Hick volunteered to grill for the Senior Center on Friday evening. The way that came about is a convoluted tale.
"Me and one of the residents who is 84 years old were talking, and I told her I had a pool. She said we should have a pool party. I said we couldn't do that, but we could have a barbecue."
"WHAT? It's an above-ground pool! You haven't used it in two years. Why in the world would somebody think you could host a pool party??? Like those old people could get out here and go down the steps to POOLIO and get in the pool!"
"That's why I said we couldn't have it."
"So how did that 84-year-old resident schedule a barbecue using federal funds?"
"She didn't. I talk to more than one person, Val. It was the director who decided on the barbecue. And it's not federal funds. She got donations. She's having 60 hot dogs, 40 sausages, and 40 hamburgers. Plus a tray of whole vegetables, like carrots and stuff. And soda and water."
"That's 100 hot dog buns alone! Plus the meat! That's a lot of donations."
"Country Mart is donating the buns, I think. I don't know about the other stuff."
Anyhoo... this cookout is listed in the monthly newsletter of the Senior Center. An evening of BBQ and bingo on the patio out back. I'm happy that the residents upstairs can enjoy some grilled food.
Hick loaded GassyG Jr in the back of SilverRedO on Thursday evening, to take to town for grilling. The whole thing seems a bit sketchy to me. Hope nobody gets food poisoning!!! Hick said anybody who eats at the Senior Center can go. They were supposed to RSVP so the director would know how many people to expect.
Meanwhile, Val is hoping that Hick will receive some leftovers to bring home. It's not like they can keep them to serve on Monday. Legally...
Maybe you will get lots of leftovers. Do seniors really want lots of raw vegetables? Now, I am hungry for a hamburger and a hotdog.
ReplyDeleteHick seems to think there is too much food for the number of people who said they will come. I don't know if seniors want raw vegetables, but you can't just feed them meat, like they're a pride of lions!
DeleteVal,
Delete[L]ike they're a pride of lions! Funny. I was thinking of something like deli potato salads.
I guess nobody was willing to donate that side dish. Hick came home with 6 bratwursts, the accompanying buns, and two bagels with a container of leftover cream cheese. Funny how that is considered a side for a cookout.
DeleteI asked about the vegetables, and Hick said there might have been some carrots, and a bit of cantaloupe, but that was put away and not offered to him. Funny how it was "put away." They can't serve that stuff to the residents on Monday. Legally, I assume...
If the carrots and canteloupe are in the fridge they will keep until Monday. I'm having a quiet giggle imagining elderlies climbing into or out of poolio. Thank goodness that didn't happen.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't saying the food would spoil by Monday. This is a government program for the elderlies, just like the school lunch program for kids. There are strict guidelines to follow, or funding can be withdrawn. Serving the unpackaged food a second time is not permitted. For example, the school could serve leftover tubes of GoGurt, or mini individual packs of baby carrots, the next day. But they couldn't save the hamburgers they had cooked but weren't eaten.
DeleteHOWEVER... Hick said last night that the food for the cookout came from donations the director had solicited. So not sure of those rules. It was an added activity, the cookout with bingo. So even though she used her title to get donations, it does not seem to be a regularly scheduled meal. That said, the lunch on Monday WOULD be such a meal. So no leftovers allowed, I would imagine.
I am especially relieved that no elderlies dived into Poolio, because the cover is still on, covered with last year's and this year's accumulated rainwater and leaves. Hick couldn't use Poolio last year because of his surgery incisions that couldn't be submerged.