Monkey Platters
Sandra Dodd
I've added some links to the monkey platters page
http://sandradodd.com/eating/monkeyplatter
In a few weeks I hope to have some photos added there, but when I was
out looking for links I found some interesting things, including it
being on a menu in New Zealand! <g>
There's one from someone who didn't remember where she saw the idea,
and there's a photo and all. Maybe I misunderstand a little, but it
seems there's a "clean your monkey platter" policy of sorts, and a
statement that the vegetables are always the last thing left. That
doesn't happen here. Still it's a positive mention and there's a
list of ideas.
http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/03/09/the-monkey-platter
Sandra
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http://sandradodd.com/eating/monkeyplatter
In a few weeks I hope to have some photos added there, but when I was
out looking for links I found some interesting things, including it
being on a menu in New Zealand! <g>
There's one from someone who didn't remember where she saw the idea,
and there's a photo and all. Maybe I misunderstand a little, but it
seems there's a "clean your monkey platter" policy of sorts, and a
statement that the vegetables are always the last thing left. That
doesn't happen here. Still it's a positive mention and there's a
list of ideas.
http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/03/09/the-monkey-platter
Sandra
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Kiersten Pasciak
Your idea has spread far and wide :)
On our local list, we were just discussing this and came up with a
list of foods to try. Maybe people can find some new ideas if they
are in a rut...
mini carrots,
celery "smiles" (stalk celery cut across the strings small enough for
a bite)-sometimes plain, sometimes with peanut butter or cream
cheese,
bell pepper slices/chunks,
small mushrooms or big ones sliced,
cherry or grape tomatoes,
grapes,
melon cubes,
cheese cubes or sticks (just got the idea the other day to use tiny
cookie cutters to make shapes like the expensive "brand name" in the
dairy section!),
string cheese,
cubed balogna, ham, or turkey-or sliced and rolled up into bite-size
portions with a toothpick in to keep it rolled,
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut up into about 1" squares,
nuts,
banana slices,
trail mix,
raisins,
dried cranberries,
apple slices,
strawberries,
fresh berries (blue, black, black raspberry, red raspberry),
kiwi slices,
orange sections,
frozen peas,
frozen green beans,
frozen blueberries,
cooked potato or sweet potato cubes,
cooked brussels sprout quarters,
broccoli
cauliflower florets-cooked or raw,
"cheerio" kind of cereal (I suppose "chex" kinds would work, too),
rice cake pieces-plain or with peanut butter,
plain popcorn (or salted),
bread cubes,
tofu cubes,
chicken (unbreaded chunks or "nuggets"),
salmon,
seeds (like sunflower-though they "can" be messy),
pickles (sweet or dill),
olives (green or black),
hard boiled egg,
wax beans,
pinapple pieces,
cucumber slices,
whole wheat crackers (triscuits are a favorite, here!),
tofu hot dogs-sometimes sliced, sometimes whole,
pretzles,
Applesauce, peanutbutter, blackstrap molasses, cream cheese, sour
cream, plain or flavored yogurt and/or chip dip for dipping.
fruit leather,
freeze-dried fruit,
freeze-dried veggies,
chocolate covered sunflower seeds,
Sunchips,
flax chips (TJ's),
zucchini/pumpkin/banana bread,
mini-muffins,
granola bars,
tortillas (cut in strips or shapes),
tortillas rolled up in pinwheels with PB or cream cheese,
bagel slices,
pita chips,
quesadilla triangles,
hummus or other dips,
frozen grapes, berries, etc.,
graham crackers,
oyster crackers,
baked chickpeas (salt, cin. sugar, or nutritional yeast),
waffles
pancakes,
fruit and nut bars,
mini bagels w/ cream cheese,
rice balls,
sprouts,
goldfish,
rolls,
jerky,
breadsticks,
tiny mt. balls,
veggie burger pieces,
edamame,
mini pizza slices,
corn "tires" (corn on the cob slices),
yogurt drops (dehydrated globs of yogurt),
tiny quiche bites,
strata squares,
jicama slices,
matchstick veggies,
cooked pasta shapes,
chinese crispy noodles,
wontons,
cornbread,
croutons,
jello jigglers (made with juice),
tiny sandwiches (any filling),
breaded popcorn shrimp,
calamari,
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
On our local list, we were just discussing this and came up with a
list of foods to try. Maybe people can find some new ideas if they
are in a rut...
