A full plate

We're up to 50 candidates for the Discovery Channel to consider for their new show. Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories so far. (And I really don't think Liz will take points off from those who called the new coaster "The Voyager.")

My buddy over at About.com was interested enough to blog about it.

Meanwhile, three little piggies sneaked away from the office for a feeding frenzy yesterday.

It is, after all, the menu-planning time of the year for our foodservices department, poor dears.

Will, Wayne and Tonya-Marie went to Louisville for a "tasting" prepared by one of our food vendors.

Get this -- five chefs prepared food for three people to sample.

And sample they did.

Tonya-Marie, who is still a bit stuffed, just gave me the rundown:

They tried (try singing this to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas):
...five styles of turkey ... four kinds of ham ... four rotisserie chickens ... two types of stuffing ... three sweet potatoes ... four different gravies ... yummy green beans ...

Six mashed potatoes!

Four different rolls ... three cooked apples ... two macs and cheese ...

...and more pies "than I could begin to count," groaned Tonya-Marie.

Choosing exactly what to serve at the new Plymouth Rock Cafe is a bit more difficult than one might think. Sure it's easy to put mashed potatoes on the menu, but then you have to figure out what kind of potatoes and what goes in with said potatoes.

Wayne is still suffering: "I burned the roof of my mouth on my third serving of mashed potatoes."

All together now...

Oh, wah!