Senior Barbecue

1. make a sign-up sheet
2. before you shop see how many people are signed up
3. MAKE A SHOPPING LIST!!
4. Find someone with a car and a few hours on their hands.
5. Good luck.

Meat:

• 1 lb. rib-eye steak per person (buy a big slab at Hilltop Butchers in Saugus and have them cut it into 3/4 inch steaks)
• 1/2 lb. chicken breast per person (big bags at Hilltop)
• huge bottle of barbecue sauce

Chicken Marinade (night before):

• bottle Italian dressing per five pounds of chicken

1. cut breasts in half
2. remove excess fat from chicken
3. turn pieces in tub of Italian dressing and marinate over-night in fridge
4. cook on grill, basting with barbecue sauce and turning often.

Steak Marinade (night before) (approximately 1 recipe per 6 lbs steak):

• 1 cup soy sauce
• 3/4 cup water
• 4tbs. Sesame Oil
• 1/4 cup ground sesame seeds
• black pepper to taste
• little less than 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 onions (thin strips)
• 1 bunch of scallions (minced)
• 5 large cloves (not heads!) garlic (minced--easier to buy pre-minced)
• 1/2 square inch of ginger (minced)

1. mix it all together!
2. dunk in water for an hour or two
3. turn pieces in tub of the stuff and marinate over-night in fridge
4. cook on grill

Potato Salad (this recipe serves twenty):

• 10 lbs. potatoes
• 4 cups mayonnaise
• 8 ounces miracle whip
• 2 large green onions
• 1 1/2 tsp. sugar
• salt
• pepper
• 12 eggs

1. boil potatoes (unpeeled) until soft (can stick fork into potato easily)
2. boil eggs until hard-boiled (10 minutes after eggs are in pot and water is boiling.
3. eggs and potatoes can be stored in fridge over-night
4. peel potatoes
5. cut into 1/2 inch cubes
6. dice eggs
7. chop green onions
8. in a separate bowl, combine spices, sugar, miracle whip and mayo
9. pour mixture into potatoes, eggs and green onions and mix well

Drinks: A two-liter per three people (one diet, one sprite-type-thing).

Cakes:

Barbecue Stuff:

• charcoal
• lighter fluid
• foil
• aluminum bins for marinating steak and chicken

Other suggestions:

• bread and butter
• corn on the cob

Important shopping information:

• buy soy sauce, sesame seeds and sesame oil at oriental store
• buy steak and chicken at Hilltop
• buy veggies at Haymarket (much cheaper than supermarkets!)
• buy other stuff at Purity (note--don't attempt to pay with a check, its a major pain in the ass)