A page for all food-related discussion/organisation to avoid cluttering up the main page.
Listed below are various items of breakfast, lunch and snack food, based on what we ate last year. I'll add quantities later - the default assumption will be that everyone will eat a bit of everything, but it would be useful if people could make a note if they are likely to eat either none/very little or excessively large amounts of any of these by adding a - or + after the item. Question marks indicate items that were not widely eaten last year so may be left out if people don't '+' them. Also feel free to add things.
General
- Biscuits ++
- Teabags -+
- Ground coffee --
- Hot chocolate +-
- Milk
- Cooking oil + + + +
- Squash +-
- Kitchen supplies - check what is included
Breakfast
- Bran flakes ++-+
- Muesli ++
- Oats for porridge? - +-
- Raisins? --
- Natural yogurt ---
- Bananas +-
- Bread for toast -+
- Jam+
- Honey +-
- Marmalade? --
- Chocolate spread
- Bacon
MF - I'm happy to supply the porridge and honey if no one else wants it!
Lunch
- Bread (sliced)
- Wraps ---
- Pittas - +-
- Bagels ++
- Buttery spread+
- Mayonnaise -+-
- Pickle --
- Hard cheese+ (not blue or cheddar as well as blue please)
- Cream cheese--+
- Houmous + (spicy please)-+
- Ham+
- Chicken -+
- Salami ++
- Tomatoes ++
- Cucumber-
- Cake
- Flapjack ++
- Malt loaf -++
- Cereal bars --
- Blocks of chocolate? ++ +++
- Small chocolate bars eg Mars (own brand Mars and twix are good + 1/2 price) +++
- Fruit and nut mix? -+
- Apples (dried??++)+
- Satsumas --- (Given my pathological consumption of these, I shall bring my own supply - DC)
- Salted Peanuts
Alcohol
Please add your initials if you're likely to partake - just to get an idea of required quantity
- Wine red JS DF DP RP MF LW DC
- Wine white JS DF DP RP LW DC
- Sherry JS DF DP AT AT (that's both Alex and Ausma, not double portions for Alex) RP DC
- Port JS DF DP AT AT RP MF LW DC
Beer, whisky & other spirits brought & shared on a personal basis
Dinners
I think last year's arrangement (where the list of recipes and ingredients for each meal were kept in the kitchen so anyone could cook anything) worked really well, so I propose something similar this year. Arranging meals communally also prevents duplication of ingredients and associated waste. So, please suggest meals; if there are more than 6 suggestions by say the start of December then we can vote on them. As usual, things with both meat and veggie options are good.
Here's last year's page for reference.
| Main course suggestion | Votes (add initials by six options) | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Bangers and mash and onion gravy | CH DP AP IP EF DF DC RP | |
| Lasagne | DP IP EF DF DC RP | |
| Thai green curry | DP AP IP EF DF DC RP | |
| Butternut squash risotto | CH DP DF DC | |
| Chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with new potatoes and veg | CH DP AP IP EF DF DC RP | |
| Homemade beefburgers and potato wedges | CH DP AP IP EF DF RP | |
| Fajitas | CH AP IP EF DC RP | |
| Spaghetti bolognese and garlic bread | CH AP |
Puddings - no vote needed but feel free to add comments
Sticky toffee pudding
Apple crumble
Lemon meringue pie
Christmas pudding
Banoffee pie
Tiramisu
New Year's Eve Meal
Provisional menu, pending feedback and a practice run.
1) Grilled mushrooms with halloumi and peppers
2) Poached salmon with potato and beetroot salad
3) Beef bourguignon with sweet potato mash
4) Pear frangipan tart with icecream
5) Cheese and biscuits
Comments and suggestions welcome!
- Sounds good to me - can we have mints/chocolates and coffee/port afterwards?
- As above +