Public:Hparty Meal Prep Signups

Meal Prep Etiquette, Expectations, and Coordination

Expectations

This page will be the authoritative list of who is preparing what meals. Be honest with yourself but don't be afraid to try something big. The idea is that if you commit here, people will not have other plans for food in that time period, and while folks might not be able to really chow down, but there will usually be enough for everybody to have portion. That said, people who go hungry have only themselves to blame. You are offering to prepare a meal, not taking charge of someone's diet.

If you would like to prepare a meal, but can not edit the wiki, please email seanth@gmail.com

Etiquette

If you can't make a slot, clear it quickly so that A) people can make other arrangements and B) someone else can step up. Those who are not cooking will be expected to help with clean up, but you are not exempt from being responsible for your own messes. Try to plan ahead as much as possible and get your ducks in a row to avoid lots of shouting, "Kelly! Where is X?" in the midst of merriment or childcare. Also try to be mindful of regular operations at the house (specifically meal prep for Sophus and other sacred household rituals), so that you can clear a little space to keep them running smoothly.

RULES:

• do not sign up for more than three full "meals"
• do not sign up to cook everything for any particular day

Coordination

Acquisition of ingredients is usually a very fluid and organic process. In the interest of maximizing utility and equity, try and provide as much of your own ingredients as you can, with the exception of common items between dishes, where you can coordinate quantities and availability amongst yourselves. Make sure to compensate people who go on grocery runs or talk with them to "make things right", since these trips can add up. In the slots below, describe the meal and the dishes that will comprise it, along with two lists of ingredients: those you will bring or provide yourself and those you will need from the shared pile. We hope to be able to use this page to plan our grocery runs to make them as efficient as possible. Where appropriate, provide rough amounts, and make sure to update your list if things change. Some good things it *is* possible to have too much of. If you have a complementary dish for a slot (for instance, a side or a dessert) make sure to talk to the person preparing the main dish.

Meal Slots

Wednesday

Dinner

The Hosts have finalized the dishes. This year's theme is Thai. Vegetarian/Omnivorian dishes are marked for those concerned:

Dish	Dietary Type	Description
Tom Kha Kai	Omnivorian	Chicken Coconut Soup
Pra Ram Long Song	Vegetarian	Peanut Sauce on a bed of lightly steamed spinach. Can be eaten alone, or with Chicken Satay.
Chicken Satay	Omnivorian	A side dish that can do with Pra Ram Long Song
Spicy Eggplant	Vegetarian	Sweet, sour and spicy eggplant cubes.
Larp of Chiang Mai	Omnivorian	Ground Chicken Salad
Fried Tofu	Vegetarian	Exactly what you'd expect. Tofu that is fried.
Baked Rice Pudding	Vegetarian	A coconut rice pudding. Yum.
Thai Iced Tea	Vegetarian	Drinkable yum.

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Friday

Breakfast

• SJS and the BloodyMaryland crew will be rocking somethin special for yall, TBD... [SJS et al]
• eHawk and Starving: zymurgical flight of pancakes. Nothing makes pancake batter amazing like beer. There will be a flight of beer inspired batters and toppings for a fantastic set of pancakes. there will be fruit fare and wonderment... and something for starving to eat since wheat makes him squicky.

Lunch

• eHawk and Starving: somewhere at the crossroads of latin and asian food, eHawk and Starving will provide some hilarity and call it lunch. plantains, dumplings, and some other flights of fancy are starting to make their way into the lineup.

Dinner

• Bacon Bourbon Beef Burgundy over Mashed Potatoes [SJC]
  • small amount nipple bacon, 2-4lbs cubed stew beef, 1-2lbs carrots, 1-2lbs white mushrooms, dry red wine, thyme, oregano, bay leaf, 2-4 stalks celery, 1 large onion, sliced, 1 cup bourbon, 3-4 cloves garlic, 1 metric fuckton garlic mashed potatoes
  • there is a lot of veggie prep in this dish, so any assistance would be appreciated
  • requesting an assistant to take on the mashed potato prep (make what you think is a whole lot of potatoes, and then double or triple it, and we *might* have enough)
• Dessert-Babel Cake [JCF]

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Saturday

Breakfast

• Pumpkin French Toast w/ Cream Cheese, Sweet Plantain Hash, Cousin Crim's Salty Nipple Bacon, Fried Eggs [SJC]
  • French Toast: Not straight up pumpkin bread, but a sweetened loaf of fluffy bread with pumpkin in it. Requesting a volunteer to help with the french toasting.
    • Bread, Butter, Cream Cheese, Eggs
  • Sweet Plantain Hash: a sweet hash with plantain, black bean, sweet pork sausage, carrot, red pepper, and spices
    • plantains (JPH said he had a hookup), 1 large can of black beans, sausage, 1 carrot and 1 red pepper finely chopped, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg
  • Cousin Crim's Salty Nipple Bacon: requesting a third party to slice the bacon who will be less emotionally invested than myself
  • Fried Eggs: regular prep, as requested

Lunch

• Choose your own adventure, but stay out of the kitchen. Things will probably be monopolized by Iron Chef.

Dinner

• Home made pizzas for the masses- Kelly and Sean. Bring or request your toppings.

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Sunday

Breakfast

• Bacon-Garlic-Cheese Grits [SJC]
  • This is all I am contributing, and is more a side or accoutrement to something else. I love grits. You will love these grits. There will hopefully be a lot of them, but grits alone does not a well rounded breakfast make.