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Charles Caron
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 188
From: Billings MT, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 11-21-2007 10:47 PM
Mary had a little lamb,a little pork, a little jam, a little egg on toast, a little potted roast, a little stew with dumplings white, a little shad, for Mary had, a little appetite.
'Twas in a restaurant they met, a Montague, a Capulet. He had no cash to pay the debt, so Rome owed what Juli et.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
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Jim Cassedy
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1661
From: San Francisco, CA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 11-22-2007 08:39 AM
COOKING TURKEY WITH CARBON ARCS: For many years back in the 1970's, I was a union projectionist (Local 640IATSE) at a big old UA Theater in Farmingdale NY. I'd always work the holidays, becuase you got big bux for shifts on those days. I was in my early 20's and still living at home after several years in the Army. On Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mom would make up a big platter of food and send it over to the theater with a couple of my cousins, who would bring it up to me in the booth and then they'd stick around and watch a free show from the balcony. The theater was about a 20min drive from my house so I'd wrap the food well with tin foil and then re-heat it by placing it in the carbon arc lamphouse for 1 reel. It one of those huge old Ashcraft lamps, so there was plenty of room. You could also cook a TV dinner in there, as long as it wasn't frozen solid, in about 2reels. You just had to make sure the food was wrapped well with foil to keep the carbon dust out; and you had to position the tray carefully and use a fresh carbon trim so that it didn't get jammed in feed mechanism. In speaking with fellow operators over the years, I've found out that "cooking with carbon" was not an uncommon practice for those of us 'stuck' working long weekend shifts. (Remember, this was before microwave ovens were a cheap and common commoditiy.) You also had to make sure you wiped down the reflectors when they cooled down to get rid of any possible grease or other deposits left by the food. I tried, but never did successfully figure out a way to make a grilled cheese sandwich in there...... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Monte L Fullmer
Film God
Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 11-22-2007 08:09 PM
Yea, one theatre that I worked at that had this President, the staff wanted a late night party/sneak but wanted ribeye steaks to go along with it since there was a large grocery store to get the steaks at, which was just down the walkway of this plaza that we were located in.
Some just couldn't get electric skillet idea going and I though of the kettle idea since it was, in actuality, an electric skillet, just tons hotter and bigger.
I took the agitator out, used the popcorn oil as the cooking grease and just controlled the heat by controlling the kettle heat switch on and off at needed times. Added seasoning to whomever wanted what, and I have to admit - best bunch of steaks that I ever fried up and was greatly complimented on it as well.
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