Dale P <dalep@yahoot.com> wrote:

>"bulka" <working.artists.working@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> Probably the worst meal I've ever prepared.

I can think of a few past disasters.

Not too long ago, I made what had to be the world's worst martini
for an Important Guest. Ouch!

Today went well, but... we didn't have anyone over. Maybe that's
the trick. :-)

>I feel that I had some dishes that were not up to snuff today. At least the
>turkey and stuffing were great. Some of the dishes were put into the oven
>and set at 350 to get warm for dinner. I guess the oven didn't get very
>hot, as the food was rather cold. I know it was set at 350 and the food was
>in there for about 45 minutes, but the beef, beans and yams were not as warm
>as I would have liked. The helpers got all of the food out of the oven, and
>then by the time we got everyone together and did grace, that did not help
>the temperature! The oven is only four years old, but sometimes when I
>change the temp setting, it does not respond very quickly.

I noticed things not heating as quickly as I predicted also.
Not sure why, I had an oven thermometer and it read about 320,
and I allowed 50 minutes to reheat duck, and bake stuffing and squash.

Perhaps putting too many things in the oven at once slows it down.

Steve