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Meal 0.5: Friday Lunch with Iron Chef Niell

This meal is out of order, but it comes to me by email from our CFO (Chief Food Officer) Mr. Fred Niell. Fred writes:
Meal 0.5 was Friday Lunch, which was as unplanned as it was thrown together. Copic walked into the kitchen at 11:30 and mentioned that there were 3 lbs of dry pasta [...]

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 [...]