Team Wild Oats

[Claudia]

Janeylou wrote: "Claudia, whenever we start a new challenge we all wander around in a daze for the first few weeks till we get the hang on it, so dont worry about it .
Im going to have a look at anfew teams from pr..."

So true ... just tell me what to do 😁

[Claudia]

Quidditch sounds interesting ... but I can't do more challenges ...

[Claudia]

Sorry that I didn’t look in this thread the last days. You were busy.
I try to do better

[Trio]

I'm back and finally getting caught up!

[Janeylou]

Hope you had a great time Trio 😊

[Janeylou]

Amanda, ive looked at ingredients and tbh theres too many to put all on a SS .
So was just thinking if we do a basic Name...Book title ...any food/drink related items

If you go on big bang SS player 6 ive used blank Tab to show you what i mean ..have a look and see what you think

[Janeylou]

I also think the amount of rules and instructions are making us all go a bit 😳😳😳

So i think we should go with the flow and enjoy the challenge, work along with our other challenges and if we miss points here and there , so be it . And if none of our customers like our wholesome food then thats their problem , not ours 😄😄😄

[Kirsten]

Exactly. We did well and had fun with Batter Up! and I’m loving Scavenger Hunt. If I focus on reading books I want to read with my eye on the challenge, then I’m happy.

[Janeylou]

Amanda, we are going to need some book titles with 'vinegar' in them please 😊

[Kirsten]

There’s a brilliant play, Vinegar Tom, I’d love to reread.

[Amanda]

TITLE?! Lol I don't think I know of any, I'd probably just do a search on here.

And I'll check out the spreadsheet this weekend at some point to try to get something worked out

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "TITLE?! Lol I don't think I know of any, I'd probably just do a search on here.

And I'll check out the spreadsheet this weekend at some point to try to get something worked out"

Sorry, i worded that wrong 😄😄😄
I meant vinegar in the book text , not title

[Amanda]

Oh that I can search for! I'll make sure to get it done before we start (september right?)

[Amanda]

Okay, I set up a super simple tab on the spreadsheet called Book tracking, does that work?

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "Oh that I can search for! I'll make sure to get it done before we start (september right?)"

Thanks

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "Okay, I set up a super simple tab on the spreadsheet called Book tracking, does that work?"

Would it be possible to have each food item in a seperate box , then we could put the pg # next to it as well ( so no re-checking when put it on main SS ) and im envisioning noting in each box what meal it works for .

If too much trouble , dont worry

[Janeylou]

Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Okay, I set up a super simple tab on the spreadsheet called Book tracking, does that work?"

Would it be possible to have each food item in a seperate box , then we could put the pg ..."

Amanda , ive just changed names on top ...what you think

[Amanda]

I think that looks good. We can also play around with it more when we start so we can figure out what exactly we need.

[Janeylou]

Great , im at the cottage wed & thurs so going to go through rules again and post a few notes

[Trio]

I need to spend some time figuring this one out...

[Kirsten]

I just took a look and feel like throwing up. So much stuff. But we can do it!

[Janeylou]

Some items can only be found in 500 pg + books ...so will see if i can find 1 i fancy reading

[Janeylou]

I may do Heart2Heart: A Charity Anthology Volume 5 and spread it over the month ..will check for words fist though

[Amanda]

Here's a list of vinegar books (more popped up if we need them, but my kindle was being glitchy)

Geoffrey the Very Strange
Honey from the Lion
More
The Mystery of the Bones
Ghost's Sight
Fish Stick Fridays
Heat Trap
Hush
The Shape of You
A Little Side of Geek
Pinot & Pineapple Lumps
Restless Spirits
Wheels Up
Apple Pie Pair
At War with a Broken Heart
Blow Down
Body and Soul
Burly Tales: Fairy Tales for the Hirsute and Hefty Gay Man
Camp Hell
Coaching the Nerd
Criminal Past
Domestic Animals
Fables Retold
The Fire
A Forbidden Rumspringa
Guilt by Association
Invitation to the Dance
On Board
The Prince's Dragon
Redirection
Snow Way Out
The Story of Us
Tamarillo Tart
Where Forever Started
Wine of My Desire

[Kirsten]

Thanks, Amanda!

I've got Heat Trap, Pinot & Pineapple Lumps, Restless Spirits, Blow Down, Invitation to the Dance, Tamarillo Tart, Story of Us just hanging out on my TBR already.

[Trio]

nice, thanks Amanda!

[Kirsten]

Also, Best Laid Plaids (from my tbr).

[Trio]

Oh I loved that book Kirsten, I hope you enjoy it!

