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> December 30, 2006 It
went well – meal was delicious.
Luckily the Gilman family and
another adult with them showed
up to serve – they are very
interested in helping out on a
regular basis. They did a great
job.
We had about 35 guests.
Unfortunately since it was the
servers first time doing it, so
I was trying to help them set up
while finishing dinner (there
were 5 of them only as servers)
and we missed putting out a sign
in sheet because we were kind of
late getting all set up.
No desserts; luckily I had
cleaned out my freezer and
brought several, and Maggie sent
some stuff as well.
Tell the next serving team to
bring plastic knives, we are out
of them.
Kelly
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> December 09,, 2006 It
went really well. The
number of people that showed
up to help with serving the
food was a little comical -
probably 15 people or at
least it seemed that way.
They brought desserts and
were very helpful. After
they finished with the
serving, the parents helped
out in a big way with the
clean up, which made a
difference.
The count I was told was 24
adults and 10 children, but
it seemed like more, because
we went through a lot of
food. We had a lot of take
homes (probably more than
40) and we ran out of food
by 5:40pm.
We had for dinner:
- Baked chicken with fresh
herbs and garlic (about 35
pieces). There's none left
in the HNM Food Pantry.
- Meatballs in a chili
sauce/grape jelly sauce
(about 300 balls)
- Spiral pasta (over 6
pounds)
- Black-eyed peas in apple
vinegar w/corn, onions &
scallions (non-Taco Bell)
- Take-home was beef stew
(about 2 cases of cans),
which we spiked with a lot
of fresh vegetables.
- Bread sticks & fruit
salad were also served.
I see us as back in the
kitchen on January 22nd. If we
don't cross paths, I hope
everyone has a great Christmas.
John Tobin |
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> December 2,, 2006 Kerry
made awesome baked chicken, we
also had rice pilaf and mixed
veggies w/ soup salad & bread.
Very cute
JV basketball team from
Briarcliff came to help
serve and clean up. They
recorded about 25 guests.
Found lids to
take out containers in the
white cupboard next to the
window.
Jennie
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> November 24,, 2006 I
didn't get the exact count, but
I'm sure it was between 25 and
30. We made tossed salad, ham,
mixed potatoes & yams, and peas
& carrots.
It went very well. People
seemed pleased, and there were
lots of servers, especially
children.
Hope you had a good
Thanksgiving.
Robert |
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October 28, 2006
Thanks to the many
wonderful people who
cooked and served on
October 28th. i
enjoyed my
unexpectedly short
stay at Loaves and
Fishes and I am
sorry I could not
stay to serve
dessert. However,
the end of my night
was even sweeter
than the grilled
peaches. My wife
gave birth that
night to a beautiful
baby girl named Ava
Noelle. Her three
brothers are tickled
(and soon to be
overwhelmed with)
pink. Thanks for the
warm wishes!
Vin Andrews |
We had 35 guests
and about 35 take outs this past
Saturday. Numbers are
approximate, but generally it
was a good turnout. My
understanding was
that there were about 7 kids and
about 10-15 seniors.
The menu was the country ham,
chicken cacciatore, mashed
potatoes, canned mixed
vegetables, apple sauce, home
made chicken vegetable soup and
dessert was grilled peaches.
We had three servers show up and
they worked well. One guy had
to leave (Vin Andrews), because
his wife's water broke (#4). If
you hear what he
had, let us know. There was a
bit of speculation as he
currently has three boys and we
were wondering if he will break
his streak.
We brought half a pot of soup
and the hambone (make stock)
back to HNM Pantry to store for
Midnight Run. If it gets in the
way, let us know and
we'll move it. Hope you enjoyed
your vacation and thanks for the
call.
Have a good week.
John
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October 21, 2006 Dear Fran:
Saturday went very well. We
served homemade chicken soup,
penne with meatballs and spicy
tomato sauce, fried green
tomatoes, Italian bread,
mixed-greens salad, and cookies
and cake for dessert. We served
about 40 guests, and gave out
another 50 take home dinners.
All prepared food was consumed.
The serving team showed up on
time and did great work.
On another note, I did not see
the supplies in the pantry, so I
did not bring anything over to
the kitchen. As well, the Pastor
of Trinity stopped by to let me
know that they "cleaned up" the
kitchen, and are now asking that
we do not store anything on the
metal rolling cart, nor keep too
much foodstuffs in the room at
any given time.
Take care, see you around. Hang
in there.
Peace,
Deacon Steven |
> October 14,, 2006 We
had 25 guests with 5 kids at
pres. church. served chicken
cutlet..gravy..baked
potatoes and peas..salad...
Steve, there is a bunch of
paper supllies inside the
door at storage room that I
left..there was dinner at
trinity so I could not drop
off, table clothes...foil..knives
etc, please bring
over..there are frozen
meatballs in freezer and
plenty of other
supplies brownie mix,
veggies...rice mashed
potatoes and more baked
potatoes you may want to use
up
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> September 23,, 2006 We
had 24 guests. The menu was:
pumpkin soup
chicken stir-fry with rice and
salad
various desserts
Take out meals included chicken
stir-fry, rice, salad and the
pork & beans you brought over.
