(Semi OT) Traditional gaming foods...
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Anything that will fit into a bowl.
I'm an avid cook as well as a DM. I prefer to cook things for games that can sit in a crock pot/slow cooker/etc. and take long periods of heat that fit in a bowl and are easy to eat. Such as:
Chili
Stews
Casseroles
etc.
Any of these served with fresh baked bread, rolls, biscuits, etc.
If any of my old group is here (which I doubt because we played mostly GURPS at the time), please chime in and let them know!
It's seldom that my players come to my house and there not be something in the oven or on the stove. Unless it's a new group and I'm not sure if they are worth the time and effort. Heh.
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I'm an avid cook as well as a DM. I prefer to cook things for games that can sit in a crock pot/slow cooker/etc. and take long periods of heat that fit in a bowl and are easy to eat. Such as:
Chili
Stews
Casseroles
etc.
Any of these served with fresh baked bread, rolls, biscuits, etc.
If any of my old group is here (which I doubt because we played mostly GURPS at the time), please chime in and let them know!
It's seldom that my players come to my house and there not be something in the oven or on the stove. Unless it's a new group and I'm not sure if they are worth the time and effort. Heh.
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Teflon Billy
Explorer
Food
Drinks
- Pizza: Pizza is really cheap in Vancouver. No idea why, but it's easy, fast, and everyone gets their fill.
- Cheese: A guy who hosts one of our weekly games routinely assembles a cheese platter with a variety of gourmet cheese and crackers. I award XP for this extravagance.
- Crap: I'm predminantly talking about chips, but you could also include chocolate bars and Beef Jerky. Now that I thnk ofg it, Beef Jerkyisn't crap and desreves it's own slot.
- Beef Jerky: Yum.
Drinks
- Booze: I prefer sipping at Scotch, several of my guys prefer beer, and the odd bottle of wine makes its way into the mix.
- Fresca: Lot's of pops can get really cloying after awhile. Coating your tongue with fur, making your teeth feel all scungy. Not Fresca
- Water: Bottled water gets some play at our table, but it is well behind Fresca and Booze in the standings.
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RigaMortus
Explorer
When I played in High School, it was Doritos and Iced Tea all the way...
These days I play with two gaming groups...
Gaming food for group 1:
Chinese Food (we eat dinner together before we play)
Microwave Popcorn
variety of soft drinks
Nutter Butter cookies
Gaming food for group 2:
Pizza (again, our dinner meal)
soda (usually Coke)
Swedish Fish
sometimes Microwave Popcorn
These days I play with two gaming groups...
Gaming food for group 1:
Chinese Food (we eat dinner together before we play)
Microwave Popcorn
variety of soft drinks
Nutter Butter cookies
Gaming food for group 2:
Pizza (again, our dinner meal)
soda (usually Coke)
Swedish Fish
sometimes Microwave Popcorn
the Jester
Legend
Well, it varies, but most of the time in the middle of our game (we start at 4:20) we order some grub from the local sandwich shop or a pizza joint. Both deliver, which is swell. Sometimes we have chinese food delivered but that's a lot more $$ than the other stuff.
Drinks: I don't drink soda, but everyone else does, so I've always got soda in the fridge from last week and stuff. We all drink al'qi'hol, so there's lots of beer and a fair amount of wine passes through our circle. Once in a while exotic Russian liquors (one of our players is a Russian), mead (several excellent choices available at the local coop), etc.
It's not exactly a snack but we all (except one) smoke lots of weed in game too.
My favorites are food or drink or smoke as props. I give xp for props, so if someone brings yummy wafers and calls them "elvish pastries" everyone wins. And on one or two occasions I've cooked a meal as an in-game thing, like the elvish potatos I made a coupla years back.
Drinks: I don't drink soda, but everyone else does, so I've always got soda in the fridge from last week and stuff. We all drink al'qi'hol, so there's lots of beer and a fair amount of wine passes through our circle. Once in a while exotic Russian liquors (one of our players is a Russian), mead (several excellent choices available at the local coop), etc.
It's not exactly a snack but we all (except one) smoke lots of weed in game too.
My favorites are food or drink or smoke as props. I give xp for props, so if someone brings yummy wafers and calls them "elvish pastries" everyone wins. And on one or two occasions I've cooked a meal as an in-game thing, like the elvish potatos I made a coupla years back.
arwink
Clockwork Golem
At present, we seem to have settled into a comfortable routine of a pre-game BBQ, followed by light snacks through the game if we go longer than four or five hours (usually junk food).
The drink of choice is usually large vats of coffee and coke. Occasionally light beer or scotch. Depends whether the game takes place on a weekend, or on friday night after everyone else finished work.
