2018 - January 15 (Mon), Xifan Monday
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- Date: Monday, January 15, 2018
- Event Captains: Emily Chen (emilycwx), Ben Chen (ch3nj)
- Time: 11AM - 1PM
- Location: McCormick Country Kitchen
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Description and recap
A traditional Xifan Sunday, except held on Monday due to Mystery Hunt. Our budget was $160, which seemed fine. We spent about $130.
Prep was slightly stressful with 5 total volunteers; but we actually finished on time! We needed both kitchens:
Country Kitchen Annex kitchen
We made two pots of xifan, which was a bit too much because not as many alums were able to come back even though it was Martin Luther King Day(apparently not all companies give this day off). Many alum and participants of the mystery hunt were also probably too tired after the mystery hunt to show up. Way too much food leftover.
Volunteers
Event captain(s): Emily Chen and Ben Chen
- Name/responsibility: Emily compiled the shopping list. Ben chose the secret dishes and both went to Cmart on Saturday to buy the groceries.
Food
- Xifan and Toppings
- Secret Dishes: Mapo Tofu and Sweet Red Bean Soup
Special Dishes (both were really yummy!)
- Mapo Tofu: https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/mapo-tofu-recipe/
- Red Bean Soup (Soak beans overnight): http://thewoksoflife.com/2016/05/red-bean-soup/
Materials
XiFan and Toppings:
- Rice
- Pickled Wheat gluten - had 2 jars, bought 2 jars ($2.49 each)
- Pickled Cucumber - bought 2 jars ($2.29 each)
- Pickled Lettuce - bought 3 jars ($2.49 each)
- Pickled Radishes - had 2 jars, bought 2 jars ($2.49 each)
- Spicy Bamboo - had 2 jars, bought 2 jars ($2.49 each)
- Canned Eels - had 6 cans ($1.89 each)
- Fermented Duck Egg - 2 boxes ($2.99 each) (not used at all)
- Pork Floss - had 1 big tub, bought 1 big tub ($11.99)
- Bean Curd - 1 jar ($1.19)
- Bok Choy - 2 bags
- Chinese Broccoli (only found American Broccoli but it worked the same) - 2 bags
- Tofu was dipped in egg and pan fried. Remember to cut into thin slices.
蛋餅 Materials
- Tortillas - 3 bags of 10 soft tortillas from TraderJoes ($2.29 each)
- Eggs - 3 dozen ($1.29 per dozen)
- 6 bunches of Scallions
Drinks
- Aloe Vera - 3 bottles (3 for $4.98)
- Green Tea - 2 bottles ($2.99)
- Soybean Milk - 3 quarts ($3.19 each)
Special Dish Ingredients
- Tapioca
Other Notes
- We only had 5 exec (including captains) at the volunteer prep. Everything was finished on time but just slightly stressful.
- We also dumped out a lot of food, aka almost a whole pot of xifan :(
- We found a lot of ATS plastic containers in Mcc storage and used that to save some of the leftovers, but not that much, relative to what we dumped :'(
