[pasmembers] Food at School star parties
- From: Terri <cosmicstarstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: PAS ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:40:39 -0700 (PDT)
PAS Members who do events where they feed us:
I'd like to start a discussion about the food we get at school star parties
and what you'd like to see there, instead.
Let me give you an idea why we do pizza.
Pizza is a bread, so it is substantial and usually
3 pieces of pizza holds a person for 3-4 hours
before they are thinking food, again.
It is easy to eat, with just a plate and napkin, don't need
plastic-ware.
It is cost effective for a school. One pizza can feed 3 of us,
if it is a large or XL, and with only 1 topping.
It can also be eaten cold, for some of us who don't mind
cold pizza. And left overs are good, as some schools have
us take the extras home.
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A previous star party they made us large, baked potatoes, with all the fixings.
it was next to impossible to eat it, talk and do the scope at the same time.
Which, by the way is the reason why we now meet 1 hour prior to the start
of the event, for set up and eating. Earlier, if needed. This was messy too.
The potato pieces got all over my table cloth, mostly due to it being dark and
i couldn't
see where my plate was, and every time i wanted to take a bite, someone else
walked up to look through the scope, so i put it down, talked, and when they
left
had a cold baked potato to eat. It just wasn't a pretty sight.
But the baked potatoes, even tho they were delicious, were a bother to
eat due to needing a plate, fork, and just impossible to eat standing up.
We've had Subs provided for us, but there are some ingredients that
some of us don't' like or are allergic to. Example: Mayo... some people i
know do not like mayonnaise. Others don't' like Tomatoes on their
sandwiches. And to have a school order a specif sandwich for each
person attending, would be difficult and a bother to them.
With the pizza i tell them to get a 1 topping pizza, have at least 1 that is
pepperoni,
one that is double cheese and the rest any way they want. I can eat the cheese
pizza
if that is all that is there that I might like. I won't eat the pepperoni, i
find it too greasy, although I like eating it, i don't' like my face breaking
out from it. This is an example.
And then for the most part, our group eats the pizzas without any trouble... i
only
know of one 2 people in our group, and they aren't telescope operators, they
are helpers to those with telescopes, who won't at this time eat pizza. 1 is
allergic and 1 doesn't want it for other reasons.
I've thought of asking for a salad, large salad, as the main meal but then a
lot of
people like a complete meal, rather than just a salad for dinner.
So, i'm opening this up so that we can discuss it and maybe someone has
an idea of what is easy to order, not allergic, not too messy, doesn't require
too many utensils, and fairly in expensive to feed 10 telescope operators
at an event.
This discussion comes about because I've heard that some of our telescope
operators are tired of pizza. To me, free food, or food I"m working for, is well
worth it. And I"m allergic to a lot of things... so pizza is one thing i can eat
and fill up on, enough to last through the event.
And 2 to 3 pieces of pizza, if a large, fills me up and i don't think of food
again
until we finish the event. Other foods don't' last that long and then i'm
looking
for food by the end of the event, getting crabby because i'm getting hungry.
That isn't good...
Now the drinks are another detail. I ask for bottled water because several
of our people are diabetics. We don't' need the extra sugar of soda, or fruit
juices. I would rather have the carbs of the pizza and drink water with it
and stay awake, than to have some sort of sugary drink with my pizza
and get too tired to do the job. Sugar in excess, like a soda, makes me
extremely
sleepy. So, if water isn't your preferred drink, I would like to have that
part of this discussion as well.
As Event Coordinator, I need to know what to ask for for food and drink,
for our TEAM. Specific stuff won't go over very well. Being generic with
pizza and water, seems to work each time. Plus, we don't want them asking
us food. We want them to purchase it for the ease of it, and the speed of
being able to eat it quickly.
I know, pizza over and over can be too much. But it is the easiest
thing to eat on the go, without the hassles of plastic ware
and the need of a table to put it on to eat it.
If i had my way, i'd request a big steak dinner with baked potato
and fresh baked bread. But you know that isn't going to happen.
Send me your input.
Thanks
I'm going to take into consideration your suggestions, as long as they
are logical.... meaning, no messy foods. NO hot wings on the telescopes.
That's the other detail you have to remember... sometimes we don't have a
bathroom
near by, and if you are eating something too messy, do you want to touch your
eyepieces after eating? And do you want to walk around with hot wing sauce all
over your face? Consider this when you suggest food for events we are doing
for free at schools.
Terri, Event Coordinator
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