mini carrots,
celery "smiles" (stalk celery cut across the strings small enough for
a bite)-sometimes plain, sometimes with peanut butter or cream
cheese,
bell pepper slices/chunks,
small mushrooms or big ones sliced,
cherry or grape tomatoes,
grapes,
melon cubes,
cheese cubes or sticks (just got the idea the other day to use tiny
cookie cutters to make shapes like the expensive "brand name" in the
dairy section!),
string cheese,
cubed balogna, ham, or turkey-or sliced and rolled up into bite-size
portions with a toothpick in to keep it rolled,
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches cut up into about 1" squares,
nuts,
banana slices,
trail mix,
raisins,
dried cranberries,
apple slices,
strawberries,
fresh berries (blue, black, black raspberry, red raspberry),
kiwi slices,
orange sections,
frozen peas,
frozen green beans,
frozen blueberries,
cooked potato or sweet potato cubes,
cooked brussels sprout quarters,
broccoli
cauliflower florets-cooked or raw,
"cheerio" kind of cereal (I suppose "chex" kinds would work, too),
rice cake pieces-plain or with peanut butter,
plain popcorn (or salted),
bread cubes,
tofu cubes,
chicken (unbreaded chunks or "nuggets"),
salmon,
seeds (like sunflower-though they "can" be messy),
pickles (sweet or dill),
olives (green or black),
hard boiled egg,
wax beans,
pinapple pieces,
cucumber slices,
whole wheat crackers (triscuits are a favorite, here!),
tofu hot dogs-sometimes sliced, sometimes whole,
pretzles,
Applesauce, peanutbutter, blackstrap molasses, cream cheese, sour
cream, plain or flavored yogurt and/or chip dip for dipping.
fruit leather,
freeze-dried fruit,
freeze-dried veggies,
chocolate covered sunflower seeds,
Sunchips,
flax chips (TJ's),
zucchini/pumpkin/banana bread,
mini-muffins,
granola bars,
tortillas (cut in strips or shapes),
tortillas rolled up in pinwheels with PB or cream cheese,
bagel slices,
pita chips,
quesadilla triangles,
hummus or other dips,
frozen grapes, berries, etc.,
graham crackers,
oyster crackers,
baked chickpeas (salt, cin. sugar, or nutritional yeast),
waffles
pancakes,
fruit and nut bars,
mini bagels w/ cream cheese,
rice balls,
sprouts,
goldfish,
rolls,
jerky,
breadsticks,
tiny mt. balls,
veggie burger pieces,
edamame,
mini pizza slices,
corn "tires" (corn on the cob slices),
yogurt drops (dehydrated globs of yogurt),
tiny quiche bites,
strata squares,
jicama slices,
matchstick veggies,
cooked pasta shapes,
chinese crispy noodles,
wontons,
cornbread,
croutons,
jello jigglers (made with juice),
tiny sandwiches (any filling),
breaded popcorn shrimp,
calamari,
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
Sandra Dodd
Kiersten,
If I put this list on the monkey platters page, how should I credit
it? "Kiersten's Local List"? <g>
That's a great list.
-=-mini bagels w/ cream cheese,-=
When Kirby and Marty were little I would get unsliced bagels and slice
them the "wrong" direction, in little slices, so that there were
several matching sandwich sets of little pieces of bagel about the
size of a fifty-cent piece, and make cream cheese sandwiches with
those. And I'd just keep slicing and so there would be different
shapes and sizes, but the best ones were those very round ones across
the middle from each other.
I never thought of slicing corn on the cob in that same way. Cool
(but potentially dangerous for the person doing the cutting) idea.
"Corn wheels." Cool.
Sandra
If I put this list on the monkey platters page, how should I credit
it? "Kiersten's Local List"? <g>
That's a great list.
-=-mini bagels w/ cream cheese,-=
When Kirby and Marty were little I would get unsliced bagels and slice
them the "wrong" direction, in little slices, so that there were
several matching sandwich sets of little pieces of bagel about the
size of a fifty-cent piece, and make cream cheese sandwiches with
those. And I'd just keep slicing and so there would be different
shapes and sizes, but the best ones were those very round ones across
the middle from each other.
I never thought of slicing corn on the cob in that same way. Cool
(but potentially dangerous for the person doing the cutting) idea.
"Corn wheels." Cool.
Sandra
Joanna Murphy
> tiny mt. balls,Great list! What does this mean? All I can think of is "tiny mountain balls," which would be a
contradiction. lol It's probably something really obvious, right?
Thanks,
Joanna
Sandra Dodd
-=> tiny mt. balls,
Great list! What does this mean?=-
Good question.
I don't know what "strata squares" are, either.
Hmmm... We need photos! (Hint, hint...)
http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2009/02/food-freedom-chat-and-contest.html
And there's another chat on food tomorrow (Wednesday, unless you're in
Australia and then it's Thursday morning):
http://sandradodd.com/chats/food2
Sandra
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Great list! What does this mean?=-
Good question.
I don't know what "strata squares" are, either.
