May Potluck
This past Saturday, we had a potluck with the Albany Eats! crew! I gave somewhat short notice, but Jerry, Cassie, Sue, R & M, 3rd Auntie, Jon in Albany, & JoJo, were nice enough to come out on a not too rainy day.
Oh, and evidently the covered area in Prospect Park was reserved that day, so we just moved up the hill. Uh, I promise I’ll at least TRY to scout out the next location a little better, mmkay, guys? On the plus side, we had some sweet music to rock out to.
Albany John grilled some flank steaks on his new portable Weber grill.
I made blondies with cacao nibs.
Jerry brought some bomb-ass olive oils to drizzle over bread, greens, and cheese. Mmmmm. He’s ever so kindly written them up here. Thank goodness, cause all I know is that I liked the 3rd olive oil best. I think it was Arbequina. Nice – I’ll have to try it out again.
Sue brought chicken taco bites! I love little bites like this. They’re so time consuming to make, but so tasty! Great job, Sue!
Third Auntie (a long time reader and commenter) brought her homemade pesto with pasta and asparagus. Mmmm. Yummy! I was so psyched I got to finally meet my 3rd Auntie! She’s a blast – you’ll be lucky to meet her, too.
Cassie’s dessert bars! So good! The coconut ones on the end had my name on them. So coconutty! These were a big hit. Well, everything was a big hit, but you know what I mean. Dessert! Everyone loves it!
JON MADE HIS OWN SAUSAGES!!! I never thought I’d be able to taste some of Jon’s handiwork, but HOORAAAYYYY! I did. These were some delicious sweet italian sausages. Great coarse grind on them. Damnit Jon, now I need to learn how to make sausages.
Grilling, eating. Albany John about to put his second flank steak on the grill.
Rochelle’s bread pudding just past the weber grill on the left hand side. So creamy on the inside, and nicely crisp on the outside. Girlie knows how to make some bread pudding. So creamy. Yet so bready. Yum.
I forgot to take pics of Jojo’s tasty tea & fruit salad (and Trader Joe’s sparkling pink lemonade – squee!), but they were a wonderful addition. Really refreshing and tasty.
I can’t believe how well everything worked out. We had a good spread, not like, 4 dozen burgers and a sack of chips. So many tasty different items! And people who are way better at planning than I am and brought extra forks and plates. Man, I have the best readers in the world. You guys bring awesome food and stuff to eat off of them.
Sooooo, if you would like to be a part of the next potluck you can shoot me an email. If you already have, I’m just going to continue jamming up your email and invite you again, though. I’m tentatively planning Sunday, June 26th just to give you a little over 1 month of notice, and partially because my June is pretty freaking full already.
It was great seeing you all! Thanks for all of the good eats and times!
I had a great time! Everybody's food was fabulous and leaps and bounds better than hot dogs, hamburgers, and chips
Sorry we missed it! We had a last-minute opportunity to spend the weekend in Lake Placid, and just couldn't pass that up. But, I'm glad to see that the weather cooperated for you too.
The potluck options looks fabulous, definitely raises the ante from the usual fare!
I had so much fun!! Thanks for including me, and I am already looking forward to the next.
I can't believe I missed out on meeting Jon in Albany because of my wedding shower
I'm coming to the next one! Perhaps around 2:30 because on the 25th I'm getting hitched
Sounds like fun!
I had such a good time and all the food was delicious. So much better than an average picnic with bland food. Hopefully we can come to the next one.
I had a great time. It was a lot of fun to meet everyone and the food was great. Phairhead, we'll catch up sometime. Especially if there keep being pot lucks.
Unfortunately, I can't make the 26th. My oldest daughter turns 7 that weekend. I'll be spending that afternoon in a bowling alley with a horde first graders. Although the opportunity to duck out might be tempting…
Sounds like I missed a great time, but some last minute events needed to take priority that day. I'll try to make the next one.
Looks like there was some yummy food there…Do you have a recipe for the Pesto/asparagus/pasta dish? I just drooled on my keyboard looking at it.
Thanks for inviting us. We had a great time and it was nice to meet everyone. All the food was awesome! Little doggie thanks you also.