boudreaulicious wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:HI,

Someone may be bringing ribtips from Uncle John's. He needs a steam pan set up and sterno. Can anyone bring a set?

Regards,

I can do this--planning to be there around noon--is that early enough?

Oops--just checked and I don't have any extra aluminum pans--I do have the sterno and the warming trays. I'll bring them an hope that someone else can bring the pans...

Howdy, Beautiful day for a picnic~

Soft Boiled and Amy will be bringing:

caramelized onion, prosciutto wrapped roasted asparagus deviled eggs with a drop of aged balsamic.

We are really looking forward to all the great food (& booze)!

Will be there with Borborygmi and his Secret Slaw around 1230-1ish~

See everyone soon.

A friend of mine (LLang) will join me for the festivities, bringing Singapore Noodles.

boudreaulicious wrote:
Oops--just checked and I don't have any extra aluminum pans--I do have the sterno and the warming trays. I'll bring them an hope that someone else can bring the pans...

I'm bringing extra pans...

Woke up sick. This is like missing Christmas with my favorite cousins.

Quesadillas con carne with salsa verde and limes from Las Asadas

Gorgeous day, great food, great friends.
Thanks one and all.

Faves:
Neapolitan Marshmallows (M'sieu Bonaparte would probably be amused)
Lion Loin on Polenta (pretty tame tasting for game, but the polenta and sauce were awesome)
Ronnie's rolled cured meats
Quintuple Chocolate cupcakes (needed a big glass of cold milk after that)
Too many others to mention.

I'll start a thread on Shopping and Cooking for recipes

Thanks to everyone who made today possible. The food was great, the people friendly, and I'm already looking forward to next year.

Walking up to the site and seeing a hundred people was a bit daunting. Everyone seemed to know each other, and me being one of the new guys, I wasn't sure if there was some sort of Kennyz hazing ritual.

There was not. Kennyz is a really nice guy.

I thought I was the last to arrive, and I was amazed to see the amount of food we had. But no, this was not the end. The food just kept on coming.

A fraction of what we had:


































And desserts:
















I cannot cook worth a lick, so I'm very happy I was able to contribute with a couple baylor watermelons


Ronnie's Limoncello was fantastic, and the cherry limeade...I need more of that in my life.


Met some people I very much admire - received some compliments, borrowed a knife from stevez, traded melons with Cathy2...certainly, a great day.

Still, I'm very upset that I didn't try to talk to more of you. Nerves got the best of me. Was having a nice conversation with Ronnie, and I meant to say, "You're my photography idol." What came out was, "ronnie_suburban, you're my hero."

That's when I knew it was time to go home.

incite-

Great photos -- thanks for sharing. It was nice to meet you and your guest. The picnic can be a little daunting and I'm glad you made it out. I started with small events before I had the courage for the holiday party or picnic. By then, I knew a handful of folks. Sometimes, you just have to jump in. Hope to see you again at another event!

Truly a beautiful day for this gathering of friends and food! Thanks to Cathy, Michelle, Mary and everyone else who had a hand or 3 in planning and executing this event--you made a lot of people very happy

And, of course, the food exceeded all possible expectations. My faves were Attrill's beef and burnt tomato bruschetta, JoelF's deviled eggs, Pairs4Life's chickpea and eggplant salad, mbh's peach and mint salad, MHays' Causa Limena, Jazzfood's salsa crudo (which is truly shocking to me since there were a number of ingredients in it that I typically don't love!!), JustJoan's tomato pie, Louisa Chu's chocolate tres leche cake and Hammond's brown butter and sea salt cookies. And there were probably a dozen other things that I loved as much but can't remember because there were so many wonderful things!!

How long till we know the date for next year???

After I finished laughing, incite's post made me remember the only thing I had "2" of--Ronnie and Alan's Limoncello--mmmmm....