Hmmm... We need photos! (Hint, hint...)
http://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2009/02/food-freedom-chat-and-contest.html
And there's another chat on food tomorrow (Wednesday, unless you're in
Australia and then it's Thursday morning):
http://sandradodd.com/chats/food2
Sandra
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John and Amanda Slater
-=> tiny mt. balls,
I assumed tiny meat balls
AmandaElijah 7, Samuel 6
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I assumed tiny meat balls
AmandaElijah 7, Samuel 6
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Joanna Murphy
--- In [email protected], John and Amanda Slater <fourslaterz@...>
wrote:
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[email protected]
I'm pretty sure "tiny mt. balls" was supposed to be "tiny meat balls"-the
kind you can buy frozen, maybe, or you can make them yourself. They're great on
toothpicks, too.
I'm clueless on the strata squares. The only thing coming to mind is a
layered dip kind of thing, cut into squares and put on crackers. LOL "Strata
layers". My mind works in weird ways.
Peace,
De
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kind you can buy frozen, maybe, or you can make them yourself. They're great on
toothpicks, too.
I'm clueless on the strata squares. The only thing coming to mind is a
layered dip kind of thing, cut into squares and put on crackers. LOL "Strata
layers". My mind works in weird ways.
Peace,
De
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Bea
--- In [email protected], "Kiersten Pasciak" <kjl8@...>
wrote:
taste good?
I'll have to try it.
Bea
wrote:
> frozen peas,Wait, do you mean frozen peas and green beans still frozen? does it
> frozen green beans,
taste good?
I'll have to try it.
Bea
Karen Hsu
My son used to love frozen mixed veggies - especially the peas, corn and
carrots. The frozen green beans were never a hit though.
carrots. The frozen green beans were never a hit though.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Bea <bmantovani@...> wrote:
> --- In [email protected] <AlwaysLearning%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Kiersten Pasciak" <kjl8@...>
> wrote:
>
> > frozen peas,
> > frozen green beans,
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> Wait, do you mean frozen peas and green beans still frozen? does it
> taste good?
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> I'll have to try it.
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> Bea
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diana jenner
hayden LOVES to be served a bowl of frozen fruit, still frozen or just
starting to thaw with a sprinkling of sugar snow -- the fondue pokers we
picked up somewhere are fun for this, too :)
I like frozen grapes & strawberries as ice in seven-up :)
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
hannahsashes.blogspot.com
dianas365.blogspot.com
starting to thaw with a sprinkling of sugar snow -- the fondue pokers we
picked up somewhere are fun for this, too :)
I like frozen grapes & strawberries as ice in seven-up :)
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
hannahsashes.blogspot.com
dianas365.blogspot.com
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Karen Hsu <kcbhsu@...> wrote:
> My son used to love frozen mixed veggies - especially the peas, corn and
> carrots. The frozen green beans were never a hit though.
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Bea <bmantovani@...<bmantovani%40hotmail.com>>
> wrote:
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> > --- In [email protected] <AlwaysLearning%40yahoogroups.com><AlwaysLearning%
> 40yahoogroups.com>,
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> > "Kiersten Pasciak" <kjl8@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > frozen peas,
> > > frozen green beans,
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> > Wait, do you mean frozen peas and green beans still frozen? does it
> > taste good?
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Kiersten Pasciak
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
Hope people can use it...I printed it out to remind myself to mix things up a bit!
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
>No credit needed :)
> Kiersten,
> If I put this list on the monkey platters page, how should I credit
> it? "Kiersten's Local List"? <g>
>
> That's a great list.
Hope people can use it...I printed it out to remind myself to mix things up a bit!
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
Kiersten Pasciak
De wrote most of the food list (she's a local here) :)
Some of us just added to it.
Mt. balls was supposed to mean meat balls (I was a waitress and that was our abbreviation)
Strata is made from old bread. You cube it and throw it in a casserole dish, layered with cheese and veggies. Then you pour a mix of eggs and milk over the top. Refrigerate overnight, then bake in the morning. When cool, it can be cut into squares and picked up.
I didn't know it was so obscure- I try to make it when our bread gets old and hard to cut.
Yep, on the frozen veggies being still frozen. My daughter likes the corn and peas that way.
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
Some of us just added to it.
Mt. balls was supposed to mean meat balls (I was a waitress and that was our abbreviation)
Strata is made from old bread. You cube it and throw it in a casserole dish, layered with cheese and veggies. Then you pour a mix of eggs and milk over the top. Refrigerate overnight, then bake in the morning. When cool, it can be cut into squares and picked up.
I didn't know it was so obscure- I try to make it when our bread gets old and hard to cut.
Yep, on the frozen veggies being still frozen. My daughter likes the corn and peas that way.
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
--- In [email protected], Sanguinegirl83@... wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure "tiny mt. balls" was supposed to be "tiny meat balls"-the
> kind you can buy frozen, maybe, or you can make them yourself. They're great on
> toothpicks, too.
>
> I'm clueless on the strata squares. The only thing coming to mind is a
> layered dip kind of thing, cut into squares and put on crackers. LOL "Strata
> layers". My mind works in weird ways.
