Tater Tot Quest: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:33, 18 September 2011

On Sunday, September 18th, we'll have a birthday party by digging up potatoes and, through the magic of chopping and deep-frying, turning them into tater tots.

We'll be digging potatoes at Keith's Farm:

1149 Main Street

Acushnet, MA

(+1) 508-763-2622

Relevant background[edit]

Mika's 30th birthday is September 7th, 2011.
Weekends are a more convenient time to have birthday parties.
Mika's favorite activity is digging potatoes.
Mika's favorite food is tater tots.
Tater tots are made out of potatoes.

Tentative Plan[edit]

9:00-10:30: Breakfast making and eating at Acetarium to prepare ourselves for the journey.
10:30 -> 11:45: Drive down to Keith's Farm (about 1 hour away)
11:45 -> 13:45: Digging potatoes, picking apples, etc.
13:45 -> 15:00: Drive back to Boston/Acetarium.
~15:30: Arrive back at the Acetarium to cook tater tots.
Afternoon-Evening: Tater tot cooking and eating at the Acetarium.
21:30: Grendel's!

Getting to Keith's Farm[edit]

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.069685" lon="-70.834351" type="map" zoom="8" width="450" height="300" selector="no" controls="small"> 41.733673, -70.897769, Keith's Farm </googlemap>

Keith's Farm is about an hour drive away from Boston and, due to tie replacement, there is no commuter rail service to anywhere within 50km of the farm over the weekend.

Of course, not everybody needs to drive down to pull the potatoes out of the ground and folks are welcome to join for just breakfast or just the tater tot making and eating in the afternoon.

If you have a car or zip car and can carpool, folks in the car can split the cost of the car rental or gas, etc.

Let us know how many spaces you have here:

Madeleine's Car [Zipcar at Rite-Aid]:

Madeleine
Chris
Mika
Mako
paultag

Alex's Car [Zipcar at Highland near Kickass Cupcakes]:

caution: this car may stop at IKEA on the way back

Alex
Maluhia
Joannah
Sally
Asheesh

Lia's Car [Lia's car at Tanagra ]

Lia
Seth
Molly
Rob
daf

Noah's Car?

Noah

Recipes[edit]

Farms[edit]

Taken from this list of u-pick farms:

Keith's Farm -- possible after September 17th
Applefield Farm (?)
~~Tangerini's Spring Street Farm~~
~~Carver Hill Farm~~
~~Butterbrook Organic Farm~~
~~Lawndale Farm~~

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-On '''Sunday, September 18th (HOPEFULLY)''', we'll have a birthday party by picking potatoes and, through the magic of chopping and deep-frying, turning them into tater tots.
+On '''Sunday, September 18th''', we'll have a birthday party by digging up potatoes and, through the magic of chopping and deep-frying, turning them into tater tots.
+We'll be digging potatoes at [http://www.keithsfarm.net/ Keith's Farm]:
+:1149 Main Street
+:Acushnet, MA
+:(+1) 508-763-2622
 ===Relevant background===
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 ===Tentative Plan===
-* <strike>Morning: Brunch to prepare ourselves for the journey.
+* 9:00-10:30: Breakfast making and eating at [[Acetarium]] to prepare ourselves for the journey.
-* <strike>Midday: Bike ride to [http://www.tangerinisfarm.com/index.php Tangerini Farm] to pick potatoes (and apples, and other fruits and vegetables).</strike>
+* 10:30 -> 11:45: Drive down to [http://www.keithsfarm.net/ Keith's Farm]  (about 1 hour away)
-* <strike>Midday (ALT): 11:20 or 13:30 has trains going to Norfolk (~5km from the farm) </strike>
+* 11:45 -> 13:45: Digging potatoes, picking apples, etc.
-* <strike>16:49: MBTA commuter rail leaves Nofolk for South Station.</strike>
+* 13:45 -> 15:00: Drive back to Boston/Acetarium.
-* Evening: Tater tot cooking and eating at the [[Acetarium]].
+* ~15:30: Arrive back at the [[Acetarium]] to cook tater tots.
+* Afternoon-Evening: Tater tot cooking and eating at the [[Acetarium]].
 * 21:30: Grendel's!
+===Getting to Keith's Farm===
+<googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.069685" lon="-70.834351" type="map" zoom="8" width="450" height="300" selector="no" controls="small">
+.733673, -70.897769, Keith's Farm
+</googlemap>
+[http://www.keithsfarm.net/ Keith's Farm] is about an hour drive away from Boston and, due to tie replacement, there is no commuter rail service to anywhere within 50km of the farm over the weekend.
+Of course, not everybody needs to drive down to pull the potatoes out of the ground and folks are welcome to join for just breakfast or just the tater tot making and eating in the afternoon.
+If you have a car or zip car and can carpool, folks in the car can split the cost of the car rental or gas, etc.
+Let us know how many spaces you have here:
+'''Madeleine's Car [Zipcar at Rite-Aid]:'''
+# Madeleine
+# Chris
+# Mika
+# Mako
+# paultag
+'''Alex's Car [Zipcar at Highland near Kickass Cupcakes]:'''
+''caution: this car may stop at IKEA on the way back''
+# Alex
+# Maluhia
+# Joannah
+# Sally
+# Asheesh
+'''Lia's Car [Lia's car at [http://g.co/maps/vmt6p Tanagra] ]
+# Lia
+# Seth
+# Molly
+# Rob
+# daf
+'''Noah's Car?'''
+# Noah
 ===Recipes===
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 * http://www.grouprecipes.com/95406/homemade-tater-tots.html
 * http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aaron-mccargo-jr/homemade-tater-tots-recipe/index.html
+* http://www.seriouseats.com/2011/03/the-food-lab-homemade-tater-tots-sweet-potater-tots.html
 ===Farms===
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 Taken from [http://www.pickyourown.org/massveg.htm this list of u-pick farms]:
-* [http://www.keithsfarm.net/ Keith's Farm] -- ''possible'' after September 17th
+* [http://www.keithsfarm.net/ Keith's Farm] -- possible after September 17th
 * [http://www.applefieldfarm.com/inseason.html Applefield Farm] (?)
 * <strike>[http://www.tangerinisfarm.com/ Tangerini's Spring Street Farm]</strike>