There's a GNO in the Planning Stages

Caroline (#4) suggested there be a GNO to break in the new range, and then she suggested people bring uncooked food to share, and then she just dropped it in my lap.

"What about cocktails," I said, "Are there any 'magnet' or 'cooking' themed cocktails?" She shrugged, said ,"Sounds like a job for Google," and walked away.

I guess the rest is up to me. And by me, I mean us. Brainstorm!

So, I can picture people bringing those rolls of pre-made cookie dough, so we could play with convection. I do want to try out the roast timer feature, because I'm never encouraged to make roasts (since it's just us). 

We'll race to see which is fastest to boil: a cup of water in the microwave, a cup of water from the espresso machine, or a cup of magnetic water.

Or, and we need to put the broiler through its paces. All I can think to broil would be bagels. Or cinnamon toast. That's all we broil over here.

I guess we need to cook something with Kosher salt on the Sabbath setting. And I need to test out this "feature" that traps all the delicious cooking aromas in the oven. I can see that being a danger. Oh, and I need to keep it on overnight so it turns off on its own.

I'll tell you one thing I WON'T be doing, and that's hauling anything around in a 6 quart cast iron Dutch oven. I just hefted one tonight and empty it weighed 40 pounds.

Here are the only food / magnet / oven songs I have in my iTunes for the Party Mix:

Bangles - Eternal Flame
BNL- Stomach vs Heart
BNL - Aluminum
Boothby Graffoe - Sausage Fingers
Don't Talk, Dance - Sweet Beets
Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
Nellie McKay - Food

That's a pretty short list. I need suggestions.

Comments

[Friend #8]

You should add "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner. We could change the lyrics to "Hot Oven."

[TheQueen]

Friend #8 - That opens up a whole genre. "Hot Hot Hot" and "Hot for Teacher." Or, instead of "Love is Strange" we could have "Love is Range."

[Friend #8]

Add Glen Frey, "The Heat is On" and Jack Johnson, "Banana Pancakes.

And instead of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," we'll do "You've Lost That 'Oven Feeling."

[Becs]

I hope Gary has the sense to make himself scarce.

[Tami]

Magnet and Steel by Walter Egan?

Convection rocks, but it's why I burnt the pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

[Brenda]

Alice's Restaurant.. Arlo Guthrie

Hot Potato... The Wiggles

Eating goober peas... ??? no idea

Let's call the whole thing off... Fred and Ginger (you say potato, I say potahto...)

Suppertime... Snoopy (charlie brown)

MacArthur Park... ???? (left my cake out in the rain)

Pound cake... van halen?

Big, blonde and beautiful... the Queen in Hairspray

xoxo

[Caroline]

I was thinking of bringing Kraft mac 'n cheese or ramen noodles, but that seems so cheap it deserves a slutty song.

Am I going to hell for immediately thinking "pork roast!" as a test for kosher salt and the Sabbath setting?

[TheQueen]

Tami, Brenda, Robin/ Friend 8 - I'm buying all those tomorrow and putting them on the mix cd without listening to them.
Becs - Gary runs whenever we have visitors. If he's the host he will come back about fifteen minutes after the party starts.
Caroline - Yes, you are. And I will be integrating the cheap remark into my lexicon.