Help! {Christmas Fayre}

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:48 pm

hehe, thanks guys! Now we have these recipes (and some others, too) for the fayre. Now the only problem... we're not the best cooks. Any chance I can fly you guys out here to do it for me?

Post by **Darb** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:37 pm

If you can afford the travel and loding expenses, and comp me for lost wages, I'd probaby come. I could really use a vacation.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:52 pm

GG, it would be nice if you'd give up a full rundown of what you decided to make.

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:07 pm

Brad wrote:If you can afford the travel and loding expenses, and comp me for lost wages, I'd probaby come. I could really use a vacation.

Er, how about 50p and a shiny wrapper?

Right, the list is:

Mochi (Japan)
Dumplings (China)
Lebkuchen (Germany)
Holiday Ham Balls (Sweden)
Ghryba (Egypt)
Amaretti (Italy) not too Christmasy, I know, but I can make them well now, so...
Turon (Spain)
Kourabiethes (Greece) Mmmm, this is soooo nice *mouth waters*
Chilean Christmas Bread (Chile)
Christmas Cheese Scones (New Zealand)
LARGE amounts of Christmas Pud (England- DUH!)

That's all,I guess, but we should be able to make enough for it to last.

Post by **Kvetch** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:57 pm

/me starts looking up train times.

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:13 pm

You know, I think there are actually pretty cheap flights from DC to London..... like, its cheaper to fly there than for me to fly home to California. Cause, that is a great looking menu.

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:18 am

Kvetch wrote:/me starts looking up train times.

Don't you have lectures until six?

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:10 am

Today, 'til 12. Tomorrow 'til six. Anyway, food beats lectures.

It depresses me that RM could probably attend for less money.

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:12 am

Kvetch wrote:It depresses me that RM could probably attend for less money.

Yeah, just did a quick search and found one for $424.... that's cheap! And my passport is current...

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:08 pm

Heh, will you come in your Harry Potter costume?

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:21 pm

You're a good cook GG! It sounds really hard.

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:26 pm

Xyrael wrote:You're a good cook GG! It sounds really hard.

LOL, nope! Besides, I recruted a couple of others (Including Arctic Monkeys) to help.

Oh, a question for Nzilla (or whoever would like to answer it). We are trying to think of what to put in the mochi. We want some to be vegetarian and some to be... not.

Any suggestions?

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:25 pm

Greabo Girl wrote:Heh, will you come in your Harry Potter costume?

Yeah, sure, I can do that.

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:33 pm

RecluceMage wrote:
Greabo Girl wrote:Heh, will you come in your Harry Potter costume?
Yeah, sure, I can do that.

YAY! Oh, and, erm, we also need a decent recipe for mochi...

RecluceMage · Post by **RecluceMage** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:56 pm

I have no idea what Mochi is....

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:07 pm

Google: define:Mochi
A rice cake or dumpling made from cooked , pounded sweet rice.

zana · Post by **zana** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:39 pm

The only mochi I've ever had were were for dessert. Fillings included ice cream, bean paste, and sesame paste. Sorry, don't have any recipes, but have never encountered savory mochi.

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:04 pm

Mochi is good!

But as zana said, "I've encountered no savory mochi('s)."

Probably would be good...but I rather just have my ol' standbys: green tea ice cream filled mochi and mango icecream filled mochi--yummy! :drool:

nzilla · Post by **nzilla** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:25 am

I've never heard of mochi with meat in it, though I suppose you could try stuffing them with gyoza filling, if you think it would taste good.

{Ground beef (or other meat)
{Tofu (maybe half as much as the meat, for a smoother texture)
{Garlic
{Ginger
{Green Onion
{Soy Sauce
All chopped up and mixed together. I guess you'd want to form little meatballs and fry or bake them before stuffing.

Oh, and as an aside, I don't think you're technically supposed to form plurals for words of Japanese origin, since you usually use the plural from the language a borrowed word comes from (seraph->seraphim, radius->radii, Ã¼bermensch->Ã¼bermenschen) and Japanese doesn't have plurals.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:39 am

Ginger or cinnamon (preference) everyone?

I'm not sure...

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:13 pm

with that combination of ingredients? Ginger, definitely. Nutmeg PERHAPS, but not cinnamon *shudder*

Greabo Girl · Post by **Greabo Girl** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:58 pm

*breathes sigh of relief* Phew, the date's been moved back to the 16th. Good. We were kinda behind on the organizing of stuff. But now we got some extra weeks to organise, everything should go well.

And we all get to miss fourth period (Citizenship- HA!) to do the finishing touches.

Also, the menu has been altered a little.

Here is the new one:

Onigiri- Japan (Mochi proved too difficult for a group of year eights to make)
Dumpling- China
Lebkuchen- Germany
Ghyrba (Egypt)
Turon- Spain
Kourabiethes0 Greece
Chilean Christmas Bread- Chile
Christmas Cheese Scones- New Zealand
Vegetable Baiti- India (Some mild and some... not)
Naan bread-India (If we can figure out how to make it)
Christmas Pudding- England
Mince Pies- England
Non Alcoholic Mulled Wine- ??? (Mmmm, non alcoholic goodness.)

Hehe, the non mild baiti will be really hot, and the mulled wine is all we'll sell to drink (it being priced at 50p per small cup

)

Post by **Darb** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:20 pm

I can help coach you on technique for chinese dumplings and naan. I've made both.

If you have a recipe for baiti, I can help you with that too ... of if you need a recipe, I can probably dig one up and test it for you.

As for mochi ... making it from scratch is reputedly a lot of work, and a lot of pounding. You can, however, buy it pre-made, and simply grill/broil it. The other problem is that when you cook it, it's easy for people to get burned, or to gag on the stuff, as it's very dense/chewy/sticky. Having a burning-hot chunk of rice paste seize to the roof of your mouth, like napalm, is not fun. Mochi kills far more people in japan than peanut butter does in this country.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:35 pm

tollbaby wrote:with that combination of ingredients? Ginger, definitely. Nutmeg PERHAPS, but not cinnamon *shudder*

I was referring to in general! Don't worry.

Post by **Darb** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:38 pm

[Mod note: thread title clarified slightly, by Brad on 28-Nov-2005]