stevez wrote:

pairs4life wrote:But if I bring pickles or jam I don't have to remove them from jars right?

Unless you intend for the pickle juice to be a beverage, no.

I'm bringing my pickle juice already packed in plastic. It's simply not worth taking any chances.

Count me in! I'll be +3 and bringing Thai sausage-stuffed cucumbers.

It is indeed the best picnic of the year - nothing comes even close!
Next year I will make sure I'm there. Looking forward to seeing the pictures and the recipes.
Have fun!

I'm planning on bringing lemon bars.

Just for an update, I will be bringing just the Filipino Chicken Pancit. I've decided to drop the Moo Pa Lo because of time. With college starting this week my brain has entered panic mode.

Rene G wrote:I'm bringing my pickle juice already packed in plastic. It's simply not worth taking any chances.

Are you really bringing those? I love pickle juice. What I wouldn't give for packetized olive juice.

justjoan wrote:..are you making the sweet pampanga sausages?

No, I get them from Fresh Farms. They look like this:

I grill them hot for that touch of char and serve with mustard and onion. They are quite a coarser grind than your conventional grocery sausage and noticeably sweet. If you've never had them and think you might like them, I'll bet you LOVE them. 'Seems everyone does. They'll be at the picnic and I don't intend to take any home!
I've seen them at HMart and I think Assi Market (both in Niles) but they're sometimes frozen and often piled upon one another in the butcher tray, not neatly placed as in the photo. Look for that tag so you know what you're getting.

My dish will be a ground lamb Souvlaki type thing. Looking forward to Sunday!

I've been working on a prototype and think i'm ready to announce what i'm actually bringing. It will still be Penang Asam Laksa, but it'll be in aspic form. All the flavors of Laksa in a beautifully layered aspic. Prepare to be scared, confused, and hopefully stimulated.

I'm making a shredded carrot salad (either "Korean" or Moroccan) and Goat Cheese Stuffed Peppadew Peppers.

I'll be there! I also expect 2 guests will join later on (after 2) and will be bringing something to drink.

I'm having a devil of a time actually finding the spreadsheet to make sure I'm not stepping on somebody's toes. I plan to bring deconstructed pa amb tombaquet shooters and possibly also a Spanish canape.

For my gazpacho, planning on gazpacho with a tomato & olive oil sorbet and manchego cheese straws. Only problem is bringing this together - have never made a sorbet with oil before and I'm worried about separation. Would love some ideas on emulsifiers/stabilizers that might work (assuming it's available somewhere on the north side of the city or downtown). Anyone?

Overripe bananas guided my recipe selection. I'm bringing Grandma's Banana Cake, recipe from Classic Home Desserts by Richard Sax.

RAB wrote:Ronna and I are planning to attend. We're making sopa de elote and a grilled meat tbd.
--Rich

As it turns out, that grilled meat will be skewered pork tongue.

Looking forward to it,
--Rich

Hi,

We are 164 people strong. If your name is not on the list, it's because you have not informed us of your interest. You may consult the master spreadsheet to double check what has been offered to avoid too many duplications.

10 Appetizers
16 Beverages
3 Bread
0 Condiment
23 Dessert
25 Main
10 Salad
3 Side
5 Supplies
9 TBD
1 Other

Attendees:
Amata 1
Antonius 2
Attrill 3
bbq jim 4
bean 2
bjt 3
boudreaulicious 1
BR 1
BrendanR 2
Cabbagehead 1
Carolyn Berg 1
Cathy2 3
Chouxfly 1
Chow Poodle 1
Cinnamon Girl 1
CrazyC 2
Cynthia 1
Danijake 4
dansch 1
dicksond 2
Distinktif 2
DRC1379 1
edc 2
Ellyn P 1
Ethnic Handbook 3
EvA 1
fifille 1
FlavorFool 1
fropones 2
GAF 1
Gary P 1
gastro gnome 3
Giovanna 1
gleam 2
glennpan 3
gp60004 4
Gypsy Boy 1
Helen 4
Hellodali 2
irisarbor 5
izzy 3
Jazzfood 3
jimswside 3
JoelF 1
Josephine 2
justjoan 1
laikom 2
leek 3
mamagotcha 4
mhl 1
milz50 2
mrsm 1
Ms. Ingie 1
M'th'su 4
nancy 4
NFriday 1
nr706 2
Octarine 1
pairs4life 2
Panther in the Den 2
Pie Lady 2
Pigmon 1
RAB 1
Ramon 3
razbry 2
REB 1
Rene G 1
Ronnie Suburban 2
Santander 2
Seth Zurer 3
shorty 2
snap203 1
Spice Man 1
stevez 1
SueF 1
SueF 1
T Kent 4
tarte tatin 1
The GP 1
Trixie Pea 1
turkob 1
ymas 1
Zoid 4