[Caipi]

Thanks, Amanda! 🙂📚

[Janeylou]

Hi girls , i think i know what im doing for this ( at least until it comes to adding to the SS )
Amanda has added a tab on SS to keep check of our books , ive filled it in for my long book so you can see and if you put your pg # next to item it saves going back to check it when we transfer to main SS

Ive put basic instructions on main page and got rid of a lot of ingredient info so it looks easier ( i think we can work out what to put on sandwiches)

Im not sure we'll be reading many 500pg + books so if you do read one its going to be best just to use that for drinks/ cocktails/ desserts as they cant be found anywhere else ....and these kids today like to drink 😄😄

[Janeylou]

From what i can make out , certain items can be made with different amount of items
The more items we use in the dish the more points we get and the tastier it will be and sell more 🤞🤞

I was thinking we could do a selection of gluten free/ dairy free meals ( am i overthinking this ) , so if you see any of those ingredients make a note
Flavoured teas/ coffees may be nice as well

[Janeylou]

Im watching masterchef at moment, trying to get some ideas

Note to self ...look for herbs !!

[Kirsten]

Hey -- I've just added a shelf of possible books for the challenge that were already in my queue. Take a look: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Claudia]

Janeylou wrote: "From what i can make out , certain items can be made with different amount of items
The more items we use in the dish the more points we get and the tastier it will be and sell more 🤞🤞

I was thin..."

Read Mother Parker which has a lot of bubble teas ... might be nice for kids

[Claudia]

Alsi, i looked through the spreadsheet and the last tab for books is great. I think I understood it now ... at least a bit better than before .... hopefully ...

So we are looking for food and drinks in books, like in the scavenger hunt, only that we are responsible for finding things right?

Can we use more than one thing from one book or eg for each category something from one book?

[Janeylou]

Thats great Claudia, will put on my list...nee author for me as well

[Janeylou]

Yes its a bit like SH
if we find coffee in the book 6 times we can use it 6 times as long as its in a different place .
Certain words are going to be easy to find ( coffee) so im planning on using them for my fantasy/ pnr books which dont always have lots of food in them .
We can use spell outs as well, but personally i think im going to get confused if i do both so going to concentrate on hunt items.

[Kirsten]

I’m thinking that book tab is great for simply marking stuff we find. This is going to be fun! I love hunting.

[Janeylou]

It does help that we all read similar books so if one of finds something fancy we can all read for it .
Some challenges it doesnt matter who reads what, but others ( like this ) , its definitely an advantage

[Claudia]

It definitely sounds like fun .... thanks again for inviting me 😊

So it is ok, when we all read the same book?

[Janeylou]

Claudia wrote: "It definitely sounds like fun .... thanks again for inviting me 😊

So it is ok, when we all read the same book?"

Yes its fine , we just have to make sure we put our name after book on main SS if there are any duplicates

[Janeylou]

Our monthly speacial for sept is
❤️MONTHLY SPECIAL ❤️. For Month 1, this is a fresh item which much be used in the month created.
🔹️ Fijian Chicken Curry (chicken, spice(s) (generic term or a specific type), tomato, coconut milk, chutney, roti, chilli, rice. Must contain chicken, spice(s) and rice. This dish has a minimum of 6 and maximum of 8 items

This is worth a massive 80 points so we need to keep an eye out for these.
We may need Amandas skills for this one

[Kirsten]

Hooboy! So we're looking for books with South Asian settings and characters.

It'll be interesting to see if spell-it-out helps. Can we do a combination of the 2?

[Kirsten]

Claudia wrote: "It definitely sounds like fun .... thanks again for inviting me 😊

So it is ok, when we all read the same book?"

And, Claudia, your final SH book has a chef--if you keep an eye on the food items, the rest of us could read it!

[Janeylou]

Kirsten wrote: "Hooboy! So we're looking for books with South Asian settings and characters.

It'll be interesting to see if spell-it-out helps. Can we do a combination of the 2?"

The meal can have a combination of hunt items and spellout , but each book can only be used for one or the other

[Janeylou]

is on KU got lovely veg on cover ..items , rice/ salmon/ zucchini/ capers ..plus more

Only downfall is , its only short so can only have 2 items from it , but got some nice different stuff

[Trio]

this is a challenge where finish date counts, does it matter when we start the book?

[Janeylou]

I havenet seen anyhing Trio..im working on you have to start on 1st..have you found a good book

[Kirsten]

Trio wrote: "this is a challenge where finish date counts, does it matter when we start the book?"

Just checked the intro/info page. We can’t start until the first.

[Janeylou]

You two are up late ..im just getting ready for work 😪