March gathering

The 5th Ragamuffin Cooking Club gathering is hereby announced!

Theme: Mexican
Date & Time: Saturday, March 11, NOON-thirty pm*
Place: Chad & Karen's

We're going to try an experiment in cooking-at-the-club this time around. As we discussed on Saturday, we're going to try a "team approach". We've got a large group so splitting into two teams will help us to: #1 - not have way too much food, #2 - focus more on specific dishes, #3 - bond with our fellow clubbers a bit better, and #4 - learn more about cooking and cooking techniques in real-time!

Team # 1 - Meal Team

• In charge of meat, main dish, and any sides. One idea that looks yummy is family-style pork tacos and fajitas - the meat and salsa and other fillings can be prepared at the club.
• Some food can be prepared beforehand, but at least part of the meal must be prepared as a team at the gathering.
• One more note: *team members are welcome to arrive a bit before noon-thirty...like noon, in order to start on food prep.

Team # 2 - Drinks & Dessert Team

• In charge of... well, you know. Drinks & dessert. Ideas: fried ice cream or sopapillas. Yuuuuum. Can be fried on the spot...ideally if someone has a Fry Baby (anyone?).
• Again, some food can be prepared at the gathering, but keep in mind time constraints (no baking a cake for an hour at the meeting!) since we want to smoothly transition from main course to dessert!

So! Does that make any sense at all? (maybe not.) Sign up to be on a team, and once the team's decided, I will email the groups so they can start to chat and plan specifics. If I remember correctly, Chad, Phil and Heather have volunteered to be on the meal team (Heather's going to prep a bean dip for an appetizer) and Toni and I have volunteered to be on the dessert team. Everyone else?

More inspiration on the Food Network and Food and Wine to start.