EatBird @ Houseku

(San Francisco's Premiere Orphan-Turkey/Tofurkey Event)

 

Facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6299763308

 

223 Fair Oaks (near 23rd and Guerrero) map

 

Pictures

• BJK: https://nerp.net/gallery/v/events_stuff/EatBirdAtHausku/
• Lindsay + flickr tag eatbird@houseku: http://flickr.com/photos/tags/eatbirdhouseku/interesting/

 

Schedule?

• 1:00 p.m. - Come make food stuffs (we have the tofu/bird under control)
• 1:00 p.m. - BIRD GOES IN!
• 4:00 p.m. - Targeted eating time (errr, right). For all the veggies in the house, this worked out very well. :)
• 4:30 p.m. - Bird comes out. It's done! No, wait. Why is it bloody? GROSS. Ursula says to put it back in.
• 6:41 p.m. - Shite! Bird is still cooking? Wtf? Hopefully it'll be done soon.... Travis is in charge now.
• 7:30ish - Bird comes out. It is delicious and not full of salmonella. Brining for 18+ hours is great for birds. Awesome. The tofurkey was awesome and actually was on time. Damn.
• Anytime to late night-ish - Come because you need to have a drink after hanging out with your family for 8 hours.
• 10:00 p.m. - There are 11 bottles of wine left. Come have some.
• 1:00 a.m. - Everyone is home and dry. Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you, Houseku, for your awesome accomodations.

 

If you are eating, please bring something to share!

Ohh, the drink situation is looking slim. Help!

 

Come and go as you please and bring friends. There is space. I promise. :)

 

Parking Notes

- Car people, we have some loading area, park at the top of the driveway briefly to load/unload stuff. After that good luck, it's not usually too tough to find stuff within a couple blocks of here.

- Bike people, we have space downstairs for your bikes, let somebody know you are here so that they will open the door but you can go down the driveway to the entrance to 225 and put your bike inside.

 

Invitees

RSVPd

- Lindsay - Chef

- Amit - Chef

- Travis - Chef

- Mika - Chef

- Neil - Chef

- Matt - Chef

- BJK - Sous Chef

- Teemu

- Emma

- Nikete

- Tony

- Katherine

- Aimee

- John

- Sean G

- Sarah

- Paul S

- Dana

- Dana friend

- Jonathan - aka JAW

- Paul O - aka poppy

- Crystal

- Ursula (bjk)

- Toni (bjk)

- Maria (bjk)

- Rachel (bjk)

- Eric (bjk)

 

Maybe

- Anni

- Kate

 

 

Real Food

 

What	Who	Notes
Turkey	Lindsay	16 lbs.
Finnish potato dish	Mika	Super, very nice.
Butternut squash soup	Neil	vegan
3 Tofurkeys	Neil	vegan
Midwestern Cranberry Salad	Matt	vegan
Mashed potatoes	Neil	vegan
Bread	Amit	NOT bringing bread, as it looks like we'll have plenty via travis
Stuffing	Lindsay	not vegan
Stuffing	Neil	vegan
Corn Pudding	Lindsay	vegetarian
Yams	Neil	vegan
Pickles		Andy, we got some bomb ass pickles (Andy says pickles were indeed bomb ass)
Sourdough rounds	Travis	2 loaves
Apple sourdough	Travis	2 loaves
Walnut sourdough	Travis	2 loaves
Wild Rice	BJK	vegetarian
Green Beans	poppy	vegetarian
ilk of Celery Root Puree	Sean	vegetarian
purple/red cabbage salad	uak	vegetarian
fresh vegetable assortment	JAW	vegan
Salad with garlic vinegrette	Dana

 

Dessert

 

What	Who	Notes
Two Pumpkin pies	Neil	vegan
Three Cheesecakes	Matt	vegan
Pumpkin cheesecake	Lindsay	vegetarian
Cookies	BJK	Mmmmmm
Ginger tea bread	Lindsay	vegetarian
Chocolate Pecan Pie	Amit	eggs, but no dairy
Pumpkin cookies	Dana
Pumpkin Pie	Dana
1 box of Pocky	bjk
2 plantains	bjk	to be fried

 

Beverages

 

What	Who	Notes
a bottle of a fine iowan red	matt
some white wine	crystal	for variety
Lakka	BJK
Koskenkorva	uak	ja Salmiakkikossu
simple red wine	poppy
12 pack of coke	poppy	we'll need some type of caffeine elements
red wine	Eric (bjk)
wine bottle	jaw
Brazillian Lemonade	Amit
sake	rachel
red wine	bjk

 

Serving

- termie: 6 large plates, 6 small plates, 6 bowls

- matt: round chafing dish with two compartments

- termie: 4 big spoons, 4 small spoons, 4 forks, 4 knives

- Travis: we're going to get some composty paper stuff (plates, cups, etc.)

 

Seating

- termie: 6 red chairs at the house

- termie: 3 couches (seats 3, 2, 2)

- Paul S : I have lots of folding chairs. Let me know if I should bring some. Yes, please, Paul. ///L

- Lindsay: 2 folding chairs (@ house)

 

Tablage

- termie: big table in dining room will fit 10-12

- tony: folding table will fit 8-10

- BJK: 8 foot portable banquet table.

 

1 Rule

- No mofo drinks on the mantles n' shit. They're hella old.

 

Random Chatter from Non-Attending Folk

- tedr: "You're beautiful people. I <3 Wiki-Giving-ness. Gobble Gobble!"

- Dad and Karen: Y'al have a good time. From Georgia w/Love!

 

Recipes

- Look here tomorrow for some instructions to recreate some of your favorite new TDay foods. Damn. Gobble gobble.

- Vegan Soy Eggnog Cheesecake

- Butternut squash soup

- Savory mashed sweet potatoes

- Turkey Brine (ala Alice Waters)