Taco Tuesday at Wheaton Labs

(Taco Tuesday was formally known at "Feast and Shower Night")

Every Tuesday at 6:00pm is Taco Tuesday at Wheaton Labs!

All Wheaton Labs residents are welcome/INVITED to join us for Taco Tuesday!
Contributions are welcome though not required.
Some times the best contribution is help in the kitchen.

At the Fisher Price House (FPH) at base camp.
-- Dinner prep begins at 5 p.m.
-- Dinner starts promptly at 6 p.m.
-- Movie, show(s), or game(s) might happen after dinner.

Fair warning: Paul turns in to pumpkin after 9 p.m. so he asks that folks move to the library or otherwise leave the FPH by about 9



The basics we typically have include:
-- a big crock pot of beans (black or pinto, some times both)
-- a big pot of rice
-- tortillas (usually wheat, unless someone makes, buys, or brings corn or other alternative)
-- corn tortilla chips
-- all the taco bar fixings - onions, jalapenos, avocado, etc. (it will vary depending on what's on hand)
-- side veggie - coleslaw, roasted broccoli (again will vary)

Usually, all of the basics (such as the above examples) are vegan, though we might have meat available, or cheese, or vegan cheese, or cow's milk yogurt to use as sour cream.

Sometimes Taco Tuesdays turn into Tiki Tuesdays (where pineapples and sweet potatoes are often involved), and there might be other alliterative Tuesdays, but generally we're really happy with tacos!



Paul wrote this about feast nights last September (2015):

Further into the bucket of crazy I take with me everywhere I go: I specifically don't want this to be a potluck. I don't want people to have an obligation to bring something. Mostly because I am concerned that several people might bring something and several won't. And if I learn about the people that don't, then I would get angry. So I prefer something where it would just be a collection of gifts. Some people might choose to help with cooking stuff and some people might choose to help with cleaning stuff. Some people might want to bring something and some might like to just come and not worry about any of this.

The outpouring of gifts has been really lovely so far.

the gift of help in the kitchen - this is great because cooking for a 7 to 8 to 10 people requires a lot more chopping and prep time than cooking for just one or two people.
-- food prep - most everyone helps with the chopping, dicing, slicing, shredding, mixing, cooking starting at about 4 p.m.
-- knife sharpening - oh, how useful/helpful/awesome is this!
-- harvesting
-- dished and more dishes - there has been LOADS of help with this before and after the meal -
the gift of food
-- Evan brought homemade kraut to share
-- Fred brought fermented foods
-- Josh brought creamed honey and rice and lentils
-- folks have shared huckleberries they harvested nearby
other gifts
-- shoveling snow off the front walk
-- cleaning the bathroom


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For more general food info, see the public food and drink at the project thread.