This is one set of meal ideas. Refinements? Hearty endorsements? Team captains hearing the calling? We need to get it figured out soon!
Thursday, Jan. 10:
Dinner: Beef stew (brought already-made for ease and joy?)
Friday, Jan. 11:
Breakfast: Omlettes to order, bacon, toast, homefries
Lunch: Ploughman's Lunch (cheeses, breads, apples, chutneys, pickles, with beers by the fire)
Dinner: Chili
Saturday, Jan. 12
Breakfast: Eggs to order, Bagels and cream cheese, fruit, yogurt
Lunch: Leftover chili, and the potato/ham Jenny JJ thingamayummy?
Dinner: Fondue
Sunday, Jan. 13
Breakfast: Bagels and cream cheese, fruit, yogurt
Boozey bevs: Mulled wine, mulled cider, hot buttered rum, hot toddies, beer, Benedictine
Non-boozey bevs: Cider, eggnog, water (JJJ please bring water filter?)
(We leave Sunday, right? Please confirm!)
15 comments:
Great start!
I think the idea of bringing dinner made for Thursday is great. I am not a big beef stew fan, but I would bring a bean soup to add to the mix for Thursday.
Can we add some pasta one evening?
I'll think about the rest...more later
I am not anonymous- I am Paloma!!
Paloma, perhaps you could bring a pasta sauce on Thursday night if you want that?
Snacks: chocolate chip cookies, vegetables and dip, cheese and crackers, clementines and nuts
Sounds delightful! I'd like to plug for some lean lunch meats on the ploughman's platter & maybe some oatmeal for lighter breakfast option. I'd be happy to bring both, if approved. Also, for thursday night, Hail & I were thinking maybe I could bring a lasagne instead of the beef stew-- that would satisfy the pasta craving? If someone could volunteer to bring a salad, that would be great. Palo-- maybe your bean soup could accompany the tartiflette for Saturday lunch?
In my stocking, I got some great mustard and a jar of chutney to contribute to the ploughman's lunch as well, and will bring some red wine for Thursday night. Also will bring makings for hot wine. I can get honey crisp apples which are delightful. I will bring a cheese fondue with bread for dipping-- we may coax John into bringing some venison to sear as well. (Count on it). The fondue I bring won't cover the whole deal-- others have fondues?
I'll bring the water filter & the various pans/coffee urn & some sliding materials.
What about coffee? Are Jeff & Lori coming? Are they willing to bring the caffeine again if they are?
To beverages, add cocoa & cranberry juice, which I can bring.
Others chime in with what you want to bring & any edits so we can get responsibilities nailed down!
And can we get a vegetarian count please?! And food aversions/allergies in general.
i think one night of pasta (friday would be fine) would be good in lieu of one of the stew/chili/fondue (too liquid?)meals. I could also do a homemade alfredo/linguine alongside a lasagna. salad, garlic bread...yeah.
having a lighter soup option along the chili would be a good idea.i know mim will make a kiler chili, but that won't be everyone's cup o tea.
jeff and lori are not coming. they've not replied at all, and honestly, we would be pressed for space now..doable, but we lose a living area.
o and tawnee is primarily veg with chicken tolerances. no red meat.
The linguini sounds great, but we were trying to think of an easy bring-along pre-prepared meal for Thursday night instead of the beef stew.
What if we had the chili and soup Thursday night? Could Mim do it up ahead & heat it up at the house? Here's a suggested revision:
Thursday, Jan. 10:
Dinner: Captains: Mim & Palo
Mim's kick-ass chili, Palo's yummy bean soup
Friday, Jan. 11:
Breakfast: Captains??:
Omlettes to order, bacon, toast, homefries
Lunch: Captains: Jenn & Who else???
Ploughman's Lunch (lean meats, cheeses, breads, apples, chutneys, pickles, with beers by the fire)
Dinner: Jenn & Ea:
Linguini w/ alfredo sauce (Ea), premade lasagne (Jenn), salad & Red wine (Jenn), garlic bread (Ea)
Saturday, Jan. 12
Breakfast: Captains??
Eggs to order, Bagels and cream cheese, fruit, yogurt
Lunch: On your own!
