10th Annual Potluck Picnic, Sept 20, 2015 LaBagh Grove 1
10th Annual Potluck Picnic, Sept 20, 2015 LaBagh Grove 1
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Post #31 - August 28th, 2015, 9:53 amLook forward to seeing everyone! Not quite sure how many of us yet!
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Post #32 - August 29th, 2015, 9:32 amThis may just end up being an entirely Tiki-themed picnic...
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Post #33 - August 29th, 2015, 2:19 pmCount me in +2. Not sure what we will bring, maybe some spicy Korean food.
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Post #34 - August 29th, 2015, 6:19 pmDid I hear in the past one cannot erect an EZ-UP shade thingie in Cook County Forest Preserve parks?
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Post #35 - August 29th, 2015, 7:59 pmkenji wrote:Did I hear in the past one cannot erect an EZ-UP shade thingie in Cook County Forest Preserve parks?
Yes, unless something has changed, that is correct. A couple years back, we were asked by officers patrolling the preserve to take them down.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #36 - August 30th, 2015, 10:36 amHi,
I will need to clarify and get back to you on the tent issue.
When we received the change-permit application, there was a check-off box for permits on tents greater than 10x10. I need to call to clarify this, because it may be those tents/awnings 10x10 or less are ok. If they are, we are ok.
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #37 - August 30th, 2015, 11:48 amI'd really like to come!"People are too busy in these times to care about good food. We used to spend months working over a bonne-femme sauce, trying to determine just the right proportions of paprika and fresh forest mushrooms to use." -Karoly Gundel, Blue Trout and Black Truffles: The Peregrinations of an Epicure, Joseph Wechsberg, 1954.
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Post #38 - August 30th, 2015, 12:28 pmThe Chow Poodle has decided on Secret Recipe Chocolate Cake. The rest of our party is still TBD.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #39 - August 30th, 2015, 12:31 pmCathy2 wrote:Hi,
I will need to clarify and get back to you on the tent issue.
not to be a noodge but technically an EZ-up is an awning not a true tent. There's no sides.
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Post #40 - August 30th, 2015, 12:40 pmFound this:
http://fpdcc.com/permits-rentals/picnic ... t-permits/
seems an EZ-UP is permissible
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Post #41 - August 30th, 2015, 2:25 pmkenji wrote:Found this:
http://fpdcc.com/permits-rentals/picnic ... t-permits/
seems an EZ-UP is permissible
Good. The day the Forest PReserve police asked us to take it down, I was not in a good position to argue.
Thanks!
How many will be in your party, Kenji?
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #42 - August 30th, 2015, 2:59 pmI might be able to gather about 8 people up. Folks from our local Reddit group. They'd live nearby. Not sure what to do about inviting them and getting them fed. Not sure many of them like to cook but I could whip up enough to feed them. You guys want "strangers" to eat your food?
I'm thinking about creating hot smoked mackerel, then icing some to serve cold. Maybe I grab some bagels up on Touhy and Cicero. I could also make enough Haiga rice too. Maybe do a smoked fish, rice, and some kinda crunch cruciferous veggie. We also learned how to make the refrigerator pickels at DANK Haus, maybe I whip a vat of those up?
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Post #43 - August 30th, 2015, 3:13 pmkenji wrote:I might be able to gather about 8 people up. Folks from our local Reddit group. They'd live nearby. Not sure what to do about inviting them and getting them fed. Not sure many of them like to cook but I could whip up enough to feed them. You guys want "strangers" to eat your food?
I'm thinking about creating hot smoked mackerel, then icing some to serve cold. Maybe I grab some bagels up on Touhy and Cicero. I could also make enough Haiga rice too. Maybe do a smoked fish, rice, and some kinda crunch cruciferous veggie. We also learned how to make the refrigerator pickels at DANK Haus, maybe I whip a vat of those up?
We almost all started out as "strangers" at one point--not too many siblings on here that I know of, though there are some spouses and even a few parent/child participants
Glad you and your friends are going to join us!
As for the pot luck, lots of people bring things that they pick up from places--last year, someone brought pastries from Bad Wolf, another brought Great Seas wings. It's not uncommon at all. Others bring beverages, ice, water, etc. Those are always things the group can use. The idea is just to contribute to the community, not unlike the way we do online. And what you posted to bring sounds terrific! Looking forward to meeting you."Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
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Post #44 - August 30th, 2015, 3:28 pmThere will be HELLO MY NAME IS: stickers for us to wear, right? I really suck at remembering folks names much less their online names and wanting to connect those.
