Ordering food from your favorite restaurant for your next party!

Here's how to make it work for you...

Make sure to ask the catering service at the market or restaurant to Cater Wrap the order. What is Cater Wrapping? Well, it's a PartyCharlie-ism that can best be explained as really tight, layered Clear Film wrapping, where you pull the film wrap out on the surface of the table, Place the Item on the Film and tightly wrap it completely around. Repeat till completely covered.

Ask the Restaurant to place your food in a disposable pan that will fit in your oven (measure it and tell them your requirements) Make sure the disposable pan will fit in your oven.

Make the food pickup your last errand so that you don't end up leaving the food in the car while you attend to other tasks.

For warmer weather if you have left your food in the car for a while, use the Ice Cream Test. If the ice cream has melted, you've not only left the food in the car too long, but you may have also built up microorganisms.

If you're transporting perishable items and your trip will take more than an hour, put the food in an ice chest.

Blue Ice Packs Work Well instead of packing foods in ice which melts and gets messy. Fill a plastic freezer bag with about an inch thick of water. Lie it down in your freezer. When it is frozen, it will be a sheet of ice, the thickness of one of those ice packs. You can make several at once and place them on top of one another while you freeze them.

Make sure that the items are secure in the car so that they don't slide off the seat and onto the car floor. Storing them on the floor helps. Or, you can sometimes even tuck them on to the back of the seat using your seat-belts.

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