[Noisebridge-discuss] pot dinner

[Jesse Zbikowski]

Maybe closer to the communal feel of the term is "kettle dinner",
suggesting a large soup pot, as in

we will be holding a kettle dinner which includes a main dish, drinks
and dessert.

http://www.summersvillemo.com/perry.htm

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Sai Emrys <noisebridge at saizai.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Frantisek Apfelbeck
> <algoldor at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I hope that it is a term expressing a type of meal which is kind of "big, one course, prepared in one pot". It is not exactly what I want to do because I want to have options for vegans and starter, main and after/dessert dish culminating below $4 for a person as investments thinking about 15-20 people being around to eat.
>
> I actually can't think of any term that means that in English. It's
> definitely not "potluck dinner", and I think the Chinese "hot pot"
> meal is not what you mean either.
>
> What phrase are you trying to translate from your native language?
>
>> The people seems to like the idea and I think that cook and eat together as a community would be great, I really like this concept, what do you think?
>
> I think it's an awesome idea and you should totally do it, regardless
> of what we call it. ;-)
>
> Also I think that $4 per is if anything a bit low. I expect even
> reasonably meals in SF to cost ~$7-8.
>
> - Sai
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