We couldn't find any plastic
knives. Can you get more?
Fiona
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> September 9,, 2006 made
chicken parm/pasta/peas/salad...27
guests inc 6 children..12
take-outs |
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> September 4,, 2006 We
served: homemade minestrone
soup, baked beef rigatoni with
salad and bread. Dessert were
homemade brownies and cookies.
It went great except that there
were only about 25 guests. The
rain and wind must have kept
them away.
Dorothée |
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> August 26, 2006
36 guests and we went through a
good amount of food.
We had corn chowder that perhaps
was a little to spicy for some
tastes (used a lot of corn at
Trinity).
We had chicken cacciatore and
spaghetti for the main course.
Dessert was fruit cocktail with
whipped cream and cinnamon.
Take home was Dinty Moore beef
stew spiked with the spicy corn
chowder. We went through about
a case and a half of the stew.
The serving team (Bobbi and Dave
Family) were great and did a
great job.
We need dish detergent and
Brillo pads. We brought extra
take home containers over.
It was a good day.
John
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> July 22, 2006 Dinner
menu: apple juice, water - ham,
corn, peas & green beans,
watermelon, soda, brownies,
cupcakes (prepared by serving
team from Holy Name of Mary)
Approximately 25 guests were
served; most also took food home
Thanks,
Cathy |
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> July 15, 2006 We had
about 35 guests. We served fruit
salad as appetizer, chicken pot
pie & salad and then assorted
desserts.
There was some weird scheduling
thing with the server schedule
though. We had our own server
team in place (which worked very
well) but random other people
(one family and two sets of
teenagers) kept showing up
expecting to be serving as well.
We didn't know about them or
expect them, and it didn't work
at all since we already had more
than enough of our own servers.
So just to confirm, when the All
Saints team is on, we'll supply
our own servers.
Fiona |
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> July 7, 2006 We had a
great response on Saturday.
Almost 50 residents came for
dinner, and they ate everything
we gave them (salad with
veggies, juice, beef stew, rice,
cookies). I took most of what we
needed from the pantry, and
spent about $50.00 on the fresh
ingredients. I will send you my
form and receipt. We did have a
serving team show up as well.
Peace and prayers,
Deacon Steven
St. Augustine Team |
> July 1, 2006
We had 18 adults & 4
children join us for
dinner this past
Saturday. As you
well know, we had a
wonderful team of
chefs who prepared
another delightful
meal.
Ed did it again by
creating a wonderful
gazpacho soup
as the starter. Joe
followed up with a
recipe that his Mom
use to make which
included chopped
meat and an
assortment of
veggies. A
batch of white rice
was also made to
complement the meat
dish. Peaches were
served as the
dessert.
Take home included
the breaded chicken
that we found in the
freezer along with
canned
raviolli.
Our guests were
certainly pleased
with the entire
menu.
Unfortunately, there
was a bit of
confusion behind the
scenes for a
short period of time
when we finally
realized that our
serving team was
MIA. Thank
God for the turn out
by our cooking team
as a few of us
stepped in as
servers. All in
all, the day was
tremendous
especially when
Rocco
prepared his very
own lunch dish for
the team. The day
was truly a success
in spite of the
surprises...
God Bless Us All.
John Tobin Team
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> June 24, 2006
had 34 guests, 6 kids, 5
seniors, 10 take-outs, made
chicken/garlic mashed
potatoes, mixed veggies,
need pepper, started using
peaches as dessert and they
were a hit ,more in storage
room.
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> June 10, 2006
We had 30
guests. We served baked
chicken, corn on the cob, and
pasta with oil, garlic, cheese
and peas. It was a big hit.
Had enough for take-homes.
Plenty of servers. Thanks.
Maggie
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> June 4, 2006
We had 31 guests in the rain
+6 take outs. Made pasta,
sausage, salad, need to take
over salad bowls this week,
all other paper supplies are
there
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> May 20, 2006 We had 33
guests, 5 take home...6 were
children.
The meal was chicken, garlic
mashed potatoes (which were a
surprise hit) green beans and
salad. |
> May 13, 2006
Our menu was fresh
Artichoke, Vegetable
soup (the artichoke,
cauliflower, spring
vegetable medley,
chowder, soup), Italian style, BBQed hamburgers
(mozzarella and tomato
sauce on top, sides of
garlic rice with corn,
peas and onions and
apple sauce, and a fruit
cup.
Take home was meatballs
and spaghetti (meatballs
using the ground
turkey).
There were also take
home bags of groceries,
including a lot of fresh
vegetables.
Cooking team
There were 31 adults and
6 children at loaves and
fish last evening.
Michelle Horvath
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> May 6, 2006
20 guests, balance of food
taken up to Peekskill shelter.
St. Augustine team |
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> April 29, 2006 We had 28
people - 21 adults and 7
children. We served Italian
sausage and peppers, pasta salad
with veggies, green salad, bread
and cookies/brownies which we
brought (i.e. there was no
dessert crew though I hadn't
expected one as Claire said they
usually did dessert as well as
dinner). No complaints about the
food and lots of take home
dinners were wrapped up for
people as we probably had food
for 60! Kelly Thomann, Renee
Ivanoff and I cooked the sausage
and peppers which Kelly bought
so she might give you the
receipts.