And don't worry incite--you're already in on a true "insider" LTH secret...the real Kennyz

Glad we were able to meet and I hope we'll see you at more events! Your pics will certainly help us all remember the great day!

Could any day have been more special? Particularly given the heartwrenching complexities of keeping this site thriving, it was so good to see the principals who have nourished this site from the beginning, enjoying themselves, each other, and the food. It was clear that LTH remains strong and vibrant.

Incite's photos will give mhill and Ronnie_Suburban (and a few others) a run for their money in the culinary documentary photography category.

While there was so much grand food, I have to give a nod to mbh's Watermelon, Feta, and Mint salad, and I am grateful that she made such a big bowl, so I could take some home to remember the picnic for a few more days.

This was our first LTH event too and I didn't even have a username until today (but have been lurking for a few years).

We had a great time! Everyone was very nice and it was great to put faces to names. The food was amazing and I can't believe how much there was. Thanks to all those who put this together and for everyone's generosity!

GAF wrote:Incite's photos will give mhill and Ronnie_Suburban (and a few others) a run for their money in the culinary documentary photography category.

Great photos! wish I could join in the fun but busy with cub scouts and family stuff.

Wonderful Day, People and Food!!! Thank You!!!

I was so glad to make it this year as I had missed the picnic last year. Another perfect event with great company, fantastic food and beautiful weather. (LTH must surely have a blessing from the weather gods as I remember the weather being perfect for every LTH picnic I've been to.) It was great to reconnect with folks I hadn't seen in a while. Thank you Cathy, Michele and Mary and all who did the huge amount of planning work.

Incite, thanks for posting the wonderful photos. It was nice to see close-ups of some of the wonderful contributions.

This was my first event too and though I didn’t get to meet everyone, it was great to meet some of you. My favorite thing about LTHers is their passion. What a fun and interesting group. Kudos to the planning team!!

Thanks to all for sharing your food and friendship.

I love this picnic, and not just for the food. You people, are lovely. OK, back to the food. My favorite bite: deviled egg with prosciutto wrapped micro asparagus. Other favorites: Coca Cola Cake with Broiled Peanut Butter Icing, homemade Neapolitan marshmallows, Damson tart (Zwetschgendatschi), two varieties of limoncello (both different from each other), ham wrapped melon, mushroom tart, Causa Limena, watermelon, mint and feta cheese salad, pairs4life's jams, migliaccio dolce di semolino (recipe please?), and thank you to those who brought the Baylor melons and Mario's Italian Ice. I've been hearing about those for years...they were great! This is always the culinary highlight of the year for me. Thanks to Cathy2 and all those who put in the extra hours of planning and preparation. It was truly appreciated.

boudreaulicious wrote:
And, of course, the food exceeded all possible expectations. My faves were Attrill's beef and burnt tomato bruschetta, JoelF's deviled eggs, Pairs4Life's chickpea and eggplant salad, mbh's peach and mint salad, MHays' Causa Limena, Jazzfood's salsa crudo (which is truly shocking to me since there were a number of ingredients in it that I typically don't love!!), JustJoan's tomato pie, Louisa Chu's chocolate tres leche cake and Hammond's brown butter and sea salt cookies. And there were probably a dozen other things that I loved as much but can't remember because there were so many wonderful things!!

jen: i'm delighted that you enjoyed my tomato tart-it's all about picking the right tomatoes(meaty,almost no pulp or seeds). i apparently confused several people with the sign on the brown butter/sea salt cookies which were mine, not hammonds. i was expecting him to bring cookies labeled 'the worlds greatest cookie', so i wrote 'maybe not the world's greatest cookie but pretty damn good' on the box. joan

Everything sounds delicious. I hope people will be sharing their recipes.

jygach wrote:Everything sounds delicious. I hope people will be sharing their recipes.

jyoti-

A thread for picnic recipes has been started.

justjoan wrote:i was expecting him to bring cookies labeled 'the worlds greatest cookie', so i wrote 'maybe not the world's greatest cookie but pretty damn good' on the box. joan

Funny--I almost wrote that I wasn't sure whose cookies they were but I thought I saw that they belonged to DH on the spreadsheet

They were lovely! Recipe for both please?