Offerings

Appetizers
Cheese
deconstructed pa amb tombaquet shooters
dukkah
empanada
Gazpacho with tomato & olive oil sorbet
Goat cheese stuffed Peppadew Peppers
headcheese
jerky - non gluten
Lamb pate
Mint salsa
Pickle Pops
Salumi Beddu from St. Louis
Spanish canape
Thai sausage stuffed cucumbers
Almond sun dried tomato pesto on crostini
Bacon wrapped jalapeno
cheddar pecan biscuit
egg rolls
esliders con piperade
Green City market surprise
patatas con jamon a la Freddy's
pate
tapas de castillo blanco


Beverages - No glass bottles (wine, beer or anything else with a beverage)
Ed Hamilton's Ti Punch
Filberts sodas
Fruit punch
homebrew
Ice
ice
limeade with strawberry puree
Mai Tais with homemade orgeat syrup
pop
Saison, homebrewed
Water
Water
water
water


Bread
Argo Bakery
bake something
Bread from Floriol


Dessert
Banana bread
Baylor watermelon
blue cheese, walnuts, honey, raspberry,
Blueberry nut loaf
Brownies
Buckeyes
Cake
Cake baked in a Dutch oven
candycakes
Chocolate Cake
chocolate chile cookies
Crostata
Fruit crumble
lemon bars
Pear crisp
pie - tassie form
Pineapple in rum sauce
Plum cake of some sort
Raisin Rum cookies
Scottish Shortbread
Strawberry cream cake


Main
chicken satay
Filipino Chicken Pancit
Frito pie with lamb chili
garlic shrimp
Grilled catfish
Ground lamb Souvlaki
Hungarian sausage from Joe the Sausage King
longansias (sweet pampanga)
marinated chicken thigh tacos with mango slaw
meatballs
Morcilla - Portugese blood sausage
Nem Chua (Viet fermented pork)
pan bagnat
Penang Assam Laksa in aspic
Polish sausage
puparuol' 'mbuttunat'
savory dish in a Dutch oven
skewered pork tongue
sliders
sope de elote
Turkish chicken salad
Uncle John's hot links
Veal bologna homage to Joe the Sausage King
vegetarian salad nicoise sandwiches
vegetarian something
Will Special from Riviera


Pinata

Salads
Burmese tea salad
çeixai co-o zemin aka beans 'n greens
Greek potatoes
international
Red, White & Blue potato salad
Shredded Carrot salad Korean or Moroccan
Slaw with fruit
Sweet and sour coleslaw
Tabbouleh salad
Watermelon-tomato salad with blue cheese


Sides
Corn
curried squash
Four cheese Racque & cheese


Supplies
cups
plastic knives
Napkins (650)
Paper towels (6 rolls)
plates

this is just my opinion, obviously, but i really don't think there should be any concerns about duplication. very few of us are bringing enough food for 170+ people. i was looking forward to 3 people bringing pan bagnat, for example. as this meant i'd probably get my hands on one before they were scarfed down by the hungry hordes.....

justjoan wrote:this is just my opinion, obviously, but i really don't think there should be any concerns about duplication. very few of us are bringing enough food for 170+ people. i was looking forward to 3 people bringing pan bagnat, for example. as this meant i'd probably get my hands on one before they were scarfed down by the hungry hordes.....

True.

And while we encourage people to take food home. If a dish has just arrive and you are leaving, please take a small amount to allow others to enjoy it.

If you don't want to miss anything, come early and leave late.

