23RD DESSERT EXCHANGE 5PM, (10/9) has a new home

izzy will be hosting the next exchange at her home in skokie.
we've decided the lth picnic should take care of our dessert needs for the month of september, so we are skipping ahead to october.
NEWCOMERS ARE WELCOME, this is not a closed club! the rules are approximately as follows:

(1)i, as host, will feed you dinner.
(2) we will each provide a dessert of normal size.
(3) we will each bring a variety of containers to take home part of the feast-plan on at least one wet/messy dessert that might need to be isolated in its own container.


(7)sign up here,
SIGN UP LIST: JOAN, IZZY, CATHY, PIELADY, COOKIEMONSTER, ,MS.INGIE, CHOUXFLY, GOHAN LOVER, and ELI
looking forward to it, as always, justjoan

Hi,

I plan to attend. I will advise on my offering closer to the date.

Thanks for organizing!

Regards,

Count me in! My Year of Pie shall continue, but I'm not entirely sure of the type.

Thanks for hosting. I plan on attending. I do not know what I will make. I will post closer to the date.

Please sign me up. I will let you know what I will bring as the date draws closer.

Barring any diseasters I would love to attend.
I am not sure what I will bring with me at this time.

SueF will be there, not sure with what

I will show up to the event a little later as I have a 4 o'clock event already scheduled.
Joan always cooks a great dinner so save me some on the side.
Still have not decided on the dessert.

Hi Joan, I'd like to get back into participating. Can you please add me to the list of attendees? I will post my contribution as the date nears. Thanks for the invitation.

christina, it'll be great to see you again. i always decide what to make at the last minute, so i don't care, or expect to know what you all are making. it can be a surprise. i can't remember, are you a vegetarian? if so, just let me know so i can plan dinner accordingly. justjoan

No, I'm not a vegetarian. I think I will make an almond tart (anyone ever try the one from Chez Panisse?) or a caramel cake.

Sue says she's likely to bring a pecan pie

Hi,

A suggestion for a future dessert exchange: several people make the same recipe. It would be interesting to see the differences in technique and ingredient selection (or ad hoc substitutions) affect a recipe.

We can talk it when we meet.

FYI - I will be arriving from another function in the area. If I am late, please don't wait on dinner for me.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

A suggestion for a future dessert exchange: several people make the same recipe. It would be interesting to see the differences in technique and ingredient selection (or ad hoc substitutions) affect a recipe.

We can talk it when we meet.

FYI - I will be arriving from another function in the area. If I am late, please don't wait on dinner for me.

Regards,

I had always thought that would be a great idea, especially for some dessert classics - like a yellow cake, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookie, etc.

I had always thought that would be a great idea, especially for some dessert classics - like a yellow cake, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookie, etc.

i'd be more inclined to suggest we all make the same category of dessert, rather than the same recipe. such as: upside down cakes, fruit pies, chocolate cookies, etc. justjoan

justjoan wrote:

I had always thought that would be a great idea, especially for some dessert classics - like a yellow cake, chocolate cake, chocolate chip cookie, etc.

i'd be more inclined to suggest we all make the same category of dessert, rather than the same recipe. such as: upside down cakes, fruit pies, chocolate cookies, etc. justjoan

I'm with Joan.

Hi,

Both ideas can be accomodated with people opting in and out or simply skipping it.

The idea behind my suggestion; a real life test whether a recipe given to X people will have the same outcome. My experience suggests there are varying levels of expertise relative to technique as well as varying approaches to ingredient selection. They might be similar, but not the same. This can be done with as little as two people.

When Josephine and I visited Pequods and Burt's some years ago. Burt's pizza was the master level pie. Pequods had shades of Burt's influence, though nowhere near the same mastery.

Regards,

i'm afraid i'm not going to be able to host the 10/9 dessert exchange. can someone already signed up, or someone who hasn't yet made a decision to come, please volunteer??? i can still attend, and i apologize for this inconvenience. justjoan

I could host, but I know that Cathy would kind of like to keep my house in reserve for the winter months since there isn't a parking issue here. Let me know.

I will host the dessert exchange at my place on October 9th. As we get closer to the date, I will send out the address information. Parking should not be a problem. I consider Joan the co-host, as she has offered to do the main course(s). We have a dog, who will be present. A great darling of a pooch, but not quite trained. He has manners, but they are a little rustic.

izzy lives in skokie, in case the location is important in deciding to come. justjoan

Realized I didn't RSVP yet even though I offered my home. Please add me to the list if there is room. If we don't have vegetarians, I may make a bacon infused chocolate cake. On the contrary, since it is October, I may make something pumpkin.

ms. ingie- i signed you up. see you in a few weeks, joan

Hi,

I am going to an event in Chicago. If Izzy does not mind, I will drop off my contribution on the way to Chicago.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

I am going to an event in Chicago. If Izzy does not mind, I will drop off my contribution on the way to Chicago.

Regards,

So, you're contributing, but not attending?

Ms. Ingie wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

I am going to an event in Chicago. If Izzy does not mind, I will drop off my contribution on the way to Chicago.

Regards,

So, you're contributing, but not attending?

HI,

I am doing both. I don't want a dessert sitting in a car, when it can be at her home.

If I am running late, I am not holding anything up, too.

If it were still at Joan's, I was within a mile or two. Fortunately, going to Izzy's is on my way home.

Regards,

A suggestion for a future dessert exchange: several people make the same recipe. It would be interesting to see the differences in technique and ingredient selection (or ad hoc substitutions) affect a recipe.

This would be interesting. They do this sort of thing at County Fairs all the time.

SueF will have to pass on this one -- we've got another engagement that evening.

sorry sueF. can't make it. hope to see you another time. joan

If there's still room, I would like to attend.