sunshineE

Here is the latest list based on what has been posted/PM'd so far:

Meats/Mains:

Jacques Gastreaux -- smoked pork shoulder with Eastern North Carolina-style BBQ sauce

eating out -- grandma's famous hot salami's

clayrae -- turkey tonnato (roasted turkey breast with tuna sauce)

Demvtr -- a big array of prepared/flavored tofu

jparrot -- smoked country ham

Sides/Salads:

Jacques Gastreaux -- roasted potato salad

porcupine -- roasted vegetable and couscous salad (vegetarian, but not vegan)

Al Dente -- gazpacho

Heather -- a salad (maybe)

MelGold -- her famous (and beautiful) mango mold

cucas87 -- some kind of pasta or chicken salad

jjl -- smoked baked beans or cole slaw

legant -- toasted pita bread salad

Desserts:

Heather -- Scott's chocolate chip cookies

MelGold -- cookies of some sort

Barbara -- cheesecake

ScottJohnson -- kid-friendly jello cubes

Ferhat Yalcin -- cookies, possibly citrus-flavored

SunshineE -- pie, probably lemon merengue or apple

Appetizers/Drinks/Other:

hillvalley -- salmon mousse

Escoffier & Grover -- kim bap (Korean sushi)

StephenB -- not-yet-famous deviled eggs with caviar

ScottJohnson -- deviled eggs, homemade pickles

crackers -- petits rouleaux d'aubergine farcis and oignon rouge et rhubarbe mini-tartelettes

shogun -- pork rillettes and/or pissaladier and/or a dreamy chicken salad and/or onigiri

ctay122 -- tarts (heirloom tomato tart, another onion, and one a surprise)

starfish -- random bottles of wine

Jacques Gastreaux -- martian pig slop from hell

Heather -- juice boxes for the kids

Tweaked -- beer

DanielK -- imported Scottish beverages

jjl – beverages (wine or beer and non-alcoholic)

Barbara -- wine and "Fancy Pants"

eating out -- beer

jparrot -- wine

DanielK -- soccer goals, ball, and jerseys for the kids

Daniel K -- some napkins and paper towels

zoramargolis -- lavender

Ferhat Yalcin -- cigars and the urge to play soccer

ol ironstomach -- a medium 2-burner camp stove and at least one or two butane cassette burners

Jacques Gastreaux -- cigars (3 or 4), folding chairs (1 or 2) and the big black plastic trash bag filled with all of the leftover paper and plastic goods from the last 2 picnics*

Bringing a dish to be named later:

zoramargolis

ol ironstomach

Monica Bhide

mdt

LaShanta (something baked)

bbq4me (some type of twisted old school Chamorro food)

holdtheline

goldenticket

*Once we do an inventory on the contents of the big black bag filled with the leftover paper and plastic goods, we'll post any deficiencies so those who plan on bringing that sort of thing can know what is needed.

Please feel free to PM me corrections, re-categorizations, deletions, additions, changes, spelling errors, picnic food-related questions or if you are just too shy to post what you plan to bring.

I am going to Rosa Mexicano with friends on Friday night for dinner and drinks. I have tried the pomegranate margaritas on at least three occasions and have been consistently underwhelmed. That ends Friday I hope. Can anyone recommend any other specialty drinks at Rosa? Are their regular margaritas any good?

And while we're talking about margaritas, someone tell me where to find the best ones in town, please!