>
> Peace,
> De
> **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area.
> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)
>
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raisingexplorers
I looked through the monkey platter idea list.. I saw breaded popcorn shrimp, my son likes to put cocktail shrimp in his monkey platters.. with some cocktail sauce.
My boys like dipping their finger foods in sauces. So, sometimes we use one muffin tray for the food platter and another for the sauces to go in.. and we use a variety of stuff.. dipping chocolate, caramel, dressings, lemon juice, homemade bean dip or salsa, fruit sauces, yogurt and stuff like shredded coconut or chopped nuts for double dipping. :) And the boys like poking some of the foods with toothpicks to do the dipping process.
The boys really like to make their own platters. They like me to make them, too.. but, they have a lot of fun making monkey platters themselves.
My boys like dipping their finger foods in sauces. So, sometimes we use one muffin tray for the food platter and another for the sauces to go in.. and we use a variety of stuff.. dipping chocolate, caramel, dressings, lemon juice, homemade bean dip or salsa, fruit sauces, yogurt and stuff like shredded coconut or chopped nuts for double dipping. :) And the boys like poking some of the foods with toothpicks to do the dipping process.
The boys really like to make their own platters. They like me to make them, too.. but, they have a lot of fun making monkey platters themselves.
Sandra Dodd
-=-My boys like dipping their finger foods in sauces. So, sometimes we
use one muffin tray for the food platter and another for the sauces to
go in.. and we use a variety of stuff.. dipping chocolate, caramel,
dressings, lemon juice, homemade bean dip or salsa, fruit sauces,
yogurt and stuff like shredded coconut or chopped nuts for double
dipping. :) And the boys like poking some of the foods with toothpicks
to do the dipping process.=-
This goes against the "it will be really clean" theory of the
original. It's food, still, but it's getting on toward needing a
table and napkins. Not good for on the nice carpet or on a desk full
of papers and cards.
So it still seems fun, but even listing the dips on the new list on
the monkey platters page made me cringe a little.
Sandra
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use one muffin tray for the food platter and another for the sauces to
go in.. and we use a variety of stuff.. dipping chocolate, caramel,
dressings, lemon juice, homemade bean dip or salsa, fruit sauces,
yogurt and stuff like shredded coconut or chopped nuts for double
dipping. :) And the boys like poking some of the foods with toothpicks
to do the dipping process.=-
This goes against the "it will be really clean" theory of the
original. It's food, still, but it's getting on toward needing a
table and napkins. Not good for on the nice carpet or on a desk full
of papers and cards.
So it still seems fun, but even listing the dips on the new list on
the monkey platters page made me cringe a little.
Sandra
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Kiersten Pasciak
I base what goes in the container with where it will be served. If I am putting it by a computer or in the bedrooms, it will have less messy things in it- no greasy stuff or sauces. If we are putting it on a regular table or on the coffee table by where we are playing games, doing puzzles, watching others playing wii...it can have messier stuff.
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
Kiersten
mom to Jacob (7) and Emma (5)
http://www.GrowingFree.com
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
> This goes against the "it will be really clean" theory of the
> original. It's food, still, but it's getting on toward needing a
> table and napkins. Not good for on the nice carpet or on a desk full
> of papers and cards.
>
> So it still seems fun, but even listing the dips on the new list on
> the monkey platters page made me cringe a little.
>
> Sandra
Gabriela Montoya
We tried our first monkey platter yesterday, outside, because my one and two year old can make anything messy! They loved it! I thought it was so amazing that stuff I regularly offer that they might nibble on all got eaten, the platter was practically licked clean, really!
Thanks! We will probably hold off on the sauces that some people have tried. My two year old thinks she should just lick the dip off.
Thanks! We will probably hold off on the sauces that some people have tried. My two year old thinks she should just lick the dip off.
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> I've added some links to the monkey platters page
>
> http://sandradodd.com/eating/monkeyplatter
>
> In a few weeks I hope to have some photos added there, but when I was
> out looking for links I found some interesting things, including it
> being on a menu in New Zealand! <g>
>
> There's one from someone who didn't remember where she saw the idea,
> and there's a photo and all. Maybe I misunderstand a little, but it
> seems there's a "clean your monkey platter" policy of sorts, and a
> statement that the vegetables are always the last thing left. That
> doesn't happen here. Still it's a positive mention and there's a
> list of ideas.
>
> http://magicandmayhem.homeschooljournal.net/2008/03/09/the-monkey-platter
>
> Sandra
>
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>
Sandra Dodd
I just got an angry e-mail and thought I might as well lay it out here
to dry. Maybe some of you can help calm the waters, depending where
and what she's talking about.)
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From:
Subject: Monkey Platter
Date: March 4, 2009 3:07:53 PM MST
To: Sandra@...