My husband and I both thought that JustJoan's brown butter cookie was the best cookie we had at the picnic.

Glorious day. The weather was perfect. As always, the people were wonderful and the food was amazing.

I can't remember everything I ate, and I know I missed about half of what was on offer, because humans fill up so fast with only one stomach, but among the things that stand out in my memory are Ronnie-Suburban's cured-meat rollups, boudreauliscious's amazing noddles (both varieties), the papas bravas with chorizo sauce (took some home, and it seems even better today, though maybe that's because I'm not so full), the pastrami reubens, the cucumber and onions in sour cream (still eating that), the fabulous raw-milk cheese, Cahty2's heirloom tomato salad, and just about everything smoked (a fair number of really wonderful sausages and salamis).

As for sweets -- I'm not really a sugar person, so I didn't eat many of those, but the two things that attracted me were both astonishingly good, and those were JustJoan's brown sugar cookies with salt and the salted nut bars (JoelF, I think)

I loved the corn-on-the-cob that Cathy2 brought and I finally got to try Baylor melons. I also enjoyed the Sangria, and it was fun to taste Ronnie's lemoncello, having never had it before. And the lion from nr706 -- it's a hoot to know there will be game to sample every year (though the sauce and polenta base were tastier than the lion itself, the chief virtue of the lion being that it was lion).

Thanks most especially to Cathy2, but also to Michele and Mary for all the work. And thanks to everyone who brought food, pitched in to set up or clean up, and who offered such pleasant company.

I'm sure that as thanks and photos are posted, a lot of things will show up that will trigger, "Oh, yeah -- that too" thoughts. But the above were the most memorable.

Truly, a perfect day.

I'm confused. Who made the deviled egg with prosciutto wrapped micro asparagus? Also was it David or JustJoan who made the brown sugar with salt cookies? I'm looking for recipes on both!

razbry wrote:I'm confused. ... Also was it David or JustJoan who made the brown sugar with salt cookies? I'm looking for recipes on both!

JustJoan made those cookies. David changed his contribution to a mushroom pie.

Regards,

Could any day have been more special? Particularly given the heartwrenching complexities of keeping this site thriving, it was so good to see the principals who have nourished this site from the beginning, enjoying themselves, each other, and the food. It was clear that LTH remains strong and vibrant.

Observing this warmed my heart, and reinforced my belief in the resilience of people and in that little nugget of goodness that we all carry within us. I see it over and over again on this site, along with some great humor. How could I not love LTH and all that it gives us?

Thanks to all for a wonderful afternoon with amazing food! This was the first time in 4 years that we've been in town for the picnic weekend, and it was great to see old friends and to get to meet in person other posters that I had known only by their writings. I sampled more good things than I can remember ... and there was so much more that looked good that I couldn't manage to find room for!

Looking forward to the next gathering (holiday party?)

I'm confused. Who made the deviled egg with prosciutto wrapped micro asparagus? Also was it David or JustJoan who made the brown sugar with salt cookies? I'm looking for recipes on both!

The deviled eggs were made by Amy, who came with Soft Boiled. I am sure she would be happy to give you her recipe, and I agree that they were amazing. You can PM soft boiled, but I will let her know as well.

Just wanted to add my thanks and appreciation to everyone else's. And am realizing, with sadness on many fronts, that tigers are endangered - so even given future picnic attendance I will not be able to claim the Yellow Brick Road game trifecta

The spouse did ask me to point out that if EvA had made mini cheeseburgers, she'd have had a traef-fecta.

Delicious food and good company - and I'm sorry I was in a bit of a dither due to a busy weekend, and didn't get to meet and greet the way I'd have liked to.