often she'll use it. I have a 7 cup black and decker i've had for years and it wasn't expensive either. i remember it being the holidays and my old one, probably a hamilton beach died and i just ran out and picked this one up for about $45 from a dept store, always meaning to get a bigger, better cusinart, but the damn thing just won't die.

i'd keep it as simple as possible. i like 'world eats' due to it's proximity to disney. i also like just 'jimmy's'. you can just hear people saying, lets go to jimmy's! or lets go to 'world eats'. or even "jimmy's world eats".

go to sunbiz.org and look up registered names for the state of fla and find out what's already takes so you don't get your hopes up. (Because at some point you'll want to to register the business as a business, either an LLC or a corporation (C or S Corp).

Jimmy's World Eats is my favorite!

+1 on the quaker oats 'vanishing ooatmeal cookies'. yes, they're still on the box and still awesome. i like to add craisins and raisins. I have added frozen cranberries once or twice in a pinch. they were good too.

also ronzoni used to have a recipe on the fettuccini box for a classic alfredo sauce which was really good.

@sweetiepie, I wondered about lack of fat in the biscuits, too.

Then I read the recipe over a couple of times and noticed that's a lot of buttermilk for 2 cups of flour, and if it's full fat, that adds some. And, 2 whole cups of cheese? That's going to bring a significant amount of fat to the party too.

Overall it sounds like a great recipe. I wonder if i tried it, would I be able to resist cutting in some butter to that flour?

I think she should have been more careful when she first refused your offer to bring something.

I bet she thought she had it under control then re-thought her theme/ options/ amount of work involved, and realized she was overwelmed and reached out for some help. I do think it was a little foreward to ask for something so specific, but what the heck, if you're asking you might as well ask for you really want.

So look the dish up and if it looks like something interesting you'd like to try making, go for it.

If you're still pissed she asked for help after turning you down you have to decide for yourself whether to cut her some slack and make that dish, something else or nothing at all.