Spoon Korean, Small Household Exchange, Feb 7 @ 11:30 AM

The Small Household Food Exchange will convene Tuesday, February 7th @ 11:30 AM, at Korean Spoon, 214 Greenwood Rd, Glenview, IL 60025. For the LTH reviews see: Korean Spoon.

The Small Household Food Exchange, among other things, is an opportunity for like-minded folks to gather, share the ordering power of a group, and describe and show off their cooking skills.

So, if you want to, get to work cooking dishes to share with other LTHers. (And don’t worry about the rumors about LTH palate sophistication — often the simplest dishes are the best.)

Or don’t … maybe you just want an excuse to try an interesting restaurant … everyone’s welcome to join for the three c's — camaraderie, conviviality and companionship.

We’ll cap attendance at 12. Those who exchange dishes will have first priority, but they should post what they'll be bringing by Friday February 3rd, to allow cooks to plan, shop and create.

The Basics
We’re always interested in fresh blood. Even if you can't exchange, please join us for dinner and conversation! But we hope some will bring a few samples of the cuisine you enjoy at your home; it’s a great way for all of us to get to know each other better, discuss food and cooking techniques, and ultimately, later, have a meal at home that we might not have thought of making for ourselves.

What is the Small Household Food Exchange, you may ask.

Most importantly, it’s a gathering of like-minded folks at an interesting restaurant for a meal, taking advantage of the ordering power of a good number of people to share and sample a good number of menu items.

The Small Household Food Exchange started so that those of us in 1-2 person households who love to cook aren't stuck eating that big pot of chili for a whole week. Instead, we make 4-10 servings of one dish, and bring home 4-10 different dishes. Exchanging participants bring one pre-portioned serving of their food for every exchanger who has RSVP’d to come and bring a dish that month. The priority will be for entrees, meats, soups, salad, stews, pastas, grains, etc. (Check the Events Board, there’s a separate Dessert Exchange.)

The fine print
Number in the group: We will cap attendance for this gathering at 12 (food exchange participants at 8, so that participants are never making more than 8 servings of anything. Couples can be counted as one serving, or two — if you come as a couple, please specify whether you're bringing one or two dishes to exchange.

There will be no restrictions on the food – we’re an omnivorous bunch. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ALLERGIES, PLEASE LET THE GROUP KNOW.

The containers/delivery system: Everyone in the group should use the GLADWARE 3 1/8 CUP PLASTIC CONTAINERS (7” x 7” square container with a blue lid). Look for this on the label:



You’ll portion your food into those containers to bring and hand out at the gathering. You can freeze them or not depending on your schedule and when you make your food. If you use something else to deliver your food that month (Ziploc bags, plastic wrap, etc.) you should also return the empty containers from the last round so that everyone always has a stash of these containers for the exchange, and no one has to run out and buy more. Ideally, everyone will find a way to label their containers, describing the contents, so we don’t end up staring into our freezers at a field of blue-lidded containers and wondering what’s in each one (not that there’s anything wrong with the occasional surprise …).

Please RSVP your attendance by responding in this thread, ideally at least one week before the monthly gathering. If you're exchanging, please post what you're bringing at least three days before the gathering.

The organizer will monitor the thread to see what people are bringing. The organizer will also make reservations for the group at the restaurant where we will be gathering.

Hope to see you there!

Attending:

Dinner and Exchange
Cathy2 - I think I will make you dumplings.
nr706 - Bumblebee (aka yellow and black) noodles with chicken and spinach
LHS - curry lentils with beans

Dinner and sparkling company (actual sparkling not required)
moetchandon
And maybe you?

Save the date!
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 11:30 am

I’m in for dinner. Looking forward to eating here.

I grew up less than 2 miles from there. So I'm in. No idea what I'll make.

I'll be making this — which I tried a few nights ago. Bumblebee (aka yellow and black) noodles with chicken and spinach.

nr706 wrote:I'll be making this — which I tried a few nights ago. Bumblebee (aka yellow and black) noodles with chicken and spinach.

I called them a while back. I get the impression it is eat-in for weekday lunch, then take-out only on weekends. Does that seem right?

Regards,
CAthy2

Probably right. Since we're getting together on a Tuesday at lunchtime, it shouldn't be a problem.

Hi,

I just updated with my contribution of dumplings.

Likely it will be pelmeni.

Regards,
Cathy2

I would like to join and I plan on bringing curry lentils with beans.

Looking forward to my first Small Household Food Exchange!

LHS wrote:I would like to join and I plan on bringing curry lentils with beans.

Looking forward to my first Small Household Food Exchange!

Yay!

Hi,

I made a dozen pelmeni each. I am cooking the remaining today for lunch to offer an idea of how to cook. I usually make my own dough for the exterior. I used Chinese dumpling skins left from other dumplings I made. Yesterday was pork and chive dumplings followed by the pelmeni. It was a great tv watching activity.

I did not make a reservation. When I called a few weeks ago, the person on the phone felt no reservation was necessary. She could have pretended, but I have feeling she is right.

Regards,
Cathy2

Food porn pix here.