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Nov 01, 2020 07:17PM
Same thoughts here, which why I was nettled when I saw we had “ube” and “watermelon.” What good dystopian storyline will include these?! Here I go again, outside my TBR for a reading challenge...
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So does “legume” specificially have to be spelled out and/or used in the recipe title, or do you think it could be a type of legume? Chickpea, lentil, etc. I only ask because I have never seen “legume” used in recipe titles before, usually only the specific type, so was curious as to the groups thoughts. I’ve spelled out “lentil” one time but didn’t want to go too far down that road if it doesn’t help us.
CB wrote: "So does “legume” specificially have to be spelled out and/or used in the recipe title, or do you think it could be a type of legume? Chickpea, lentil, etc. I only ask because I have never seen “leg..."I'm not sure about that. I assumed it was those specific words since each score group got 3 words.
I also thought specific or spell it out? But not alternatives.
I finished the BOM and DQ posts. where do I put this info on the spreadsheet so we get credit?
Kim wrote: "I finished the BOM and DQ posts. where do I put this info on the spreadsheet so we get credit?"I can't find where in the spreadsheet you'd put it but according to this post here you should just have to message the mod when we get out customers.
Round 2 ends Saturday November 14, 9pm UTC Time. So we have roughly 8 more days to finalize our meals.
i finished blood and honey; i have fish and vinegar up on the board if someone has potato/chips, salt or lemon to finish?
Kim wrote: "i finished blood and honey; i have fish and vinegar up on the board if someone has potato/chips, salt or lemon to finish?"Your meal is finished :)
I found “legume” in my book and felt a thrill of excitement. What has 2020 done to me haha
Watermelon in the same book. Winner winner chicken dinner!
I'm finally nearing the finish line of The Goldfinch and I'm looking over what food options I have. There are a number of desserts and drinks in the book. Looking at our numbers, we don't have alot of desserts, but it looks like we have a good number of drinks, both alcoholic and non. Should I make alot of dessert or drink meals or should I break it up. What do we still need more of?
Also I have a book that I'm thinking about starting, but we only have 2 slots left for this round. Has anyone else started something not listed?
Hi Vianvamp - not me, please go ahead and start a new book you’d like to read and add.As to your other question, the only thing we do look to be a little short on is desserts. I’m going to add a fish/chips in my spellouts, a salad, and a pasta.
Of course Jenn has done this before so she may have better insight.
Looking at our meals, I'm thinking we're low on teenager options again. We had more frozen meals and desserts last round than we do now, but it wasn't enough to feed all the teenagers. So if you could do a lot of desserts, that'll probably be the most helpful thing.I don't have an unlisted book either so I think you'll be fine taking one of the free slots. Just remember that you only have tomorrow and a few hours on Saturday to finish it.
Round 2 ends on the Saturday the 14th at 9pm UTC time or:
New York, NY, USA*
EDT (UTC -4)
Sat, Oct 17, 2020
5:00 pm
Dallas, TX, USA*
CDT (UTC -5)
Sat, Oct 17, 2020
4:00 pm
San Francisco, CA, USA*
PDT (UTC -7)
Sat, Oct 17, 2020
2:00 pm
Cool, cool. I'll work on adding desserts/teen options then. I powered through the previous book so unless this book is awful a day should be plenty.
Thank you!
I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?
Kim wrote: "I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?"Watermelon Rind Quiche: here
Watermelon Curry: here
Creamy Spinach Penne with Watermelon: here
Watermelon Feta Orzo Salad with Lemon and Basil: here
Jenn wrote: "Kim wrote: "I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?"Watermelon Rind Quiche: here
Wat..."
awesome, curry it is!! that'll give us another frozen meal.
i only have 4 items to give, anyone have one to donate to finish it off?
I'm almost done with my book, so I'll update the spreadsheet.
Kim wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Kim wrote: "I’ll be finishing mine up today. It has légumes so I can make a frozen quiche. Idk what to do with the watermelon though as scavenger meal. Thoughts?"Watermelon Rind Quic..."
For curry, I can give you garlic from Luck Be a Lady page 48
CB, are you gonna need scavenger items or spell it out items to help with the 2 books you're working on? If not, I'll just use up the stuff on the food items spreadsheet.
