Public Works Breakfast

Some of you may've already heard about the Public Works breakfast. My second week of work - or was it the first - the Public Works division directors made breakfast for the 300+ Public Works staff! (Mom's reaction, "Mary Pat, do they know you can't cook?")

The guys cooked the bacon and sausage the day before, thank goodness. They cooked 45 lbs. of bacon! The entire building smelled like bacon, which is really not a bad thing.

The next day, we got there at 4:30 a.m. (Yes, 4:30 a.m., but we did get to leave early that day!) We made pancakes, eggs and grits, and also warmed the bacon and sausage.

My boss, Missy, and Sara mixed the pancake batter with a drill and paint stirrer attachment. (It was clean!)

The guys have a great pancake batter machine. The best way I can describe it is as a pancake batter I.V. with a pouring hose.

Some of us worked it better than others.

Turns out my strong point was flipping pancakes, once I learned WHEN to flip them. There is a fine line between ready to flip and not so much.

Robert S. was in charge of the grits, and they were GREAT! They say the last guy who did it had some problems - his grits were so sticky they could've used them to seal leaks in the roof.


Breakfast was served from 7 to 9 a.m.

This was just a dress rehearsal - our department also does the cooking for the Mayor's Breast Cancer Breakfast in October. Get your tickets now, folks - it'll be quite a show!