irisarbor wrote:It's the week before Rosh Hashanah
so I've been thinking about my "famous" noodle kugel and/or dark and fruity honey cake
alternatively thinking about a wonderful watermelon and feta salad I recently made

Also recently acquired 2 new cookbooks
Marshall fields (full o various chicken salads)
Ottolenghi Plenty more- plenty o pretty veg
I may wait to see what the weather feels like...
Daughter Laura may also join us.

It all sounds very good. I will have labels for both, so you can change your mind and not worry.

Looking forward to it!

Cathy2

I'll be there with Teresa, also RSVPing for fropones +1. The 4 of us traveled to Europe this summer and brought back some ideas. There's a red schug from "L'as du Falafel" in Paris that stands out as a vivid food memory and I'm going to try to recreate that flavour memory. As for the accoutrement to compliment the main dish if the sauce, I'm going to do a chicken shawarma on the spit. Fropones and ±1 will do some freshly fried falafel. We'll also have some lavosh, grilled and fresh veggies, and a yogurt sauce to make some mini wraps. Yes we did Middle Eastern a couple years back, but when inspiration hits!

Teresa will be making a recreation of the Basque cheesecake we went crazy about in San Sebastian. I'll probably bring a secret stash of sausage that I smuggled through customs. If you know the magic word you can have a taste.

Looking forward to this as always!

laikom wrote:Looking forward to this as always!

Looking forward to seeing you as always!

Let me know if you need to arrive on the early side.

Regards,
Cathy2

you left me off the list.

justjoan wrote:you left me off the list.

My mistake, it is now fixed.

Thanks for alerting me.

Cathy2

SueF and I are missing from the list too. SueF is contemplating a slab pie

Hi all,

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It seems that the worst-case scenario would be that the FPDCC police would ask you to take down the tent if they feel you are in violation of the rules. But perhaps, armed with the print-out and a measuring device, that could be averted.

=R=
for LTH

Carolyn and I will be there with a dish TBD (though leaning heavily toward tamale boats).

David Hammond wrote:Carolyn and I will be there with a dish TBD (though leaning heavily toward tamale boats).

will each tamale carry a sail??

justjoan wrote:

David Hammond wrote:Carolyn and I will be there with a dish TBD (though leaning heavily toward tamale boats).

will each tamale carry a sail??

Alas, no, but each will come with its own chili pond.

David Hammond wrote:

justjoan wrote:

David Hammond wrote:Carolyn and I will be there with a dish TBD (though leaning heavily toward tamale boats).

will each tamale carry a sail??

Alas, no, but each will come with its own chili pond.

i'm really looking forward to eating that, thanks!

Thanks, justjoan. My concern, though, is keeping the tamales/chili hot...

David Hammond wrote:Thanks, justjoan. My concern, though, is keeping the tamales/chili hot...

hasn't cathy shared her procedure for that sort of thing on LTH?

Whatever food you choose to bring, please make sure to keep hot food hot and cold food cold

Over the weekend, I learned a tip for transporting hot food from Bruce, which I tried yesterday when bringing freshly smoked hot links to the Katrina dinner:

Preheat your insulated cooler by pouring in a quantity of boiling water. In my case, I boiled 1. 5 gallons water and poured it into the cooler. Bruce advised to wait five minutes, then pour out the hot water, wipe it down and put in your food. For additional insulation, you may also wrap the food container with towels fresh from the dryer. Any empty spaces fill with crumpled paper.

Using this method, I brought 20 pounds of smoked hot links on a 90 minute trip ready to serve piping hot. Bruce indicated this could hold for about 4 hours.

This is not only a great idea when transporting food. It could also serve you well when having a party to store warmed foods until ready to serve.

Thanks again Bruce!

Once I had tamales finish steaming in the container, so this works beautifully.

Regards,
Cathy2

Thanks for posting, C2. Not sure if I'll go the tamale boat route, as it would require two containers to be kept hot, and with the lids constantly being opened and closed, heat would be lost fast. Thinking...

David Hammond wrote:Thanks for posting, C2. Not sure if I'll go the tamale boat route, as it would require two containers to be kept hot, and with the lids constantly being opened and closed, heat would be lost fast. Thinking...

Sterno steam table w/ pans.

Panther in the Den wrote:Sterno steam table w/ pans.

Something like that might work.

David Hammond wrote:

Panther in the Den wrote:Sterno steam table w/ pans.

Something like that might work.

yeah, i'm with panther: tamales still in their husks, with some water in the bottom of the pan, covered up, over sterno, should be fine.

justjoan wrote:

David Hammond wrote:

Panther in the Den wrote:Sterno steam table w/ pans.

Something like that might work.

yeah, i'm with panther: tamales still in their husks, with some water in the bottom of the pan, covered up, over sterno, should be fine.

Husks?

https://www.alsbeef.com/tamales.html

David Hammond wrote:Husks? https://www.alsbeef.com/tamales.html

a cardboard plate works too

Carey Schug--multiple varieties signature hummus, unusual veggies and other dipping items . Possibly a goat feta dip (experimental)

i have changed my mind about dessert: i'm making caramel pretzel blondies.

Update from KalamazooGal and Coops.
I am making a large pan of Ratatouille’s Ratatouille (Thomas Keller’s Confit Biyaldi) and Peter is making Apple Pie Ala mode ice cream. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Celia & Peter

I'll be there. TBD

glennpan is bringing the pinata, which is a great kid magnet.

Noodle kugel is not dessert- it is a side dish - although it is sweeter.
daughter Laura might bring that honeycake
we seem to have Rosh Hashanah on the brain
E

irisarbor wrote:Noodle kugel is not dessert- it is a side dish - although it is sweeter.
daughter Laura might bring that honeycake
we seem to have Rosh Hashanah on the brain
E

Live and learn!

For the sake of being different, SueF is still doing a slab pie, but a savory one.
So I'm thinking I need to do something sweet, since we're reversing roles. I don't have a plan yet, though.

I plan to attend.

I am leaning towards baking bread but I am reserving the right to change my mind.

pairs4life wrote:I plan to attend.

I am leaning towards baking bread but I am reserving the right to change my mind.

please bring homemade bread!!