I'll be attending along with the Chow Poodle. I'm going to make some kind of passed appetizer this year. I'll also bring a case or two of water. The Chow Poodle's contribution is TBD, but most likely will be in the dessert dept.

Please put me down for 1. I'll bring a dessert -- maybe a corn/molasses pudding from my corn research.

David Hammond wrote:Chitterlings.

Wondering how Mr. Hammond intends to prevent the, um, aromas of his offering from perfuming the rest of the grove...

Ya, hey: you bet! In for one (for now).

Gypsy Boy wrote:Ya, hey: you bet! In for one (for now).

I have you down already with a note it is your birthday!

My original attempt to post this faded into cyberspace. Forgive me if its' ghost comes back to haunt.

Please include me + 1 (My SO Joan)

I'll be attempting to resurrect Kid Creole and some Coconuts (main course) and will need a heat source of some sort to reanimate it (request in w/ Attril). Joan's contribution is TBD.

My family would like to attend. 2 adults and 3 kids under age 6. I am thinking apple crisp and water.

Please count foodie1 in for 2 adults & 2 children {both 3 yrs old}.

Dish - Filipino BBQ sticks (pork & chicken)... will need to grill when I arrive, if possible?

I'm in +2. I'm without a kitchen due to some remodeling so I'll bring plastic cutlery, paper plates and I may buy something else.

mbh wrote:I'm in +2. I'm without a kitchen due to some remodeling so I'll bring plastic cutlery, paper plates and I may buy something else.

These are supplies leftover from last year and the GNRs:

According to David Hammond, who graciously stored last year's unused supplies, we have on hand:
8 rolls of paper towels
50 30-gal Hefty bags
300 12 oz cups
Approximately 400 sets of plastic knife/fork/spoon
Approximately 300 napkins
170 soak-resistant paper plates
8 cans of sterno (?)
Approximately 50oz hand sanitizer
Many hundreds of moist towelettes

Leftover supplies from Great Neighborhood Restaurant awards events, kept by boudreaulicious:

165 Chinet dinner plates
100+ appetizer plates
100+ vanity fair large dinner napkins
60+ pieces of misc good plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons)
Disposable tongs (4)


We need Plastic tablecloths (probably a dozen)

mbh wrote:I'm in +2. I'm without a kitchen due to some remodeling so I'll bring plastic cutlery, paper plates and I may buy something else.

you can always make something at my house

A shoebocks +1
Planning on helping with corn and I will most likely break down and make something as well. Perhaps wings, or sausage, or whatever I am into at the time.

drshoebocks wrote:A shoebocks +1
Planning on helping with corn and I will most likely break down and make something as well. Perhaps wings, or sausage, or whatever I am into at the time.

Hi,

I put you down for wings or sausage, just let me know closer to the event which you will do.

Thanks!

Regards,

AlekH +1 please

Thinking about doing fuqi feipian

Snap203 and I are in. No idea what we're making yet.

Also planning to bring a 5 gallon keg of plain soda water, just because everyone needs to stay hydrated and that's more fun than water. I'm going to naturally carbonate it using champagne yeast, so hopefully the bubbles are tiny and fizzy. I've never done it before, so it will be new to me too. It will definitely be unsweetened, but I'm not sure about adding any flavor to it yet, maybe a little bit of citrus or minerals to give it some character. We'll see!

Cabbagehead and I will be there. Not sure yet what we are bringing.

laikom wrote:Also planning to bring a 5 gallon keg of plain soda water, just because everyone needs to stay hydrated and that's more fun than water. I'm going to naturally carbonate it using champagne yeast, so hopefully the bubbles are tiny and fizzy. I've never done it before, so it will be new to me too. It will definitely be unsweetened, but I'm not sure about adding any flavor to it yet, maybe a little bit of citrus or minerals to give it some character. We'll see!

BTW, anyone who wants to utilize the soda water for mixed drinks, or who wants to bring a syrup to mix for flavored drinks, feel free!

I really want to encourage people to bring their own water. You'll want to have plenty, especially if it's hot out. Even if 4 people generously bring 5 gallons (41.5 pounds) each, if 150 people show up, that'll amount to about 1 pint per person, which will likely not be enough. Personally (I am not speaking as an organizer here), I'd rather see folks who don't want to cook bring enough water for their own group and buy & bring something from a place they really enjoy than tote what will likely be an amount of water that won't adequately hydrate everyone to the picnic.

=R=

You're starting to get me worried... Will 10 gallons of beer be enough?

laikom wrote:You're starting to get me worried... Will 10 gallons of beer be enough?

Sure, for me, but what will everyone else drink?

=R=

In + 2. will prob leave it to the mkt to determine the "installation".

In. will probably bring some sort of adult beverages.

Cathy2 wrote: . . . isn't drinking vinegar be called a shrub?

I honestly have no idea if this further confuses things or helps clarify...

By chance I happened to run across the Shrub section of my 1947 copy of Trader Vic's bartender's guide. It appears that at least at that point in time the fruit/alcohol mixture was naturally fermented into vinegar, at least by some.

Count me in! Dish to be determined...

I'll be there with Chouxfly and at least one of our offspring.

Chouxfly would like to bring garlic focaccia.

I'll probably do some kind of dessert.

I'll be bringing a homemade pickled beef tongue dish of some sort.

=R=

Update: SueF will be bringing Pastel de Nata (Portuguese custard tarts), I am leaning toward something inspired by "Jerusalem," perhaps a burnt-eggplant dip.

I should be able to come; might be solo, will update. I'm thinking I might make my cheesy corn bread, so that would put me in the bread category. I can also fill my 5 gallon thermal jug with ice water, lemonade or tea.

I'll be bringing Loveless Cafe Biscuits & Sorghum. I guess that's a side dish.