ELS is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner again! If you'd like to join us, please add your name and any food/drink items you'll be bringing below. We have a large kitchen, so feel free to come by early and cook your food here.
Place
Directions, parking, and mass transit information is available online here: http://extraordinary.leastsquar.es/
Timing
Thanksiving is November 28 2024. That's the day we'll be having Thanksgiving dinner.
If you're not cooking at our place, plan to arrive around 3:30PM, so we have time to heat up and do one of those big lunch/dinner meals people do (start eating by 4:30PM). You're also welcome to cook at our place—just let us know in advance. We should be wrapped up by early evening.
Who's Coming
Add your name to the list below if you are planning on coming:
Folks who may come later for 🦃 drinks/dessert 🥧, not main meal:
- [NAME]
Dishes and other stuff you'll be bringing
When planning your dish, keep in mind that many/most of the ELS folks (and many of the guests) are vegetarian and that the house does not cook meat. As a result, if you can, we really appreciate it if you can keep things vegetarian.
Here's a full list with pictures from a previous Thanksgiving that shows how everything was vegetarian and almost every food item was vegan.
You can add items you want to make and your names by the items.
Allergies
If anybody has allergies or other dietary restrictions (beyond simply being vegetarian), please note them here or email someone at ELS that you know.
Protein and Sauce
- Lamb_Roast (made out of seitan) - willscott
- Squab Pie? - (roughly based on this this recipe but with a mix of those veggie lamb chunks and carne de soya)
- chantarelle mushroom gravy — Mako
- celebration roast - Mika
Vegetable/Fruit
- mashed potatoes - Bryan?
- shredded brussel sprout and pomegranate salad (fakon, feta, pecan, apple/shallot, red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, olive oil) - Mika
- roasted veggies - Lucy
- big green salad - Lucy
- cranberry sauce - Paula + Josh
- some roasted crucifer, lmk if there's a pref - Josh + Paula
- kale & winter squash salad -Odette&Jerry
- Chaat salad - S
- fruits - Regina & Tom
Other savory items
- stuffing - Mika
- cheeses - Sejal & Gavin
- crackers - Sejal & Gavin
Fusion
- thanksgiving panipuri - Mako
Dessert
- marionberry pie & apple/pear pie- Odette&Jerry
Drinks
- Wild Turkey 🤪🦃 [Because it's not Thanksgiving without turkey!] - Mako
- Hot Toddy [Mako's S3kr3t Recipe]
- 1-3 thanksgiving themed cocktails
- Cider - Regina & Tom
Non-food contributions
Requests
Move stuff from this list to the one above if people pick it up or commit to bringing it:
Food:
- Bread
- protein (2 already but more is fine)
- green vegetable or fruit [e.g., green beans, brussel sprouts]
- blue/purple vegetable or fruit [e.g., grapes..if those count.. and blueberries😎]
- confused vegetable or fruit🥬😕
Drinks:
- egg nog
- cider
Contact
Directions and phone information for folks in the house should be up to date on the ELS website or at these numbers:
- Mako: (+1) 206-409-7191
- Mika: (+1) 206-890-5155
- Will: (+1) 206-395-9362
- Lucy: (+1) 443-824-9725
Food for thought from previous Thanksgivings
The list was taken from previous years' Thanksgiving pages:
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2023
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2021 (mini pandemic version)
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2019
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2017
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2016
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2015
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2014
- ELS/Thanksgiving 2013
- Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2013
- Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2012
- Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2011
- Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2010
- Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2009
Here are some ideas for vegetarian Thanksgiving dishes.
