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[teachingld2004]

I am having 10 people over, that makes 11 including me. I want to make some "american food". All I have is one small microwave, a little toaster oven, and a 2 burner stove. And yes, a rice cooker.

I am making spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs will stay hot in the rice cooker. (no rice this meal) I will make a bunch of salads. I just want to know if anyone has any ideas about what I can cook and leave out.

I would like to make pizza, but that is not possible, tiny oven, and cold pizza is not good, and neither is microwaving it. 11 people. Any ideas?
Thanks.

[UknowsI]

Make burritoes. You can buy frozen tortillas at Costco or HomePlus. I haven't found proper seasoning, but you can just experiment. Meat and vegetables are of course available anywhere. I have found sour cream at Costco and Emart. Since you just have to keep the meat hot and the vegetables can stay cold it's fairly easy to make for many people. I have had problems finding good cheese for burritoes. Regular Korean cheese works fine if you melt it, but that's too much hassle if you are 10 people.

[prideofidaho]

You could do mini-pizzas as apps. I made a few at a time (two mini pizzas could fit in my oven) and served them cut up and my friends and I enjoyed them with drinks before we actually ate dinner.

Rather than spend time making pasta sauce, I used pesto (bought a big tub at costco), prosciutto, and sliced mozzarella.

Also, sounds like you're doing an Italian theme, so you could nix the whole pizza thing and make a nice garlic loaf. If you live in Seoul I know the perfect place to get bread for that.

[Xuanzang]

The rice cooker could be used to make a hearty soup.

[teachingld2004]

Thanks. I can not get to costco, bu tSaturday I am going to the foreign food market in itaweon. I have no idea if the people eat lamb, but I can make falafel, I can make hummas.
Buritos sound like a great idea, they can assemble them as they like.
I do not have a membership in costco, and I know it is cheap. But I have no one to share food with, and no car, so its hard to get home with all that stuff.
In case anyone is interested, the foreign food market delivers. Lasy year it was 10,000 won, plus 5,000 if you wanted them to ship lamb or cheese. And I was living in Gangneung at that time, so I would fax my order, they would tell me a price, I would put it into their account, and then they would ship it.
Great. I love that place

[Xuanzang]

It's not cheap but effective for large gatherings for yours. You really should get a pumpkin pie or dessert from there.

[teachingld2004]

Thanks for the idea, but I am making brownies and chocolate pudding. And I will have apples-pears-oranges soaking in wine the night before.

I already got those huge bottles of soju and put grapes in one and oranges in the other.

It is too hard to carry home a pie. I also want to go to the book store.
Deserts are taken care of. I am thinking about some "finger foods". Buritos sound like a winner.

[Underwaterbob]

Crackers, cream cheese and olives.

[seonsengnimble]

Canapes are good for parties. My personal favorite Korean trailer trash recipe is as follows:

Crackers
Spam
American cheese
Kimchi

[Panda]

Where is the most popular party food NACHO

Last time my friend cooked a whole rice cooker of Dokboki (the Korean rice cake). which fed us at least 15 people.

She added meat and mushroom and vegetable in it, it is hot and yummy...

[yingwenlaoshi]

What do dokpokki and kimchi have to do with western food?

[seonsengnimble]

[Jane]

At the Arab food store near What the Book, there is this Indonesian kebab sauce I like to buy. It comes in a packet, and it's essentially a marinade for chicken. This shit is good.

Cut up pieces of chicken, marinade them in the sauce for an hour or two or longer, an then load the chicken on sticks (don't forget to soak wooden sticks in water overnight so the don't burn) and then cook them in a frying pan. Keep the pieces relatively small so it cooks evenly.

[teachingld2004]

Today I asked them what they wanted to eat. I figured that was the easiest. Some one asked if I can make apple pie. I said sure. So I have my fingeres crosses that the foreign food mart has crisco.
spaghetti and meatballs
nachos and salsa
buritos.tacos
salads, coleslay, potato salad, marinated vegetables
chicken (some kind, I will figure it out.)
brownies, chocolate pudding, fruit salad.

In a normal kitchen this would not be a big deal, but with a toaster oven and 2 burners I may die.
So, this is really not a western meal, but it is what I eat anyway.

Noi one wants to try lamb.

[Xuanzang]

Should have made it a potluck. Good luck with that 6 course meal.