Reply-To:
I recently read on an email list, to which I belong, that you had laid
claim to the term �monkey platter�; that it was your invention. In
reading your blog and website, I find that you can�t possibly have
�invented� that term as my grandmother used that term from the time we
were all small and she�s 93.
Further consideration to this would also be the fact that people who
have no clue who you are, don�t home school their children or are
grandparents raising their displaced grandchildren also use this term.
BTW�Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
you�re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
didn�t invent, you may want to consider it.
I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane amount
of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.
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I'll spare you all her name and give her that much dignity, but does
anyone know what list this is that got her so worked up? Here's my
response:
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Subject: Re: Monkey Platter
From: Sandra@...
Date: March 4, 2009 3:48:35 PM MST
To: ...
-=
BTW�Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
you�re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
didn�t invent, you may want to consider it.-=-
No, I don't have a copyright, and I didn't ask anyone for credit. I
didn't demand anything.
-=-that it was your invention-=-
It's not "an invention." It's a term we came up with after we got
back from the zoo one day. I hadn't heard it from your grandmother or
anyone else before that.
Why are you so angry?
-=-I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane
amount of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.-=-
You seem very intensely worked up over a very small thing. Do you
need to vent some more? I'm willing to listen.
Sandra
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to dry. Maybe some of you can help calm the waters, depending where
and what she's talking about.)
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From:
Subject: Monkey Platter
Date: March 4, 2009 3:07:53 PM MST
To: Sandra@...
Reply-To:
I recently read on an email list, to which I belong, that you had laid
claim to the term �monkey platter�; that it was your invention. In
reading your blog and website, I find that you can�t possibly have
�invented� that term as my grandmother used that term from the time we
were all small and she�s 93.
Further consideration to this would also be the fact that people who
have no clue who you are, don�t home school their children or are
grandparents raising their displaced grandchildren also use this term.
BTW�Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
you�re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
didn�t invent, you may want to consider it.
I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane amount
of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.
-------------------------------------
I'll spare you all her name and give her that much dignity, but does
anyone know what list this is that got her so worked up? Here's my
response:
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Subject: Re: Monkey Platter
From: Sandra@...
Date: March 4, 2009 3:48:35 PM MST
To: ...
-=
BTW�Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
you�re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
didn�t invent, you may want to consider it.-=-
No, I don't have a copyright, and I didn't ask anyone for credit. I
didn't demand anything.
-=-that it was your invention-=-
It's not "an invention." It's a term we came up with after we got
back from the zoo one day. I hadn't heard it from your grandmother or
anyone else before that.
Why are you so angry?
-=-I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane
amount of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.-=-
You seem very intensely worked up over a very small thing. Do you
need to vent some more? I'm willing to listen.
Sandra
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Kandace M. Wright
Wow, crazy internet peeps trying to find a fight for entertainment?
I could see if you were demanding people credit you everytime they use
the phrase but seriously.
You were kinder than I would have been.
Kandace
Mom to Jackie - 12, Jacob 10, Jessica 7, James 3 and Jeremiah 9 months
Attachment Parenting International of Merrimack Valley Co-Leader
Artist - http://www.kandacewright.com
I could see if you were demanding people credit you everytime they use
the phrase but seriously.
You were kinder than I would have been.
Kandace
Mom to Jackie - 12, Jacob 10, Jessica 7, James 3 and Jeremiah 9 months
Attachment Parenting International of Merrimack Valley Co-Leader
Artist - http://www.kandacewright.com
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
> I just got an angry e-mail and thought I might as well lay it out here
> to dry. Maybe some of you can help calm the waters, depending where
> and what she's talking about.)
>
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> From:
> Subject: Monkey Platter
> Date: March 4, 2009 3:07:53 PM MST
> To: Sandra@...
> Reply-To:
>
> I recently read on an email list, to which I belong, that you had laid
> claim to the term “monkey platter”; that it was your invention. In
> reading your blog and website, I find that you can’t possibly have
> “invented” that term as my grandmother used that term from the time we
> were all small and she’s 93.
>
> Further consideration to this would also be the fact that people who
> have no clue who you are, don’t home school their children or are
> grandparents raising their displaced grandchildren also use this term.
>
> BTW…Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
> you’re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
> didn’t invent, you may want to consider it.
>
> I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane amount
> of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.
>
> -------------------------------------
> I'll spare you all her name and give her that much dignity, but does
> anyone know what list this is that got her so worked up? Here's my
> response:
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> Subject: Re: Monkey Platter
> From: Sandra@...
> Date: March 4, 2009 3:48:35 PM MST
> To: ...
> -=
> BTW…Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
> you’re going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
> didn’t invent, you may want to consider it.-=-
>
> No, I don't have a copyright, and I didn't ask anyone for credit. I
> didn't demand anything.