Hi Jenn - the book I’m reading will end up being a Spellout. Between the spellout options in this and my other book, I have plenty of options to create several meals. So please go ahead and use up the items on the food items spreadsheet - thanks!
We made it to round 3! Has anyone taken a look at our customers?
Vianvamp wrote: "We made it to round 3! Has anyone taken a look at our customers?"
Yes, we're 10 meals shy but at least we got close. I'm very impressed considering we're down to four people. And of course we got lots of teenagers lol!
Anyone who did the BOM can message the mod to swap customers too but we should probably assign meals first to see which group we need more of. Does anyone want to do the meals?
Jenn you did it last time so if you want to crush it like last round go for it. If you want a break, I’m off today so I can start playing around with it. Anyone else do BOM?
Today's actually a busy day for me so if you can do it Kim that'll be great.
I did the BOM (Truly Devious) from October. I posted the questions further up thread.Kim do you want help with the meals?
Jenn wrote: " Yes, we're 10 meals shy but at least we got close."We got really close! Lol, of course we got a lot of teenagers, the category we had the least of. Atleast we got some of the reviewer words/BOM to bring in some more adults.
Yes, I think we did great! Just a note, I did not have a BOM.
I too am happy to help with the meals if needed. I just checked, and we have 48 hours from the time Round 2 ended to complete the meals, so that would be by 4pm ET on Monday.
Vianvamp wrote: "I did the BOM (Truly Devious) from October. I posted the questions further up thread.Kim do you want help with the meals?"
So sorry team!
Kim wrote: So sorry team!"It's okay Kim, I got on before the time was up yesterday and did it real quick :)
I was able to distribute the meals between all the customers so there wasn't any need to use the BOMs this time around. And with round 1 having 160 customers and round 2 having 220, that's an increase of 60 customers. So for round 3, I'm thinking we try to aim for 280 meals. Does that sound about right with everyone?
Kim wrote: So sorry team!"I didn't even know, I checked the score sheet about an hour + before and the meals were all done.
I'm thinking we try to aim for 280 meals.
That sounds good to me.
Google review score: 4.11 stars! (We tied in 2nd place for highest scores!)Round 3 Additions
3.25-4.24 You're doing well and locals are still testing you out. It will take a bit more though to attract a broader base of customers.
Meals using books with the word "local", "neighbourhood / neighborhood", or "quality" in the text or title, or used as a spell-it-out will attract more adults for round 3
So if we find "quality", our spell-it-out meals would look like this:
E - Elena and quality p.84
G - George
G - Gerald
Or like this as scavenger for a Pasta meal:
Noodles p.4 and quality p.84
chicken p. 16
cream p. 55
They don't count for the min/max. So for a 160+ book that gives 4 ingredients and you also find "quality", you can still use the book 4 times plus "quality".
If you find a word 5 times in a book and you can find a way to use it for 5 different meals, then you can use it for those 5 meals.
Jenn wrote: "Google review score: 4.11 stars! (We tied in 2nd place for highest scores!) ..."That is awesome!!
I just started a new book and its 496 pages! Its soooo close to 500.
i listed my big book and got 9 meals out of it (including fish and chips with vinegar) and added the the google words to 7 of them :)
Kim wrote: "i listed my big book and got 9 meals out of it (including fish and chips with vinegar) and added the the google words to 7 of them :)"Nice work! 👏
I’m really glad I got this team! It’s my first time on this challenge and everyone is so positive. Thanks y’all!
Nice Kim! I have to usually mix and match books to get fish and chips with vinegar. You missed "salt" with you meal though, but I added it with one of my books.fish and chips (fish, or any types of fish, potato, salt, lemon) Note for scavenger hunt only: Must contain all these items (4), add vinegar for bonus points.
The mods have said in the Kitchen Prep thread to put the google words in the "justification" column, not the "word being spelled or scavenged" column. Sorry, I should have made a note of this sooner >.< I would go through the spreadsheet and clean it up myself but I don't want to mix up the page numbers. So if everyone could go through and make sure their meals are good, that'd be great.
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