MBP |
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March 18, 2006
There were about 30
people for dinner.
I don't have the total,
the serving team does,
so that will be up
shortly.
We got a donation of
two big boxes of bread
and desserts, which were
given out as part of the
meal and to take home.
Two bowls of dried
fruit were put on each
table. Dinner was a
dense veritable soup,
meatballs and pasta in
tomato sauce, green
beans and onions, and
cold fruit salad.
The meat balls were made
with 9 pounds of the
ground turkey in the
plastic rolls, more of
which are in the
freezer. We used this
one other time with poor
results, but the heavy
flavors in the meat
balls were enough to
make it tastie.
Take home was Franks and
Beans, and the
leftovers.
We also gave away 24
bags of groceries for
take home. Each
contained 2 cans of
tuna, 1 can of prepared
pasta, 1 can of ice tea
mix, 1 bag of brownie
mix, and 5 double packs
of shampoo.
The metal take home
containers are terrible;
they take forever to
cover and constantly
come apart; no one that
has to deal with them
likes using them.
The serving team was
having a hard time with
them too. If we could
get the one-piece
Styrofoam containers
again,that would be
great.
FYI. If you go to
Ossining Bakery if you
need bread crumbs, they
will sell you a 5# bag
for $5. The John Tobin
cooking team.
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March 11, 2006
We served over 40 meals! The
weather was beautiful and we
ended up having to set up a 7th
long table to accommodate
everyone!
We
made chicken thigh and
drumsticks with BBQ sauce - rice
and beans and salad. We had a
full house in the kitchen - the
Ricciardis (Mary Kate, Kyle and
Erin and myself) and the
DeMartinos (Deacon Steve, Dylan
and Hunter) Deacon also brought
a friend from St. Augustine's.
The Cub Scouts came to help
serve and we had a HUGE food
donation from the family of the
Sleepy Hollow boy who drowned.
We
made 25 take home bags of food
including sandwiches, bagels,
muffins, cheese.... It was
really wonderful. |
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March 4, 2006 We served
26 people tonight at loaves and
fish. It was a lovely meal of
chili and hot dogs.
There were 5 children, 10
adults and 11 seniors.
Everyone had a take home
meal, and some had 2. |
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February 25, 2006 We
had a big crowd, many servers
and a great meal was served
Saturday at Loaves and Fish.
We had a total of 34 guests
26 Adults, 3 Families, 8 Seniors
A meal of green salad and
butter and bread, London Broil
with buttered noodles, broccoli
and green beans was served to
most appreciative crowd.
Homemade brownies and cookies
were served with tea and coffee
for dessert. The tables looked
especially nice, set with
candles and beautiful flowers
donated by Croton Florist.
18 take home meals were
distributed. We were not able to
give out as many take outs as
requested and no groceries were
available for distribution.
We had a large serving team
which included guest servers
from Croton Cub Scout Pack 28
Den 10, "The Tiger Cubs".
Many hands made for a light
load and break down was a
breeze. We were done in record
time 6:20 |
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February 19, 2006
We had about 30 adults, and we
served baked ham, mixed
vegetables, a tossed salad, and
a baked potatoes/yam dish. For
dessert, there was strawberry
shortcake.
Thanks,
Cathy |
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January 30, 2006
The serving team served 21
people.
The meal was Fresh Potato Cream
soup, Spaghetti with Sausage in
tomato sauce, green beans with
garlic and chicken broth, Garlic
Bread and hot Fruit Salad. Each
table had 2 bowls of dried fruit
(cranberries and figs), juice
and coffee and a lot of
dessert. Anticipating a turn
out like last weeks, we made
enough tomato sauce and pasta (8
pounds) for 40 people, there was
an enormous amount of left over,
which we packaged up and handed
out to all who wanted it.
There were 24 take home bags
prepared for the guests, each
containing 2 potatoes, a box of
cereal, one can of a pasta
dinner, one mixed vegetables and
a jar of peanut butter. Two
cases of the Coffee drink were
given out to who ever wanted
them. |
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January 21, 2006
We served - I believe- 39
guests. We made hamburgers-under
the broiler, mixed veggies,
salad and bread.
I
know there are other bags still
in the pantry freezer. But Jean
Marie showed up with bread so we
just served that instead. I know
that I had taken 2 boxes of
burgers and bought 80 rolls and
we served everything. (Actually,
we had 8 frozen burgers and
rolls left which we gave to one
of the families with kids that
came
Have a great week. Thanks for
ALL you do!
Luann |
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> January 14, 2006 25 GUESTS 6
KIDS 4 SENIORS
julie.fran@verizon.net
SPAGHETTI & MEAT SAUCE,
SAUSAGE PEPPERS/GREEN BEANS.
.MAGGI'S TEAM COOKED
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> January 7, 2006 We served
24 people tonight and had a bountiful beef
stew with noodles! It was delicious!
6 children, 10 adults, 8 seniors. Everyone
took a take home dinner, too.
Happy New Year,
Marie Manner |
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