Comments on: January Brunch at RMH

January Brunch at RMH

garlic — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:38:52 -0800

Let's go to the Ronald McDonald house in Hyde Park and make brunch for the families of sick kids in Janurary

Part of the series of brunch meetups we're going to have at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House (5444 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL). Dates are reserved for the first Sunday of every other month (November, January, March, etc.) until the end of 2016. We've done this a couple times before. Brunch time is targetted at 10:30am, so plan accordingly as to when to show up. I'm planning on getting there around 8:30 to help everyone out and start working on whatever concoction I'm making. The Hyde Park house asks that we don't bring more than 12 volunteers, but I don't expect that's a problem. The house has 98% of the utensils and tools you need for cooking, we just need people to a) volunteer to be head chef for a brunch dish or b) volunteer to be sous chef for any / all of the head chefs. A variety of dishes that can get around a variety of tastes, allergies, and dietary restrictions is preferred by us, though the house is just happy for us to show up. We're typically cooking for 25 guests + us, and they'd prefer us to err on the side of leftovers if we can. We've rarely had issues with that though. It'd be a good idea for us bring our own chef knife (theirs are all dull), notecards for food labels (with allergens listed), and some large tupperware's for the house for leftovers. Shout out in the comments if you're bringing any of these. A couple of us drive down there, so if you need a ride, mention it and we'll get you there.

By: garlic

garlic — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:40:17 -0800

I'm thinking a cornbread (muffin? pancake? regular?) and black eyed peas for some southern good luck in the new year will be my dish.

By: TardisCompanion

TardisCompanion — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 07:48:12 -0800

Something sweet for sure-- not sure what yet... lots of time to decide :)

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:19:02 -0800

If I'm in town I'll be there!

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:28:02 -0800

I expect to be in town and I figure I'll do a baked oatmeal, but I may change my mind.

By: eamondaly

eamondaly — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:59:52 -0800

If it's not going to fight with the cornbread, I'm thinking baked egg boats.

By: garlic

garlic — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:41:47 -0800

Bout a month left, so we need to try to firm up some sort of menu, even if it's fake.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:10:21 -0800

I'll stick with baked oatmeal then. Probably some sort of breakfast sausage to go along?

By: garlic

garlic — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:06:05 -0800

It sounds like Denail's gonna do baked ham. So tentatively Baked Ham Cornbread pancakes black eyed peas baked oatmeal baked egg boats fruit salad That sounds pretty good as a fake menu.

By: garlic

garlic — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:20:03 -0800

alright, sending this tentative menu in.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:09:12 -0800

This looks like an awesome menu and pretty complete. Unless anyone thinks of a way to round it out I'll sign up as an official pancake flipper!

By: popquiz

popquiz — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:24:08 -0800

I can sous chef/bring knives/note cards as necessary!

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:20:02 -0800

This is not tomorrow. This is on Sunday. Today is Friday, not Saturday. Posting not just to help myself but others as well. Calendars, etc, etc.

By: garlic

garlic — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 12:48:14 -0800

This IS tomorrow. Tomorrow IS Sunday.

By: garlic

garlic — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 12:52:47 -0800

For shoppers, food for 27 is the goal.

By: crush-onastick

crush-onastick — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:55:58 -0800

Does anyone know if there are baking pans (8 inch round or 9x9)? If anyone still has to hit the shops. I'll pay you for some disposable aluminum pans. I forgot to pick them up.

By: garlic

garlic — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 18:10:18 -0800

Ill Get them, crush.

By: popquiz

popquiz — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 05:30:58 -0800

And I seem to have come down with a sore throat/general bleh-ness, so I probably shouldn't be around and cooking for a bunch of people. Looking forward to March though

By: floweringjudas

floweringjudas — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 07:39:36 -0800

uhhhhh welp I'm standing outside the main entrance what do

By: garlic

garlic — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:11:04 -0800

I just double checked my email from Ronald McDonald House, and it definitely says 10:30 a.m. for brunch.

By: eamondaly

eamondaly — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:43:15 -0800

Bembo, what is best in life?

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:08:34 -0800

i mailed the volunteer coordinator and she said the email, which did say 10:30, was wrong, and they prefer 10:00am so that people can get to the hospital sooner. I've requested details on when we can show up based off of that.