Best food thread ever!

Neil · 01-23-2012, 07:31 PM

I figured this year should be the "best food ever" gathering. Check with your grandmother, favorite internet recipe website, enroll in a cooking class - whatever you have to do to help elevate the status of the 2012 edition to that of best ever.

As usual, in order to avoid the possibility of having nothing but poutine to eat we'll use the poll method to serve as a guide.

Note that after winter gatherings there is usually no main course food left over. Like, none, zip, nada. Winter hikers are hungry come supper time. However, there is often a lot of dessert stuff and chips left over so you might want to keep that in mind when wondering whether to double or octuple the recipe.

BillB · 01-23-2012, 08:26 PM

Going out to Redfield and hopefully Cliff, I'll stick with a dessert - might not be there for dinner. Most likely chocolate chip cookies, but perhaps I'll get more creative.

Neil · 01-23-2012, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BillB

Going out to Redfield and hopefully Cliff, I'll stick with a dessert - might not be there for dinner. Most likely chocolate chip cookies, but perhaps I'll get more creative.

I'm assuming these cookies will be the best ever.

If you start your hike at 4am you should be there in time for food items like filet mignon, steak tartar, lobster thermador, smoked salmon and the like.

CPalmatier · 01-23-2012, 08:38 PM

I'll bring BBQ beans. Technically a side, but they eat like main course

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It's my first time, will there be any facilities to keep food warm?

Neil · 01-23-2012, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CPalmatier

It's my first time, will there be any facilities to keep food warm?

There's a full commercial kitchen at the motel and that's where the food will be laid out. I don't think there'll be a problem keeping those beans hot.

CPalmatier · 01-23-2012, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil

There's a full commercial kitchen at the motel and that's where the food will be laid out. I don't think there'll be a problem keeping those beans hot.

Cool! I'm really looking forward to this

Paradox · 01-24-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Neil

There's a full commercial kitchen at the motel and that's where the food will be laid out. I don't think there'll be a problem keeping those beans hot.

Okey dokey, I'll bring my World Famous Turkey Chilly

Neil · 01-24-2012, 09:10 AM

The thread title is incorrectly worded. it should say "best food ever thread". Who cares if it's a great thread but the food sucks.

Neil · 01-24-2012, 09:13 AM

For the most part folks'll have to keep their food in their rooms until Sat afternoon.
Shouldn't be a problem with coolers and ice packs. The rooms at the Ark Trail have bar fridges if that's a help.

Or, if it's frozen then there shouldn't be a problem with just leaving it in the Ark Trail kitchen to thaw all day.

Dick · 01-24-2012, 09:31 AM

We signed up for appetizer, which will be a ton of shrimp, with sauce.

Neil · 01-24-2012, 09:46 AM

I will probably bring an Indian dish (mildly spicy). Either butter chicken or a lamb dish. Basmati rice will accompany whatever I end up cooking.

PA Ridgerunner · 01-24-2012, 10:27 AM

Shouldn't this be a public poll? How will Fran know who's on her cleanup crew?

Snickers · 01-24-2012, 10:27 AM

We will bring kielbasi and sauerkraut; it was gone in no time last year!!!

Snickers · 01-24-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PA Ridgerunner

Shouldn't this be a public poll? How will Fran know who's on her cleanup crew?

Brian and I are on the clean-up crew!!! Do we get really cool hats or something??

randomscooter · 01-24-2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Neil

I figured this year should be the "best food ever" gathering.

Do you think at previous gatherings that we've been holding out on you?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil

Quote:

Originally Posted by CPalmatier

It's my first time, will there be any facilities to keep food warm?

There's a full commercial kitchen at the motel and that's where the food will be laid out. I don't think there'll be a problem keeping those beans hot.

Let's just not keep them TOO hot. We don't want a repeat of last year's incident.

Paradox · 01-24-2012, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BillB

Going out to Redfield and hopefully Cliff, I'll stick with a dessert - might not be there for dinner. Most likely chocolate chip cookies, but perhaps I'll get more creative.

I have a hankerin' for oatmeal/raisin cookies.

Snickers · 01-24-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Paradox

I have a hankerin' for oatmeal/raisin cookies.

I have an awesome recipe for Spicy Oatmeal Raisin cookies.

I could be talked into whipping up a batch.

