Although I was not one of the original cooks it seems a friend by the name of Charlie got me involved and I cooked the corn for a number of years.
As Charlie points out we got old although not as old as some. Cooking is hard work and back then we did it because we liked to cook. The thing is we would cook all day Saturday and then come Sunday there would be a huge mess to clean up with very little help. I've always observed that those who complained the most did little or no work and would show up with no food expecting to get feed all weekend. The thing is we have moved out of Texas to the mountains of Colorado so we will not be going to OTR (ya I know it now called something else). My suggestion is to figure out what was allocated in the fee for Saturday dinner. Find out what it is going to cost to have BarBQue catered. Deduct the old cost bump it up 15 - 20% to be sure there is enough food. Anyone complaint tell them it's they and those like them who never help. Bruce Charlie, party on... Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 10, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Charles Loving via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > Cooking is work. And I think that became obvious to our last head cook and > there is little in the way of recompense other than a pat on the back. That > only works for so long. And like I have said I was head cook for many years > and retired. Felicia Vreeland was my second in command and ran a very tight > ship. The whole idea started moons ago when we decided to have a caver cook > off at a ranch in Wimberly where the old UT Grotto guys showed up. I know It > isn't a Grotto. There were about 20 guys there and they all cooked what they > wanted to and enough to feed the crowd. We even had stuffed jelly fish, which > won first prize. It was pretty much fun. Lots of food and lots of BS. The > next was a real OTR and I know I call it by the wrong name. That was > Luckenbach the first OTR and there were maybe a dozen cooks. After that the > group got bigger because there was some competition as to how eclectic we > could get in our menu. Most everyone prepared 20 pounds of something. That > kept up for at least 20 years. And as time passed some of the cooks actually > died. Some got too old to cook and other just moved away. The core held on > for awhile and then they decided to pass the baton. Twentyfive years without > many new volunteers was not inspiring. > > I have done a few events since then with catering. I always used someone I > knew really well to cater. I grew up with Jim Mosley and his brother in law > and ate at their house and remember the Dellwood Cafeteria with Jimmy's ice > sculptures. Long gone and long ago. His son did the HEB Thanksgiving feeds in > SA and was excellent. He did a couple of weddings for me and they were great. > Lots of food and variety. But I lost contact with them and all their eating > places have closed. But I am sure someone knows a good caterer who would > understand the drill. You give them a menu and they prepare it. I always > think three meats and as many salad and veggies as possible and perhaps the > cavers make the deserts? This is just an idea. BBQ works as well as Mexican > food. There are some great BBQ places in and around Fredicksburg and San > Antonio is a bastion of Mexican food. Ed Alexander once upon a time catered > Luckenbach with enchiladas in 1970. But he is gone now to the cave in the sky. > >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> Currently TCR doesn't have a head cook, or menu. There have been complaints, >> rumors and talk about this subject. It seems there are three options: (a) >> fend for yourselves, (b) caterer, (c) volunteers come forward to cook. >> Each has its benefit and drawbacks. I need to get a feel for options. >> >> Discuss: >> >> >> --Tex Caver >> >> >> >> --Don >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> > > > > -- > Charlie Loving > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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