I will be there +2. We're looking forward to it! Not sure what we will bring yet.

i'm coming. i'll bring my usual buckets of fruit punch and something else...

i'm signing up 2 friends coming as my guests. thanks
when i know what they'll be bringing, i'll post it.

I'll be bringing some sort of Bayor watermelon/aged balsamic combination. Maybe a salad with feta, although I'm aiming for something I can pass around. If Baylor closes for the season before the picnic, I'll come up with Plan B.

Looks like I'll have guests joining me, so +3

So sorry I cannot attend this year. Please share pics so I can enjoy vicariously!

Will be coming. Haven't missed one yet.

Utterly undecided what I'm bringing. May hang back a bit to see what holes might be in the menu and fill them in.

Or maybe just bring cans of beer.

To drink while people tell me about the good pizza I need to check out near Morton Grove.



Giovanna

Chouxfly, myself, and our 12yo son will be there... Chouxfly is making pepper bacon, and I'll bring something desserty.

Thanks so much for all your work on this, Cathy2!

Panther in the Den wrote:The Panther and His Bride will be in attendance.

What to bring? (thinking cap on)... Will update later.

Done decided. My Bride and I will be bringing 'Bob's Mai Tai's'.

He was a tropical kind of guy (since moved to Florida).

Panther in the Den wrote:My Bride and I will be bringing 'Bob's Mai Tai's'.

My Mother thanks you in advance, she just loves those tropical drinks.

Regards,
Cathy2

I will be there, and will be bringing an as-yet-undetermined number of contributing guests. Dishes to come later as well. Looking forward to another great picnic!

if someone needs a suggestion of something to bring that doesn't involve them cooking, i'd love it if you brought a bag of ice to go with my 2 large buckets of fruit punch. please post if you're bringing ice, so i dont have to buy any. thanks!

Habibi here - I'd like to finally make it to the picnic +1.

I plan on bringing Nihari with accoutrement and some dry red wine. Thanks!!!

I'm so excited - this will be the first time I am able to attend! bringing whole gang - 5 will be making Roman street food, and my pup will be baking something yummy I'm sure.

Carolyn and I will be there early (have to leave early) and will likely bring crackers and nduja (no, not making it myself, you'll be relieved to know, getting it from West Lake Salumi -- had it last weekend and was knocked out).

Once again, C2, thanks for being the force behind this annual picnic.

ONJ4EVER is bringing a zucchini olive oil cake.

I am going to commit to Wacky Cake.

I will be bringing Bora Bora Fireballs (pork meatballs), which we'll call an appetizer. One of my guests will be bringing a couscous salad; I will likely have another guest and will update with dish ASAP.

I am attending plus one guest. Dish TBD.

Looking forward to a link to the picnic spreadsheet.

Make it easier to not miss anything.

Cathy... Thanks for all of your hard work!

I will be bringing some birria from Birreria Zaragoza. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

OK, I am going to be at the picnic. Due to the construction on Foster Ave. which (amazingly) impacts the CTA Route #92 Foster bus, I will probably wind up driving the 1987 Chevrolet Sprint to the forest preserve.
What will I bring? I'm angling toward some sort of dessert. I'll also check the beer cellar downstairs to see what I have in cans.

Kalamazoo Gal will be 2 people. Its our 1st LTH forum Picnic and we are psyched! We will bring a country terrine pate (Terrine de Campagne) with cornichons and baguette an also Salt & Pepper cookies with Strawberry Lemonade Jam.

I will bring carrot cake. Cathy, thank you once again for all the work that you do to make this event wonderful.

I'm in!

My plans on Saturday rule out cooking anything as I'd prefer so I'll have to buy something the day-of to bring. I'm not sure what it will be.

In plus wife and kid

busy the day before but will be driving by calumet fisheries, so thinking about smoke kind of smoked fish dip

justjoan wrote:if someone needs a suggestion of something to bring that doesn't involve them cooking, i'd love it if you brought a bag of ice to go with my 2 large buckets of fruit punch. please post if you're bringing ice, so i dont have to buy any. thanks!

Yay, Joan! You just made my life much easier. I'm going to message you about bringing ice, since I want to make sure we'll be arriving around the same time. We'll also bring some dessert-type thing.

Will anyone have a grill at the picnic that I would be able to use . . . probably for 15 minutes?

BR wrote:Will anyone have a grill at the picnic that I would be able to use . . . probably for 15 minutes?

I suggest checking with Attrill.

Tom Skilling suggests Sunday's weather will be 72 degrees and partly cloudly.

Master reservation list is here.

Screen name Dish type Dish Name # of Guests
Cathy2 3
Laura Appetizers Pate 1
fifille Supplies 15 tableclothes 1
Octarine Supplies Pinata 1
Octarine 0
Ellen F 1
Cynthia Dessert Scottish shortbread 1
bean Appetizers musubi and/or onigiri 2
Jazzfood Last whim influenced by farmer's market 4
Glennpann Main Birreria from Birreria Zaragoza 3
nr706 Beverages beer in plastic bottles 1
nr706 dead critter 0
Moetchandon 1
Ronnie Suburban 1
Julie Suburban 1
Milz50 1
Mrs. Milz50 1
JennyIL 2
Laikom tt 1
Teresa tt 1
JoelF 1
SueF 1
Helen Appetizers Eggrolls 1
Helen Main Filippino spaghetti 0
Felix 1
GAF 1
boudreaulicious tt 1
Attrill tt 3
Tyler J Watkins tt 1
petite gourmande tt 1
BR tt 1
pairs4life dessert Wacky Cake 1
Chowpoodle 1
SteveZ Salad Bayor watermelon 1
whocanitbenow Dessert Galette 2
leek 1
leekman 1
giovanna 1
Jane Franklin Beverages Soda pop 1
Panther in the Den 1
Mrs. Panther in the Den 1
MHL Main Will Special from the Riviera 2
ONJ4EVER Dessert zucchini olive oil cake 1
Danijake Main Homemade Polish Kielbasa 4
foodie1 5
LauraS 3
justjoan Beverages Fruit punch 3
mamagotcha Dessert 2
Chouxfly Main pepper bacon 1
swingbossa Appetizers Bora Bora Fireballs (pork meatballs), 1
Habibi Nihari with accoutrement 2
Habibi Beverages Dry red wine 0
kellie Appetizers Roman street food 5
David Hammond Appetizers nduja from West Lake Salumi 1
Carolyn Berg 1
gastro gnome 2
pudgym29 dessert 1
pudgym29 beverages beef 0
izzy2 dessert Carrot Cake 1
BrendanR 1
Alek H Appetizers Fish dip 3
LauraS Dessert 3
LauraS Ice 0

tt= thai town

Cathy2 wrote:

BR wrote:Will anyone have a grill at the picnic that I would be able to use . . . probably for 15 minutes?

I suggest checking with Attrill.

Cathy, unfortunately I understand Chris will not be able to attend this year so I'm still looking to borrow someone's grill for a short bit.

Also, it does not appear Thai Town is happening. I may be the only one referenced above still attending the picnic (contributions to be decided once I figure out grill situation). As for others listed as participating in Thai Town, I'll let them indicate whether they will be able to attend this year.

BR,

Thanks for the update on Thai Town.

I will keep an eye out for grills.

Regards,
CAthy2