>
> -=-that it was your invention-=-
>
> It's not "an invention." It's a term we came up with after we got
> back from the zoo one day. I hadn't heard it from your grandmother or
> anyone else before that.
>
> Why are you so angry?
>
> -=-I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane
> amount of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.-=-
>
> You seem very intensely worked up over a very small thing. Do you
> need to vent some more? I'm willing to listen.
>
> Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
phase 2:
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Not particularly worked up or stressed out. It had been shared with
our group that you had apparently googled monkey platter and had asked
one of the members of the group to give you credit either on her site
or her blog for using the term, since you had essentially �coined� it.
My point is that this is a term that�s been around longer than either
one of us has been alive.
I don�t require an audience with you to vent.
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(only the name removed, and my response below:)
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You did choose to write and express yourself, though, and that's fine.
I think the only blog I left a comment on (and it wasn't any kind of
request or demand for anything) was someone who said she's read it on
the internet but didn't remember where. Most of the others I found
had my link because they knew they got it from me, and they said so.
The one on which I left the comment was found from a blog link from
one of the people who did get it from me. So it wasn't a random find.
The son who was a two or three years old on the day we went to the
zoo, and maybe five when I first wrote about monkey platters on the
AOL homeschooling forum is 20 now, so it's not something I first wrote
about the other day. I wasn't being jealous or possessive; I was
thinking "cool!"
Sandra
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Not particularly worked up or stressed out. It had been shared with
our group that you had apparently googled monkey platter and had asked
one of the members of the group to give you credit either on her site
or her blog for using the term, since you had essentially �coined� it.
My point is that this is a term that�s been around longer than either
one of us has been alive.
I don�t require an audience with you to vent.
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(only the name removed, and my response below:)
-------------------------
You did choose to write and express yourself, though, and that's fine.
I think the only blog I left a comment on (and it wasn't any kind of
request or demand for anything) was someone who said she's read it on
the internet but didn't remember where. Most of the others I found
had my link because they knew they got it from me, and they said so.
The one on which I left the comment was found from a blog link from
one of the people who did get it from me. So it wasn't a random find.
The son who was a two or three years old on the day we went to the
zoo, and maybe five when I first wrote about monkey platters on the
AOL homeschooling forum is 20 now, so it's not something I first wrote
about the other day. I wasn't being jealous or possessive; I was
thinking "cool!"
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=-We will probably hold off on the sauces that some people have
tried. -=-
Me too! When we have dips and sauces, that's totally on-the-table
food, and people take little plates and eat off those. <g>
Sandra
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tried. -=-
Me too! When we have dips and sauces, that's totally on-the-table
food, and people take little plates and eat off those. <g>
Sandra
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Verna
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>whenever we have sauces of any kind we give my 3 year old his own cup of it. he does ALOT of double dipping and licking the sauce off.
> -=-We will probably hold off on the sauces that some people have
> tried. -=-
>
> Me too! When we have dips and sauces, that's totally on-the-table
> food, and people take little plates and eat off those. <g>
>
> Sandra
>
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>
[email protected]
The unknown poster wrote:
<<<It had been shared with
our group that you had apparently googled monkey platter and had asked
one of the members of the group to give you credit either on her site
or her blog for using the term, since you had essentially “coined” it.>>>
I think there was either some translation misinterpretation or some
confusion somewhere. What it seems to *me* that she's referring to is this bit:
-= (Sandra said:) Kiersten,
If I put this list on the monkey platters page, how should I credit
it? "Kiersten's Local List"? <g>
That's a great list.=-
I could be wrong, but that's what popped into my head when I read those
words I quoted at the top. Maybe it got confused with the post of Kiersten's
where she said, "Your idea has spread far and wide"-but that was someone else
putting the ownership on you, not you claiming it.
I tend to have an amazing lack of clarity when I rush to judgement. That's
one of the reasons I know to calm down, back off and revisit when I'm cooler
when I've got a big reaction to something. "Quick-to-anger" seems to give me
tunnel vision, somehow! Thank goodness folks on these groups have helped me to
learn how not to do that.
Peace,
De
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<<<It had been shared with
our group that you had apparently googled monkey platter and had asked
one of the members of the group to give you credit either on her site
or her blog for using the term, since you had essentially “coined” it.>>>
I think there was either some translation misinterpretation or some
confusion somewhere. What it seems to *me* that she's referring to is this bit:
-= (Sandra said:) Kiersten,
If I put this list on the monkey platters page, how should I credit
it? "Kiersten's Local List"? <g>
That's a great list.=-
I could be wrong, but that's what popped into my head when I read those
words I quoted at the top. Maybe it got confused with the post of Kiersten's
where she said, "Your idea has spread far and wide"-but that was someone else
putting the ownership on you, not you claiming it.