Those who leave early, please help tidy up as you depart. Remove dishes or haul stuff to the garbage or recycling.

Regards,

I just got notified I have a meeting at church for my little ones first communion from 1:00 - 2:30.
I have to re-think my availability

Sorry for the short notice.

Here's what the market (for the most part) said to me:

Dragon Tongues, Organic Beans, Grilled Portabellas, Breakfast Radish, Mint, Shio Koji

Ripe Fennel Seeds, Jen’s Tomatoes, Red Torpedo Onion, Farmer’s Cheese, Cinnamon Basil, Le Puy Lentils, Cut Semolina

Grilled Asparagus, Marai Sweet Corn, Butternut Squash, Caramelized Cauliflower, Hatch Peppers, Lemon Verbena, Yuzu Kosho

In honor of Julia Child's centenary, I am bringing two pâtés of hers, one a Pâté de Campagne and one (technically) a chicken liver mousse, plus toasts, cornichons, mustard, etc. The list of foods being brought is fantastic! We can't wait.

Bringing 3 salads;

Med Salad (cukes, tomatoes, onion, melrose peppers, arugula, parsley, mint, walnuts &couscous dressed with walnut oil, lemon & Kennyz's pepper mix)
Potato salad with dill, pickles and jalapenos (mayo base)
Grilled eggplant, corn and tomato salad dressed with basil oil & balsamic

All produce from my gardens except for the corn!

BrendanR wrote:
I've seen them at HMart and I think Assi Market (both in Niles) but they're sometimes frozen and often piled upon one another in the butcher tray, not neatly placed as in the photo. Look for that tag so you know what you're getting.

Just like my mom used to make for breakfast growing up. I've also seen them at JoongBoo Market off Kimball and Belmont in Avondale. They usually have some stacked up in the meats section.

justjoan wrote:this is just my opinion, obviously, but i really don't think there should be any concerns about duplication. very few of us are bringing enough food for 170+ people. i was looking forward to 3 people bringing pan bagnat, for example. as this meant i'd probably get my hands on one before they were scarfed down by the hungry hordes.....

Next year. I moved on and didn't set up a bread.

My guest, Lee, could use a bit of Grill space for her herbed polenta.

I'm stil uncertain what I'm bringing. Leaning towards some vegetable offerings & something sconey with jam.

BrendanR wrote:

Rene G wrote:I'm bringing my pickle juice already packed in plastic. It's simply not worth taking any chances.

Are you really bringing those? I love pickle juice. What I wouldn't give for packetized olive juice.

I have only two Pickle Pops left but I'll be more than happy to bring them along. It's not so easy finding people who appreciate them. Olive ice pops? Sure, I'll bring those too.

Rene G wrote:Olive ice pops? Sure, I'll bring those too.

I'm like this close to needing a towel for all this drool. I'm salivating like a lab dog at bell time here.

I'm happy to rsvp for the first time as an independent poster, not just "Mrs. Laikom"! I'll be bringing homemade smore mini-cups. I just invented them today. The idea is to heat them up for tasty gooeyness like regular smores, but they stay intact in convenient bite-sized cup form. A work in progress!

Teresa

Teresa wrote:I'm happy to rsvp for the first time as an independent poster, not just "Mrs. Laikom"! I'll be bringing homemade smore mini-cups. I just invented them today. The idea is to heat them up for tasty gooeyness like regular smores, but they stay intact in convenient bite-sized cup form. A work in progress!

Teresa

Cool beans! Sounds terrific. Glad you posted and looking forward to meeting (and tasting!).

I'm adding on a pasta salad made with Ream's Polish sausage.

I'm in plus 1, I will bring creole rice salad and crunchy pralines

Sorry for the late update (I understand if the labels don't match), but here's the final list of SueF and JoelF's Dutch Oven Extravaganza:
1) "Best Ever" Cornbread (BSA Troop 23 recipe)
2) Chocolate Syrup Coffee Cake (BSA Troop 23 recipe)
3) Chicken and Delicata Squash Curry (Desperate improv to move some squash out of the garden)

razbry wrote:I'm adding on a pasta salad made with Ream's Polish sausage.

Nice, lookin forward to trying this.