Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2012

We will be hosting Vegetarian & Cocktailing Musical Thanksgiving Dinner at the Acetarium (265 Elm street (very close to Davis Square) check out the house website for more info: Acetarium.com).

We'll have vegan/vegetarian turkey and, if we're lucky, tofurducken as well, and other creative reinventions of tradition. We will also have Agua de Valencia Sorbet & a menu of cocktails to help digest the delicious food.

No stores open on thanksgiving!!!

Although there are sometimes a few exception, no stores are open on Thanksgiving!

Let us repeat: NO STORES ARE OPEN ON THANSKGIVING!

Some of them close early on Wednesday! I'm tempted put a blink tag on this. Plan ahead!

Make it Veg*n!

We're doing a vegetarian meal and we ask that folks bringing and cooking food go veg for the night. Vegan is not required but very strongly encouraged because it's a lowest common denominator. So, Earth Balance instead of butter; don't gratuitously de-veganize a dish!

A full list with pictures from last shows how almost every food item was vegan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/madprime/6400645105/

Timing

Vague plan is to start cooking around 3PM, and be done around 7 or 8pm, with drinking and essential snacking interspersed throughout the day.

Dishes and other stuff you'll be bringing

You can add items that you want to make and add your names by the items.

Food

• Tofurducken/Tofucken Mako/Acetarium
• Setian Roast Mako/Acetarium
• Stuffed bell peppers Mayo
• Cranberry sauce Mako
• Groovy Gravy Mako
• Caramelized Onion Butternut Squash Roast with Chestnuts -- Mad & Chris
• Trader Joe's Turkey-less Stuffed Roast -- Mad & Chris (only feeds 2-3)
• Stuffing -- Val
• Quinoa Salad & Apple, Walnut and Fennel Salad (Maria & Luisa)
• Savory indigo lentils and quinoa with diced apples -- Avi

Dessert

• Vegan dessert TBD (Laurenne)
• Famous apple and cranberries crumble (Noa Milman)
• One vegan pumpkin pie from Whole Foods (Mad & Chris)
• One apple pie and one pumpkin pie (Harvard Law School via Mako)

Drinks

• Red Wine (sweet variant) (Egghead)
• Agua de valencia with sorbet (Cocktail/palette cleanser) Mayo
• Wild Turkey (1 handle) because it's not thanksgiving without turkey Mako
• Harpoon winter variety pack (12 bottles) -- Mad & Chris

Veggies&Fruits

• A few apples and pears Mako

Things to buy/bring

REMEMBER REMEMBER: Nothing is open on Thanksgiving. Like nothing. That means everything needs to purchased before businesses close on Wednesday. and Some of them close early. (Of note, Farmer's Bounty was open last year until 3PM or so on Thurs, pretending not to know the law. It's been shut down permenantly for this infraction.)

Move stuff from this list to the one above if people pick it up or commit to bringing it:

• Food:
  • Sweet potato and apple
  • Pies (pumpkin, apple, etc)
  • Mashed potato
  • Squash (see above, butternut squash from Mad & Chris)
    • More squash?
  • Brussel sprouts
  • (corn) Bread
  • rice pilaf
  • carrot/pumpkin soup
  • beets
  • chickpea cutlets
  • tofu cake stuffed with brown rice and mushrooms
• DRINKS:
  • Beer
  • Wine
  • Red Wine

Last year's list (food for thought)

The list was taken from last year's Thanksgiving page.

• Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2011
• Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2010
• Acetarium/Thanksgiving 2009

Here are some ideas for vegetarian Thanksgiving dish ideas.

Who's Coming

Add your name to the list below if you are planning on coming:

1. Mako
2. Mayo
3. Madeleine
4. Chris
5. Phineas
6. Noah
7. Sarah
8. Daf
9. Laurenne
10. Maria Löblich
11. Noa Milman
12. Val
13. Egghead
14. Luisa Beck
15. Michael Bauer
16. Avi and May

Spirits (of the non-Wild Turkey variety):

1. Mika's spirit :*(
2. Adelaida's spirit II
3. Molly's ghost