That "eat the perishables before going on vacation" thing

When about to leave town for a period of time in which perishable food might spoil, it is a reasonable thing to spend some thought to planning pre-trip meals such that no perishable food is left to spoil. Usually, for me, this means creating a "massed leftovers surprise" sort of casserole a day or two in advance of a trip. This time, it involves careful plotting for an entire week's worth of meals. You see, scotica's "dinner party for 8" on Friday, for which I did significant cooking, ended up being just the two of us. Some exchange of hostages at the end of the evening made for a certain increase in the variety of the leftovers, but did not actually decrease the amount. And then cryptocosm -- having come straight from yesterday's SCA potluck event to HRJ's Long-Term Airport Parking and Shuttle Service -- left me a container of leftover potluck contribution on top of that. In addition to which, last week's couple of sickbed-and-soup days mean that I still have a handful of beets, a cauliflower, and a small spaghetti squash that were supposed to be part of last week's meal planning and haven't yet been touched. Hmm. Even with doing no grocery shopping at all this week, some creativity will be required.

etaine_pommier's tree-decking and cookies party yesterday was quite enjoyable. Mostly Scadians with a leavening of co-workers. I'm trying to remember the event that inspired the comment, "This is going to get mentioned in half a dozen blogs tomorrow" ... so maybe you just had to be there.