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Meal 2: Breakfast

Bill and Dorothea Coleman took charge of breakfast on Saturday, and they got some help from spoons’s sister, Rachel, and dad, Tom. The meal included pancakes, bacon, eggs, and omelets made-to-order. Since most of the preparation for Saturday’s dinner happened on Friday, the breakfast-makers did their best to use up extra mushrooms, bell [...]

Meal 1: BBQ

Nothing satisfies traveling campers like barbecue! On Friday night, we served up a hearty meal of brassica mixta, corn on the cob and corn bread, and barbecued chicken and tempeh.
Brassica mixta (or as my brother called it, basilica sarcastica) was our hastily re-branded coleslaw. Why re-branded? For some reason, coleslaw is [...]

Meal 0: Grilled Pizzas

Heya, campers! We are beginning to post some of the details of the “making of” Camp Spoonhowopic, starting with food! Only a few people arrived at Camp in time for Thursday night dinner, but those who did were treated to pizza on the grill, courtesy of Aaron and Eileen.
The pizza dough recipe comes from [...]

The Final Countdown

Hey, everyone!
Our car is almost packed, and we are off to Allegany Park in just a few short hours! (We’re heading up early to scope out the scene and relax for a couple of days.) We (and a bunch of helpers) have been busy for the last couple of days buying food, making [...]

It does a body good…

It’s good to have friends who are dairy farmers, because emails like this don’t sound bizarre to them:
“Also, do you think you could bring some milk? Like a lot?”