VOTE for Summer Snacks!

[Magic Rob]

Fresh fruit is hard to store and would involve weekly pick ups pregame. That sounds like it would suck a bag of dicks.... I would advise the trail mix or dried fruit options.

[Shadow-Cookie]

I was wondering, for those of us with 'strange' allergies, if there was trail mix or dried fruit.. could the Ingredients portion of the package be saved?

[Fynn]

The individually packed ones last a while, a couple weeks at least... I mean... it's not like they last as long as a Twinkie... but I don't think they'd need to be purchased every week....

[Evan]

I think she was asking if the data on the ingredients list could be saved and displayed upon request so that allergic folks make sure they aren't eating something that will kill or maim them.

[Rex Fisher]

i believe that no information should be provided under any circumstance...that way they are forced to play roulette with their very own life...after all what fun is a game unless the stakes are high.

[Shadow-Cookie]

Apr 22, 2011 19:26:18 GMT -8 Evan said:

I think she was asking if the data on the ingredients list could be saved and displayed upon request so that allergic folks make sure they aren't eating something that will kill or maim them.

*nods*

[Webmonkey]

Apr 23, 2011 6:19:48 GMT -8 Rex Fisher said:

i believe that no information should be provided under any circumstance...that way they are forced to play roulette with their very own life...after all what fun is a game unless the stakes are high.

Thanks you for making your preference public Jeffrey. This will save me a lot of time if Jane is assasinated by a cashew - I'll know right who to set on fire in response.

[Shade]

Apr 25, 2011 8:26:54 GMT -8 Webmonkey said:

Apr 23, 2011 6:19:48 GMT -8 Rex Fisher said:

i believe that no information should be provided under any circumstance...that way they are forced to play roulette with their very own life...after all what fun is a game unless the stakes are high.

Thanks you for making your preference public Jeffrey. This will save me a lot of time if Jane is assasinated by a cashew - I'll know right who to set on fire in response.

FOR GAIA!

[Evan]

Gentlemen... gentlemen... can't we please find an option for lighting Jeffrey on fire that doesn't involve killing Jane first?

[Shade]

Well, if we don't need an excuse, I've got this massive woodpile under the house that we never got around to burning this winter...

[Layla O'Riely 'Sparkles']

As a note if something with Coconut IS chosen I might have to leave game. Some allergies are severe enough that people can't even be around people eatting them. Dried fruit sounds great though.

[Valerie]

Costco does have healthy stuff that doesn't require refrigeration. For example, they have some fruit crisps we get at work all the time that are little bags of freeze-dried apples and Asian pears that don't have any added sugar and are deee-licious.

Things like trail mix or nuts I believe should only be sold in individual packages instead of a big tub so somebody allergic doesn't get a big whiff of peanut gas and die. Thankfully, Costco also provides these things in individual packages (and if not, we can individually bag portions of them off-site with ingredients lists stuck on 'em) and avoiding coconut should not be a problem.

[Evan]

I strongly suggest offering pre-packaged/factory sealed goods when possible. If there were a big open bowl of snack mix for sale, all I'd be able to think about would be how many sets of unwashed gamer fingers had casually touched things I might be putting in my mouth.

EC folks are my peeps, but when we are at Red Square, my peeps be touching all sorts of unseemly things around campus, whether they mean to or not.

[Valerie]

Perhaps I should have explained better: in my eyes, offering bulk-at-the-table items is not an option. Things which are purchased in bulk will be re-packaged into individual bags before they ever make it to game, and we will be exploring factory-sealed packages for items wherever possible. (I may not be the seemliest-looking person around, but I do have a food handler's card and own gloves.)

[Evan]

Apr 28, 2011 10:44:54 GMT -8 Valerie said:

Perhaps I should have explained better: in my eyes, offering bulk-at-the-table items is not an option. Things which are purchased in bulk will be re-packaged into individual bags before they ever make it to game, and we will be exploring factory-sealed packages for items wherever possible. (I may not be the seemliest-looking person around, but I do have a food handler's card and own gloves.)

It's the seemly ones I look out for.

[Jane]

I would prefer personal that there not anything that has cashews, macadamia, pistachios, and other tropical nuts at the snack bar. As literally if some eats them and doesn't wash their hands, then shakes hands with someone and them I shake hands with them and then I eat something, or rub my eyes and it sends me to the hospital. I am not trying to be dramatic it's just a fact of my life. There was one occasion where there was cashews present at game for one night at the B&GC and it made me paranoid, not hugging people, washing my hands like every half hour etc. We will be in a place where there isn't reliable access to a bathroom so I can't clean any potential oil from my hands regularly through out the night. I am also a social huggy person and I won't be able to touch anyone, which would make me sad.

[Evan]

I rue and lament the loss of tropical nuts but accept the sacrifice to keep at least one Northwest nut safe.

[Webmonkey]

I too would love it if the 'aggrivated' and 'lethal' allergy makin' foods were off the list. I can certainly see some 'bashing' food around, like stuff with sugar in it that some won't eat, but won't be sent to the ER if they rub non diet soda in their eyes or whatevs.

[Kaine Chandler]

oh hai,

Thanks for all the input, we are tallying the numbers and taking your written suggestions into account, and will soon be readying the snack bar for public use! we still need volunteers to man the bar, and also a reminder that we are also accepting food donations of stuff to offer at the bar, but as sarah said, in single serving packages (email us for details if you wanna get involved)

A word to fresh fruit and veg, while i LOVE these things, the issue comes down to proper spending of NOTR funds, eg, making sure all the stuff we buy for the snack bar gets to the snack bar, and leftover dried goods can sit in a box in out coat closet and be ok to bring back next week, carrots and apples cannot.

If someone wanted to say BRING fresh stuff to us, then we would not be spending notr funds, and would be less concerned about leftovers being wasted or eaten by our roomies who see food in the fridge.

Other than that, keep an eye out for further updates, and we look forward to seeing you at the snack bar at the end of the universe!