Leftovers
Dinner: Captains: Jenn & John
Tartiflette-- one with ham, one without, venison, salad, a cheese fondue at some point for fun, vin chaud, whatever other experimental thing we decide to throw at you.
Sunday, Jan. 13
Breakfast: On your own!
Bagels and cream cheese, fruit, yogurt
Boozey bevs: Mulled wine (vin chaud), mulled cider, hot buttered rum, hot toddies, beer, Benedictine
Non-boozey bevs: Cider, eggnog, cocoa, cran juice, water, milk
If this menu is acceptable, we need:
1. Can Mim & Palo pre-make their concoctions & bring them for Thursday night?
2. Breakfast captains for Friday and Saturday-- omelettes to order sounds like a lot of undertaking, especially at a time in the weekend when leftovers won't be all that plentiful yet. I'd suggest a large pan scramble with just simple cream cheese & herbs or something else whole-world friendly & easy, but up to whoever captains.
3. Someone to shop for the common breakfast items (eggs, bacon, bread, cream cheese, OJ, 1/2 & 1/2, etc)
4. A second captain for ploughman lunch (Hayley?)
5. I'm prepping a chore chart that includes meal clean up & a few other tasks, like dealing with recyc's if needed. If anyone has any ideas holler!
6. Silent auction items?
OOps-- and add coffee tot he list of shopping. I'm happy to relinquish lasagne responsibility, by the way-- just trying to get it all assigned, but not meaning to hog all of the culinary fun!
hi all
thanks for the input all. cant wait to see you all..
i'm all for simple- so- if its cool, chris and i will bring a nice but fairly simple variety of breakfast stuff. eggs. toast, stuff for homefries. bagels. . cream cheese. yogurt. eng muffins. butter. limited fruit. breakfast meats. cheddar cheese (for omelets). i will buy coffee (small amt decaf and reg) and half and half.
buying for 3 breakfasts- 15 adults, right? (ea, tawnee, avery, paloma rob, jen, john, stash, william, anna, chris, mark, hayley, mim, jen) 15 (plus otis and max).
i had to look up tartiflette!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartiflette
wow. what a trip! go Jenny JJ.
since you asked, i am not a big red meat eater (no beef stew, meat chili or venison for me) but CHRIS IS (with flying colors)-
i am still waiting for ea's ALLERGY AND AVERSION list ;) how many people know she's allergic to tree nuts!?
imho- i think jenny JJ shouldnt be meal captn for 3 meals. so if anyone else is inspired for lasagne...
speak up now (worth an email? i know not everyone checks this)..
happy new year and see you soon!
love, anna
ps. i also have a nice new 'yankee swap' fondue pot i can bring. (do we need bunson things?).
oh- and big vote for more benedictine. :)
xo
anna
I will be a Ploughman's Lunch co-captain. Also, Mark and I can bring some excellent coffee.
Jenn--I agree with Anna that you're taking on too much, but I don't want to discourage your food creativity. I could be responsible for cheese or chocolate fondue, and, Mamas, I will bring juice, oatmeal, Annie's, fruit, lunch meat, sandwich bread. I'd like to also bring some really good local bread for the fondue and Ploughman's lunch.
Awesome Anna-- thanks on the breakfast stuff! I will send an email about the lasagne & plan for plenty of vegetarian option for the night John & I cook. Yes please bring the fondue pot!
Yay Hayley! So, just to be clear, I won't bring lunch meat? --We can talk Ploughman's Platter offline.
I kind of want to do the cheese fondue because I have a recipe & access to french cheese, but if you wanted to do a chocolate one with Anna's pot, or another cheese one in case my experiment sucks I'm sure that would kick ass. Experimental fondue on me of course. Hopefully not literally.
Does anyone hate mushrooms?
Sure, I'll do chocolate instead of cheese, JJJ. I will bring cold cuts--any specific requests? I know you usually get great baked ham, roast beef, and turkey. That's what I'd be doing.
Mmmmm...Hearty stew, plowman's lunches and beer by the fire...just the thing for us wintry he-man hulky muscle-boy types.
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