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Post #45 - August 30th, 2015, 3:32 pmSo far we're thinking of turning our Dutch Oven cooking into Afrikaans Ovens cooking: bobotie and a dessert such as malva pudding.What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
-- Lin Yutang
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Post #46 - August 30th, 2015, 3:43 pmkenji wrote:There will be HELLO MY NAME IS: stickers for us to wear, right? I really suck at remembering folks names much less their online names and wanting to connect those.
Definitely!"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad." Miles Kington
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Post #47 - August 30th, 2015, 6:47 pmCount me in! Not sure what i'll bring yet but will update!
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Post #48 - August 31st, 2015, 8:14 amI would suggest printing out this tent allowable up to 10 x10 page and bringing along with your EZ-UP.... just in case."If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
~James Michener
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Post #49 - August 31st, 2015, 9:49 amgood point, will do.
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Post #50 - August 31st, 2015, 9:55 amI'll be making some sort of meat-ish appetizer, and bring a home-brewed IPA (don't worry, Cathy, it'll be in a one gallon plastic bottle) hopped solely with New Zealand Pacific Jade.
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Post #51 - August 31st, 2015, 10:18 amMy dish is going to be a spicy Mexican chorizo and pepper hash. My two guests (Brian and Vicky) are still TBD, but they are giving their dishes serious thought.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #52 - August 31st, 2015, 10:44 amnr706 wrote: (don't worry, Cathy, it'll be in a one gallon plastic bottle)
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Post #53 - August 31st, 2015, 10:46 amkenji wrote:nr706 wrote: (don't worry, Cathy, it'll be in a one gallon plastic bottle)
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No alcohol in glass containers is allowed at the Forest Preserve.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #54 - August 31st, 2015, 11:12 amOh I thought the only FPD rule was alcohol had to be 50 feet from a roadway.
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Post #55 - August 31st, 2015, 11:18 amkenji wrote:Oh I thought the only FPD rule was alcohol had to be 50 feet from a roadway.
Check with Cathy. She's the expert on this.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #56 - August 31st, 2015, 11:26 amFrom the FAQ on the Forest Preserves site:Can we bring alcohol?
Alcohol is allowed at most picnic groves, but you should check your permit to confirm your picnic grove allows alcohol. All alcohol must be consumed at least 50 feet from any parking lot. No glass is permitted.-Mary
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Post #57 - August 31st, 2015, 11:27 amronnie_suburban wrote:No alcohol in glass containers is allowed at the Forest Preserve.kenji wrote:Oh I thought the only FPD rule was alcohol had to be 50 feet from a roadway.
The rule is no beverages in glass containers are allowed, not only alcoholic ones. The 50 foot rule still holds.FP of CC wrote:Rule 7e. Glass Beverage containers - Are not permitted on FPCC property. Please note that the consumption of alcohol upon or within 50 feet of any roadway, parking area or entrance way is prohibited.
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Post #58 - August 31st, 2015, 11:30 amRene G wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:No alcohol in glass containers is allowed at the Forest Preserve.kenji wrote:Oh I thought the only FPD rule was alcohol had to be 50 feet from a roadway.
The rule is no beverages in glass containers are allowed, not only alcoholic ones. The 50 foot rule still holds.FP of CC wrote:Rule 7e. Glass Beverage containers - Are not permitted on FPCC property. Please note that the consumption of alcohol upon or within 50 feet of any roadway, parking area or entrance way is prohibited.
Thanks, Peter.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #59 - August 31st, 2015, 12:01 pmkenji wrote:There will be HELLO MY NAME IS: stickers for us to wear, right? I really suck at remembering folks names much less their online names and wanting to connect those.
Worse, it is everyone's screen name and not their real name. You at least 'know' them by stuff you read.It will be nice to put the face to the name.
Your guests will have their first name plus 'guest of kenji.'
It is expected everyone participate from bringing food and supplies to helping tidy up. Nobody is a guest in the sense they sit back and wait to be fed or entertained and leave without lifting a finger.
Your Reddit friends can bring ice or something special they like from a store or bakery. I know justjoan is hoping someone will volunteer to bring ice for her fruit punch.
The glass beverage container rule is the forest preserves, which is spelled out in the first post. If a ticket is given to any participant, then the person's whose name is on the permit is given a ticket, too.
Regards,Cathy2
"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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Post #60 - September 1st, 2015, 10:13 amHow do you feel about Trifle w/ a twist?
