Arisia food

[magid]

So far, I have
[post-con edits in square brackets]

• juice boxes of white grape juice (will likely bring fewer than the eight in the package) [brought all eight, four used (1/person at dinner)]
  
• a pop-top can of stuffed cabbage [unused]
  
• more than half a pound of smoked salmon [some eaten, not much]
  
• plain goat cheese [unused]
  
• capers and/or olives (need to bring in a Ziploc) [had no capers after all; none brought]
  
• cheddar [more than half eaten]
  
• hummus with pine nuts [about half eaten]
  
• multigrain crackers (milchig) [about half eaten]
  
• lavosh with seeds (pareve) [about half eaten]
  
• a LaBriute meal of fake beef and veggies stir fry (a self-heating meal, so I can have a hot meal once during Arisia, probably Saturday evening) [do not get this kind again; it was pretty nasty]
  
• a bag of 'baby' carrots [untouched]
  
• many sweet potatoes (need to bake) [most eaten]
  
• green beans (need to steam) [unbrought]
  
• dried apricots [more than half eaten]
  
• roasted unsalted almonds [unused]
  
• crystallized ginger [some eaten]
  
• cinnamon grahams [some eaten]
  
• two bars of 71% single-origin chocolate (I wonder if this is enough; depends on how many people I feed :-) [half of one bar eaten]
  
• spicy soy-flax seed chips [unused]
  
• two Lara bars, apple pie and cherry pie (TJ's was out of the ginger ones. phooey) [unused]
  
• rolls [half eaten]
  
• oranges and/or tangerines [uneaten]

I might make spicy nut noodles. I should get grape tomatoes (and red peppers?) and package up the end of the salad greens with some dressing. I could make hard-boiiled eggs. Perhaps I should get a yogurt. Maybe some other fresh hand fruit? And there's the outstanding question of whether this is enough to not feel constrained. If I don't go to Brookline, this will be my first non-fleishig Arisia.
[I didn't make the noodles or do anything else in this paragraph. Note for next year: people need less feeding in this hotel, with all the food options right there; try to estimate more exactly what I'll want. Also, I missed having fleishigs this year; if there's no compelling reason to be milchig, have at least one fleishig Shabbat meal.]

For comparison, 2005.

Also, note to self: pack forks, knives, spoons, plates, napkins, also tealights, masking tape, and matches (use the cinnamon on the graham crackers for b'samim).

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And while on the topic of Arisia (but not food), I got email about Space and Time magazine being bought; the formal announcement will happen at Arisia. The interesting part for me is who's buying the magazine: one of my college suitemates. Now I'm going to wonder how I'll seem to someone who hasn't seen me in decades.

Comments

[alandd.livejournal.com]

Wow... I (almost) now wish I was going to Arisa. This is just amazing... ;)

[magid.livejournal.com]

Because of the food? Or the magazine?

[alandd.livejournal.com]

All that nifty food... :-) Some of it is simple enough that (even) I'd eat it! :-) Ah well, too bad I'm going to be in NJ this weekend...

[magid.livejournal.com]

It's pretty much all bought food (rather than made), so you could reproduce whatever you like pretty easily. Once you're back from NJ, of course.

[alandd.livejournal.com]

I actually have a bunch of food in my cabinets... I seem to be missing the part where I think to myself, "Hey, tonight's a good night to cook."

[magid.livejournal.com]

Ah, but most of this isn't stuff to cook: it's merely stuff to pull out of the cabinets/fridge. Easy-peasy.

(For me, having fewer eating-out options, my default is that I'll be cooking dinner most nights, so I don't usually have the loop you describe.)

[alandd.livejournal.com]

Makes a lot of sense... :-)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

If you brought a goat, you wouldn't need to bring the goat cheese. You could get goat milk any time you want, and make your own cheese.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... Perhaps I should check eBay for goats. D'you think the hotel would mind if I use some towels for goat diapers?

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

i will be bringing food. most of which should be kosher.
crackers, cheese, cream cheese, flat breads, candy, and Entemens baked goods.

(room 309, merchants row.. this i smy home as well as business, please feel free to stop in on Shabbos and just chat.)

i also have a bread machine that was certified kosher at one point, and has never had any non kosher stuff in it. (dried milk has been used in it)
i assume that bread made in it is kosher dairy. my kosher cookbooks say that someone jewish needs to "light it" according to some specs....
if you can tell me what i need to do, i will have bread.

[magid.livejournal.com]

You're so kind to offer. I have bread already (I made a couple of batches last night and froze the results), as it turns out.

I'm not sure when I'll meander dealer's row; it may well be on Shabbos :-).

And hi. How did you end up meandering over here?

how did i get here?

[fabricdragon.livejournal.com]

the temptation to start singing "letting the days go by..." not withstanding...
i think it was from mamadeb's page. i hope you dont mind?

i was tracking whether food arrangements had been made at arisia, and being my usual food obsessed self, i am naturally convinced that everyone will *starve* ....
>grin<
so i was looking for a link to tell me if there was going to be a shabbos dinner...
and naturally i worry that my observant friends have "no food". (which is silly, but i worry....)

I am picking up new knives and plastic utensils on the way up. the cream cheese is in little foil packets, and with a few exceptions.. for my personal stash, nothing will be opened or heated or cut until i get to the convention... so despite my non kosher house the food is edible. which is what i worry about.
wouldnt want my friends to have nothing to eat!

Re: how did i get here?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Of course I don't mind; I'm just curious :-).

No one will starve. Really. I know in previous year's there's been a group Shabbat dinner, and all the kosher people I know pack a lot of food. Plus there's a Trader Joe's nearby :-).

I appreciate the concern, though.