I tend to have an amazing lack of clarity when I rush to judgement. That's
one of the reasons I know to calm down, back off and revisit when I'm cooler
when I've got a big reaction to something. "Quick-to-anger" seems to give me
tunnel vision, somehow! Thank goodness folks on these groups have helped me to
learn how not to do that.
Peace,
De
**************Need a job? Find employment help in your area.
(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005)
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BRIAN POLIKOWSKY
This had me really laughing for a while. even my son asked why I was laughing.
Gee I don't know. I remember vaguely reading that someone saw zoo keepers were feeding monkey and that is why its a "monkey platter".
Maybe it was Sandra that saw with her family.?
At home we call it "goodies plate".That is how MD calls it since he was little.
Its amazing how people get worked up by stuff like this!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex Polikowsky
http://polykow.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingmn/
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Gee I don't know. I remember vaguely reading that someone saw zoo keepers were feeding monkey and that is why its a "monkey platter".
Maybe it was Sandra that saw with her family.?
At home we call it "goodies plate".That is how MD calls it since he was little.
Its amazing how people get worked up by stuff like this!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alex Polikowsky
http://polykow.blogspot.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingmn/
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Nancy Wooton
On Mar 4, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
Monkey Platters--finger foods for kids
When we got home I made a "monkey platter" for the kids, and it has
been called that ever since. One thing they get that the monkeys
didn't get is ...
sandradodd.com/eating/monkeyplatter - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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Chicapuba: Monkey Platter!!
Mar 4, 2009 ... Monkey Platter!! Inspired by Sandra Dodd. Posted by
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chicapuba.blogspot.com/2009/03/monkey-platter.html - 5 hours ago -
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Maybe the second listing "Credit for this idea..." inspired the
vitriol? You may not have taken credit for inventing the term,
but others seem to be giving it to you :-)
Nancy
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> I just got an angry e-mail and thought I might as well lay it out hereSandra, this is what I got by Googling "Monkey platter":
> to dry. Maybe some of you can help calm the waters, depending where
> and what she's talking about.)
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> From:
> Subject: Monkey Platter
> Date: March 4, 2009 3:07:53 PM MST
> To: Sandra@...
> Reply-To:
>
> I recently read on an email list, to which I belong, that you had laid
> claim to the term monkey platter; that it was your invention. In
> reading your blog and website, I find that you cant possibly have
> invented that term as my grandmother used that term from the time we
> were all small and shes 93.
>
> Further consideration to this would also be the fact that people who
> have no clue who you are, dont home school their children or are
> grandparents raising their displaced grandchildren also use this term.
>
> BTW
> Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
> youre going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
> didnt invent, you may want to consider it.
>
> I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane amount
> of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.
>
> -------------------------------------
> I'll spare you all her name and give her that much dignity, but does
> anyone know what list this is that got her so worked up? Here's my
> response:
> -------------------------------------
> Subject: Re: Monkey Platter
> From: Sandra@...
> Date: March 4, 2009 3:48:35 PM MST
> To: ...
> -=
> BTW
> Do you hold the copyright to that term? I would imagine that, if
> youre going to demand that people give you credit for a term you
> didnt invent, you may want to consider it.-=-
>
> No, I don't have a copyright, and I didn't ask anyone for credit. I
> didn't demand anything.
>
> -=-that it was your invention-=-
>
> It's not "an invention." It's a term we came up with after we got
> back from the zoo one day. I hadn't heard it from your grandmother or
> anyone else before that.
>
> Why are you so angry?
>
> -=-I am also a long-time member of the SCA. I find that an insane
> amount of people there take themselves entirely too seriously.-=-
>
> You seem very intensely worked up over a very small thing. Do you
> need to vent some more? I'm willing to listen.
>
> Sandra
>
Monkey Platters--finger foods for kids
When we got home I made a "monkey platter" for the kids, and it has
been called that ever since. One thing they get that the monkeys
didn't get is ...
sandradodd.com/eating/monkeyplatter - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
A Wrinkle For My Brain: Monkey Platter!
Monkey Platter! Credit for this idea goes to: http://sandradodd.com/eating/
monkeyplatter · http://sandradodd.com/food. For those of you w/
picky eaters ( and ...
awrinkleformybrain.blogspot.com/2008/01/monkey-platter.html - 78k -
Cached - Similar pages
Chicapuba: Monkey Platter!!
Mar 4, 2009 ... Monkey Platter!! Inspired by Sandra Dodd. Posted by
Sissie at 12:04 PM. Labels: Food, Learning, Unschooling ...
chicapuba.blogspot.com/2009/03/monkey-platter.html - 5 hours ago -
Similar pages
Maybe the second listing "Credit for this idea..." inspired the
vitriol? You may not have taken credit for inventing the term,
but others seem to be giving it to you :-)
Nancy
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Danielle Conger
BRIAN POLIKOWSKY wrote:
since Em was old enough to walk and want to eat solid food. I remember
Dr. Sears talking about how grazing was healthier and how you could
leave out snacks for them to graze on all day. They used ice cube trays
if I remember correctly.