ADKJack · 01-24-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by PA Ridgerunner

Shouldn't this be a public poll? How will Fran know who's on her cleanup crew?

You are

and can you coordinate the official headress for the cleanup crew

ADKJack · 01-24-2012, 12:04 PM

Unfortunately Lori will not be able to accompany me this year, however she will send the lasagna with me

vieWseeker · 01-24-2012, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ADKJack

Unfortunately Lori will not be able to accompany me this year, however she will send the lasagna with me

best keep it hidden friday nite>>

View Poll Results: What best ever food are you bringing to the gathering?
Best ever main course dish.	9	31.03%
Best ever vegetatrian main course dish.	3	10.34%
Side dish such as veggies or rice.	4	13.79%
Bread, butter, crackers, cheese.	3	10.34%
Appetizer	7	24.14%
Incredibly rich dessert.	6	20.69%
I can't cook, put me on Fran's clean-up crew.	2	6.90%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

01-23-2012, 07:31 PM	#1
Neil Enjoying Wellness Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,379	Best food thread ever! I figured this year should be the "best food ever" gathering. Check with your grandmother, favorite internet recipe website, enroll in a cooking class - whatever you have to do to help elevate the status of the 2012 edition to that of best ever. As usual, in order to avoid the possibility of having nothing but poutine to eat we'll use the poll method to serve as a guide. Note that after winter gatherings there is usually no main course food left over. Like, none, zip, nada. Winter hikers are hungry come supper time. However, there is often a lot of dessert stuff and chips left over so you might want to keep that in mind when wondering whether to double or octuple the recipe.

01-23-2012, 08:38 PM	#4
CPalmatier Pitmaster Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Schroon Lake, NY Posts: 149	I'll bring BBQ beans. Technically a side, but they eat like main course . It's my first time, will there be any facilities to keep food warm? __________________ 34/46 (12W) Mr. P's Mountain Smokehouse Schroon Lake, NY

01-24-2012, 09:31 AM	#10
Dick Elder Statesman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Voorheesville NY Posts: 1,619	We signed up for appetizer, which will be a ton of shrimp, with sauce. __________________ "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while care will drop off like autumn leaves." John Muir

01-24-2012, 10:27 AM	#12
PA Ridgerunner Lovin' Life! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Central NY Posts: 2,415	Shouldn't this be a public poll? How will Fran know who's on her cleanup crew? __________________ Nature we have always with us, an inexhaustible storehouse of that which moves the heart, appeals to the mind, and fires the imagination - health to the body, a stimulus to the intellect, and a joy to the soul. - John Burroughs

01-23-2012, 08:26 PM	#2
BillB Mr. 7000, now with more W Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Latham, NY Posts: 644	Going out to Redfield and hopefully Cliff, I'll stick with a dessert - might not be there for dinner. Most likely chocolate chip cookies, but perhaps I'll get more creative.

01-24-2012, 09:10 AM	#8
Neil Enjoying Wellness Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,379	The thread title is incorrectly worded. it should say "best food ever thread". Who cares if it's a great thread but the food sucks.

01-24-2012, 09:13 AM	#9
Neil Enjoying Wellness Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,379	For the most part folks'll have to keep their food in their rooms until Sat afternoon. Shouldn't be a problem with coolers and ice packs. The rooms at the Ark Trail have bar fridges if that's a help. Or, if it's frozen then there shouldn't be a problem with just leaving it in the Ark Trail kitchen to thaw all day.

01-24-2012, 09:46 AM	#11
Neil Enjoying Wellness Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,379	I will probably bring an Indian dish (mildly spicy). Either butter chicken or a lamb dish. Basmati rice will accompany whatever I end up cooking.

01-24-2012, 10:27 AM	#13
Snickers Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Keeseville, NY Posts: 3,643	We will bring kielbasi and sauerkraut; it was gone in no time last year!!! __________________ Snickers I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou

01-24-2012, 12:04 PM	#19
ADKJack Sure, Why not! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mt Adams Posts: 2,039	Unfortunately Lori will not be able to accompany me this year, however she will send the lasagna with me __________________ "Climbing is about freedom. There's no prize money; there are no gold medals. The mountains are all about going there to do what you want to do. That's why I'll never tell anyone else how to climb. All I can say is, This is how I prefer to do it." Ed Viesturs

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