[pasmembers] Re: Food at School star parties
- From: Terri <cosmicstarstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:28:13 -0700 (PDT)
I would eat hamburgers, and turkey burgers, but i will not touch a hot dog,
they are junk meats and most of the time, they have MSG, which I can't have.
Plus,
who has the time to grill it or make it?
Not shooting down the idea, just giving my idea.
If a school offered hamburgers, i'd take it as a nice change.
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> From: Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:16 PM
>Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Food at School star parties
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>Re: [pasmembers] Food at School star parties
>Other than a sit-down dinner ala CTCA it sounds like pizza may be the best
>alternative. Though would say, hamburgers and hot dogs work? They're also
>filling and easy to eat. Hotdogs are ok cold too.
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>ES, Via Blackberry
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>From: pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: PAS ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sat Mar 31 16:40:39 2012
>Subject: [pasmembers] Food at School star parties
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>PAS Members who do events where they feed us:
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>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.
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>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.
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>
>It is easy to eat, with just a plate and napkin, don't need
>plastic-ware.
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>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.
>
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>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.
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>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.
>
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>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...
>
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>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
>
>Good friends are like stars. You don't always
>see them, but you always know they are there.
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