I've always loved finger food, hors d'oevres, sample platters. I always
think of the movie _Mermaids_--I so identify with the Cher character
making all hors d'oevres. That's my idea of heaven!
~~Danielle
Emily (11), Julia (10), Sam (8)
http://www.organiclearning.blogspot.com
>We call it "finger food" or a "snack plate," and we've been doing it
>
> At home we call it "goodies plate".That is how MD calls it since he
> was little. Its amazing how people get worked up by stuff like
> this!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
since Em was old enough to walk and want to eat solid food. I remember
Dr. Sears talking about how grazing was healthier and how you could
leave out snacks for them to graze on all day. They used ice cube trays
if I remember correctly.
I've always loved finger food, hors d'oevres, sample platters. I always
think of the movie _Mermaids_--I so identify with the Cher character
making all hors d'oevres. That's my idea of heaven!
~~Danielle
Emily (11), Julia (10), Sam (8)
http://www.organiclearning.blogspot.com
Sandra Dodd
-=-I've always loved finger food, hors d'oevres, sample platters. I
always
think of the movie _Mermaids_--I so identify with the Cher character
making all hors d'oevres. That's my idea of heaven!-=-
Yes! I love the two or three things on a toothpick art.
I also love to see platters made up for parties that have cheese and
lunchmeat for making sandwiches, all laid out in patterns. Or sushi
trays.
Beautiful.
Sandra
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always
think of the movie _Mermaids_--I so identify with the Cher character
making all hors d'oevres. That's my idea of heaven!-=-
Yes! I love the two or three things on a toothpick art.
I also love to see platters made up for parties that have cheese and
lunchmeat for making sandwiches, all laid out in patterns. Or sushi
trays.
Beautiful.
Sandra
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Joanna Murphy
--
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/09/katamari-damacy-bento-box/
For those who don't know Katamari, it's a game where you roll a sticky ball and pick things up--at first little things, like tacks, paper clips and litter, and then you progress to big things like houses and cows.
Joanna
> Yes! I love the two or three things on a toothpick art.This is a bit of a tangent, but anyone who's seen the video game Katamari, or who likes whimsical food, will appreciate this:
>
> I also love to see platters made up for parties that have cheese and
> lunchmeat for making sandwiches, all laid out in patterns. Or sushi
> trays.
>
> Beautiful.
>
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/09/katamari-damacy-bento-box/
For those who don't know Katamari, it's a game where you roll a sticky ball and pick things up--at first little things, like tacks, paper clips and litter, and then you progress to big things like houses and cows.
Joanna
Krisula Moyer
>>Yes! I love the two or three things on a toothpick art.I also love to see platters made up for parties that have cheese and
lunchmeat for making sandwiches, all laid out in patterns. Or sushi
trays.
Beautiful.
Sandra<<
Yes, Anika will eat a whole tray full of fruits and veggies if there
are enough pretty, frilly toothpicks to decorate it. Thanks for
reminding me.
We've called them monkey platters for years. I think I heard it first
from Dan Vilter or maybe Pam Sorooshian on a camp out. So that is, no
doubt a direct line back to you Sandra. Funny.
One Thanksgiving we were visiting the zoo and the zookeepers had given
the animals sort of pinatas full of food that they had to crack open.
It was a lot of fun to watch and the animals seemed to enjoy it. My
kids thought that it was funny that the pinatas were full of oranges
and apples and carrots instead of candy. I've never tried to make
one at home. Maybe it would be fun. Or we could make one for our
guinea pigs.
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Schuyler
That is so cool. Following on from that one I've Studio Ghibli bento boxes.
Thanks
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From: Joanna Murphy <ridingmom@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 5 March, 2009 4:19:43 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Monkey Platters
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http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/09/katamari-damacy-bento-box/
For those who don't know Katamari, it's a game where you roll a sticky ball and pick things up--at first little things, like tacks, paper clips and litter, and then you progress to big things like houses and cows.
Joanna
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Thanks
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From: Joanna Murphy <ridingmom@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, 5 March, 2009 4:19:43 AM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Monkey Platters
--
> Yes! I love the two or three things on a toothpick art.This is a bit of a tangent, but anyone who's seen the video game Katamari, or who likes whimsical food, will appreciate this:
>
> I also love to see platters made up for parties that have cheese and
> lunchmeat for making sandwiches, all laid out in patterns. Or sushi
> trays.
>
> Beautiful.
>
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/09/katamari-damacy-bento-box/
For those who don't know Katamari, it's a game where you roll a sticky ball and pick things up--at first little things, like tacks, paper clips and litter, and then you progress to big things like houses and cows.
Joanna
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Yahoo! Groups Links
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