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Christmas Lunch for 500 at Waikato Hospital
Media Release
Date: 24 December 2014
CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR 500 AT WAIKATO HOSPITAL
It is one of Waikato’s largest Christmas lunches with 500 meals going out to patients at Waikato Hospital between noon and 1pm tomorrow.
The menu is designed to resemble a traditional Christmas lunch and is followed by some festive hand-made desserts.
With just 11 kitchen staff the hospital’s kitchen will carve 72 kilograms of lamb and more than 60 kilograms of turkey.
The turkey will be served with cranberry sauce and
walnut and apricot stuffing to make sure patients don’t
miss out on the extras that make Christmas lunch.
“Most
of it is for patients but families have the same menu
available to them in the cafeterias,” said production
manager Murray Deed.
Shortbread biscuits wrapped by hand
Over the past few days hospital chefs have busily hand-made more than 400 puddings and 1200 shortbread biscuits.
The shortbread biscuits have been paired and wrapped to give as gifts to patients.
“We also made 320 portions of our own brandy sauce with a dash of real brandy,” said Deed.
In addition to pudding and shortbread the cooks have made 150 pavlovas from scratch.
Deed also helped plate up 186 Meals On Wheels lunches that will be delivered to people in the community today.
He said patients that are nil-by-mouth tomorrow will be given a Christmas card to try and include them in the festivities as well.
In addition to the lunch served at the hospital several families and people in need across Hamilton have received food baskets from Te Puna Oranga.
Four families, three of which have more than six children, were given food baskets to help take some of the financial pressure of the parents.
One of the families told the organisation it had made their “Christmas come true”.
Tonight the last group of food baskets will be given out to the Hamilton Homeless Trust, who deliver food to many of the city’s homeless.
Ingredients:
•
72 kg Lamb
• 62 kg turkey
• 60kg
new potatoes
• 60kg minted peas
•
54 kg baby carrots
• 400 Christmas
puddings
• 300 portion Christmas cake
•
600 portions shortbread
• 480 portions
cranberry sauce and stuffing
• 380 portions
mint sauce
• 320 portions brandy sauce
•
150 individual portions mini
pavlovas
ends
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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