I will be exorcising my timid lurker demon, and look forward to attending. I'll be bringing one friend, and any stock goods needed that can be purchased, or food that requires amoebic levels of culinary ingenuity.

Foster

I am in. I am going to bring some smoked, jerk chicken. Can't wait!

The Wife and I are in.

World's Greatest Cookie, 4.0

I think I will bring a phyllo feta and dill torte - something I have never made before but it sounds good, can be eaten at room temp, and I think it would be a good and cheesy addition to this picnic gorge-fest.

I am in +1. Thought about making homemade marshmallows again (but not homemade graham crackers) or maybe a s'more pie.....Will let you know soon.

Hi,

(Jeff) is bringing Cashew Chicken

I am bringing homemade cevapcici to grill, homemade pita and likely store bought ajvar, though maybe it will be homemade, too.

Regards,

My dish will be beef chili.

I'm in plus 2. Bringing a dessert item

Hi, folks - moving to spreadsheet form. Please check for accuracy as I take this over from Cathy2 - also, if I've miscategorized (or haven't categorized) your food offering, let me know via PM and if your guests want a nametag that says something other than "guest of <screenname>" PM me please.

Totals thus far:
Total guests 131

6 Appetizers
1 Beverages
0 Bread
0 Condiment
12 Dessert
9 Main
2 Salad
0 Side
1 Supplies

Moving my schedule around -- I'm in. Mr. X is a maybe. Contribution TBD.

As I missed last year, glad I'll be able to attend + 1 (jazzfoodsister). Dish TBA

I'll be there towards the end as I have prior committments that day. Can't wait to meet fellow LTHers and share some good eats.

I will most likely bring a savory snack, assuming there will be dessert overload by the time I arrive.

Thanks to everyone that's participating and especially to those who are coordinating such a wonderful event!

I will be there with the Bride. Probably will bring homemade pickles of some sort, and a watermelon salad, plus a few bottles of wine suitable to such an event.

The Bride and I have recently been excessively sober and I have not scaled back my wine acquisitions accordingly so the cellar is a bulging. I need help!

dicksond wrote:I will be there with the Bride. Probably will bring homemade pickles of some sort, and a watermelon salad, plus a few bottles of wine suitable to such an event.

The Bride and I have recently been excessively sober and I have not scaled back my wine acquisitions accordingly so the cellar is a bulging. I need help!

The Forest Preserve District does not allow liquor in glass containers. You might want to decant it into a non-glass container.

If they discover it, we both get a ticket and a date for a court appearance.

Regards,

Count me in. I'll be stumbling in from the Windy City Wine Festival the night before, sweet potato salad in tow.

i'll be bringing financiers baked with fruit. and some kind of side dish. justjoan

Fifille and I will be there, dish TBD.

I'll be +2

Away from Columbus, OH and into Chicago before I start at University of Chicago as a freshman. I’ll be bringing some variation on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids (made with Columbus’ own Krema peanut butter, of course), and will be +2.

T Kent wrote:Away from Columbus, OH and into Chicago before I start at University of Chicago as a freshman. I’ll be bringing some variation on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids (made with Columbus’ own Krema peanut butter, of course), and will be +2.

You and your friends brings the total so far to 147 (yeah I thought 152 last night) people. We'll be thrilled to try your imported peanut butter.

Regards,

T Kent wrote:Away from Columbus, OH and into Chicago before I start at University of Chicago as a freshman. I’ll be bringing some variation on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids (made with Columbus’ own Krema peanut butter, of course), and will be +2.

I'm from Columbus, left to go to U of C, grew up with Krema. It amazed me then and still does today how many people hate natural peanut butter. One of the guys that I'm working with reminisced just last week about his upbringing with "natural" foods in the Seventies, and singled out the oil floating on peanut butter for special opprobrium and disgust.

Homogenization was a big selling feature of national brand pb in the Sixties, I remember: reliable consistency, requiring no further effort and less likely to spill oil or get on things--plus sugar, of course. Never mind that the mixing only needs to be done once in the likely life in your frig/pantry of a tub--another point of disgust, I remember, not always in a "real jar," although Krema came in both. Or that varying consistencies have their own charm.

Count me in. I have no idea what I'm bringing. Maybe gazpacho. And something baked. But all that is tentative.

Sorry - take my brother, Soft Boiled, off the list. He has some gig or something to go to and sends his sincere regrets he will miss this extravaganza.

FYI - as I update the spreadsheet, the old one will disappear. Please check for accuracy, should be alpha by screen name, feel free to PM me with updates:

148 Total Attendees

10 Appetizers
5 Beverages
0 Bread
0 Condiment
14 Dessert
10 Main
4 Salad
1 Side
4 Supplies

Offering TBD: 49

i'm probably going to bring a corn and bean salad, plus the financiers. justjoan

Cathy2, please also put me down for a wild rice salad. I can make this gluten-free as requested when I was going to bring it last year and we had to back out.

Suzy

sdritz wrote:Cathy2, please also put me down for a wild rice salad. I can make this gluten-free as requested when I was going to bring it last year and we had to back out.

Suzy

Suzy,

We have never requested anyone to alter a recipe. I suggest making it as you would for yourself.

Regards,

Hi all,

Cabbagehead and I will bring two salads and two loaves of (gasp) bread-machine bread with good butter:
mushroom ham salad (German delikatessen style)
celery root remoulade
black bean rye
black bean pumpernickel

EvA

add me to the list of attendees -phil wingo- could bring my mobile bbq cooker. could cook ribs, butts, or brisket etc.

philw wrote:add me to the list of attendees -phil wingo- could bring my mobile bbq cooker. could cook ribs, butts, or brisket etc.

And a hell of a cooker it is.........

Phil's Klose