BenBen's made me jealous with the pork buns though. I haven't had them home-cooked in a long, long while, and most of the players aren't really brave enough to try them...
The drink of choice is usually large vats of coffee and coke. Occasionally light beer or scotch. Depends whether the game takes place on a weekend, or on friday night after everyone else finished work.
BenBen's made me jealous with the pork buns though. I haven't had them home-cooked in a long, long while, and most of the players aren't really brave enough to try them...
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rackabello
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posted by Teflon Billy:
Fresca: Lot's of pops can get really cloying after awhile. Coating your tongue with fur, making your teeth feel all scungy. Not Fresca
i'm sipping a fresca rocks even as i type. crisp, cool, bracing, needs no irritating jingle.
ahh, fresca....
Fresca: Lot's of pops can get really cloying after awhile. Coating your tongue with fur, making your teeth feel all scungy. Not Fresca
i'm sipping a fresca rocks even as i type. crisp, cool, bracing, needs no irritating jingle.
ahh, fresca....
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MeepoTheMighty
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Teflon Billy said:
Drinks
- Booze: I prefer sipping at Scotch, several of my guys prefer beer, and the odd bottle of wine makes its way into the mix.
- Fresca: Lot's of pops can get really cloying after awhile. Coating your tongue with fur, making your teeth feel all scungy. Not Fresca
Trust me on this one:
1 can Fresca/squirt
2 shots vodka of choice
1 shot peach schnapps
dash of grenadine
I don't have a name for it, but it's good stuff.
Also, Fresca and Jack isn't too bad.
Food:
From Fall to Early Spring I supply my group with Deer: ring bologna, slim jims, and jerky (teryaki and black pepper). It usually only makes it to Early Spring before my supply is eliminated.
Pizza - Delivery only halts the game for 5-10 minutes when the pizza dude arrives. Though I prefer the personal frozen pizzas.
Sandwiches - Anything we have laying around the kitchen can and will be turned into a sandwich. I'm fond of fish sandwiches.
Fried foods - I recently purchased a deep fryer and my friends are welcome to bring stuff over and use it. Nothing like chicken strips or perogies ready in 5 minutes for munching.
Junk food - None of us, surprisingly eat much junk food like chips, etc. Although when my fiance makes us brownies or cookies they're gone in one or two sessions.
Drink:
Alcohol - My gamers like to drink various sorts of lagers, ales, porters, and beers. I'm a Cap'n Coke kind of guy. My roomate likes Jack 'n Coke
Soda - Obviously we all consume mass quantities of this.
On a side note: My favorite beverage when I was younger (under legal drinking age) was Pepsi Kona. Pepsi Kona was a coffee flavored pepsi drink, it sounds nasty and definitely was an acquired taste but it could keep a 90 year old awake. I guess my area was a product target since none of my college buddies or many people for that matter ever heard of it. I truly miss my all time favorite beverage.
The one thing I wish I could change about my group is I'd like to make a requirement for my players to bring a food or drink item for the entire group. Obviously the DM wouldn't have to bring something, he brought the story.
-Telor
From Fall to Early Spring I supply my group with Deer: ring bologna, slim jims, and jerky (teryaki and black pepper). It usually only makes it to Early Spring before my supply is eliminated.
Pizza - Delivery only halts the game for 5-10 minutes when the pizza dude arrives. Though I prefer the personal frozen pizzas.
Sandwiches - Anything we have laying around the kitchen can and will be turned into a sandwich. I'm fond of fish sandwiches.
Fried foods - I recently purchased a deep fryer and my friends are welcome to bring stuff over and use it. Nothing like chicken strips or perogies ready in 5 minutes for munching.
Junk food - None of us, surprisingly eat much junk food like chips, etc. Although when my fiance makes us brownies or cookies they're gone in one or two sessions.
Drink:
Alcohol - My gamers like to drink various sorts of lagers, ales, porters, and beers. I'm a Cap'n Coke kind of guy. My roomate likes Jack 'n Coke
Soda - Obviously we all consume mass quantities of this.
On a side note: My favorite beverage when I was younger (under legal drinking age) was Pepsi Kona. Pepsi Kona was a coffee flavored pepsi drink, it sounds nasty and definitely was an acquired taste but it could keep a 90 year old awake. I guess my area was a product target since none of my college buddies or many people for that matter ever heard of it. I truly miss my all time favorite beverage.
The one thing I wish I could change about my group is I'd like to make a requirement for my players to bring a food or drink item for the entire group. Obviously the DM wouldn't have to bring something, he brought the story.
-Telor
