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Potluck Survey
Dec. 5th, 2005 11:35 amI don't even want to speak about my incredible stupidity last night. I ran down my car battery ... again. Uncountable thank yous go to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
learnedax for coming out at 9:00 at night, and to new_man for staying with me and calling learnedax in the first place.
On a lighter note... the informal Christmas party is coming at my office. We (giant WASP male dominated corporate America poster children that we are) celebrate Christmas in every imaginable way, so far invites are out for:
- Company Adult Holiday Party - fancy shmantzy hotel, tickets for $30. Sold out. I'm not going, didn't get shit together, too overbooked.
- Company Children's Holidy Party - spiffy gifts, real live Santa, fun & games. I don't have children. It's a good party, though, maybe I should just go kidnap a child. ;P
- Building 8 party - potluck, I don't work in this building, but my management (the previously unmentioned Boss E) does, so we get invited as the country cousins
- Building 3 party - Chinese catering + Yankee swap (don't ask me what Chinese food has to do with Christmas, I don't know)
- Our lab ghetto party - going out to a nice buffet and Yankee swap
They are, in their way, all cliques. I will be limiting my holiday cheer (to maximize holiday productivity) to the Building 8 potluck and the lab ghetto party. Those are the cliques I'm friends with.
But... that means, the thing your average geek chick dreds... the potluck.
I'm too late to glom onto the obligatory non-cook cold cut platter. And paper products and soda are already provided by the company (damn them). So... I'm making/buying SOMETHING. Last year my hard boiled eggs in tremendously bad for you Indian cream sauce did *OK*, and I don't covet having the Best Potluck Item Ever. I'm open to suggestions... but I want something that is not likely to be repeated by other people. My first thoughts:
- repeat Indian eggs & cream sauce (it sure it tasty) - this time, ponder a starchy thing to go with (bagels, toast, etc.)
- some other savory Indian dish, preferably veggie oriented
- baked tomatoes? do they reheat well?
- an interesting salad of some sort, something lettuce free
Anyone? Thoughts? other ideas? It must be:
- not an all-day cooking extravaganza
- not too exotic on ingredients
- not so typical (no chocolate chip cookies, no rice krispy treats, no meatballs in sauce)
- not phenomenally expensive (no caviar, sushi, or godiva chocolates)
- something I can scale to 20 servings - we'll have about 60-100 people
I have a crock pot. Fear me.
learnedax for coming out at 9:00 at night, and to new_man for staying with me and calling learnedax in the first place.On a lighter note... the informal Christmas party is coming at my office. We (giant WASP male dominated corporate America poster children that we are) celebrate Christmas in every imaginable way, so far invites are out for:
- Company Adult Holiday Party - fancy shmantzy hotel, tickets for $30. Sold out. I'm not going, didn't get shit together, too overbooked.
- Company Children's Holidy Party - spiffy gifts, real live Santa, fun & games. I don't have children. It's a good party, though, maybe I should just go kidnap a child. ;P
- Building 8 party - potluck, I don't work in this building, but my management (the previously unmentioned Boss E) does, so we get invited as the country cousins
- Building 3 party - Chinese catering + Yankee swap (don't ask me what Chinese food has to do with Christmas, I don't know)
- Our lab ghetto party - going out to a nice buffet and Yankee swap
They are, in their way, all cliques. I will be limiting my holiday cheer (to maximize holiday productivity) to the Building 8 potluck and the lab ghetto party. Those are the cliques I'm friends with.
But... that means, the thing your average geek chick dreds... the potluck.
I'm too late to glom onto the obligatory non-cook cold cut platter. And paper products and soda are already provided by the company (damn them). So... I'm making/buying SOMETHING. Last year my hard boiled eggs in tremendously bad for you Indian cream sauce did *OK*, and I don't covet having the Best Potluck Item Ever. I'm open to suggestions... but I want something that is not likely to be repeated by other people. My first thoughts:
- repeat Indian eggs & cream sauce (it sure it tasty) - this time, ponder a starchy thing to go with (bagels, toast, etc.)
- some other savory Indian dish, preferably veggie oriented
- baked tomatoes? do they reheat well?
- an interesting salad of some sort, something lettuce free
Anyone? Thoughts? other ideas? It must be:
- not an all-day cooking extravaganza
- not too exotic on ingredients
- not so typical (no chocolate chip cookies, no rice krispy treats, no meatballs in sauce)
- not phenomenally expensive (no caviar, sushi, or godiva chocolates)
- something I can scale to 20 servings - we'll have about 60-100 people
I have a crock pot. Fear me.