Special Events & Monotony Breakers

holiday dinner

No matter what holiday you celebrate, we want you to celebrate the holidays with us! Please join us for an evening meal to celebrate this holiday season! See the menu.

Date: December 3, 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: Tobey-Kendel Dining Room & Holmes Dining Hall

Faculty and Staff, please read the important information at the bottom of the page!

First Footers Welcoming Service

In Celtic tradition and still today in many cultures it is believed that the first person to step foot inside your house at the beginning of the New Year will determine your luck for the upcoming year. That person is referred to as the First Footer and is greeted and treated royally. We welcome all of you as First Footers to our special dinner and wish you luck and prosperity in the year to come!

2008 “Dr. Seuss' Seasonal Wacky Wednesday” Special Dinner Menu

This menu was created especially for you by Chef Aran Essig, CEC, CCA!

(Appetizers) Seuss Starters
- Yertle’s Yakitori
  - Tender Chicken skewered and glazed with Ginger Teriyaki
- Lorax Lox Canapé’s
  - Smoked Salmon and Dill Cream Cheese on Garlic Toasts
- Egg Nog
- Hot Apple Cider
(Soup du Jour) Great Day for SoUp!
- Beezelnut Bisque
  - Toasted Peanut and Cilantro Soup
- Gerald McGrew’s Stew
  - Flavorful Combination of Beef and Lamb Stewed with a Variety of Vegetables
(Wok 'n Roll) Hawtch Hawtch Hot Chocolate and Wondrous Drink Station
- Extra Rich Hot Chocolate
  - Available with the following flavors: Mint, Peppermint Stick, Caramel, Raspberry, Oaxaca Chili, Cinnamon
  - Finish with: White Chocolate Shavings, Miniature Marshmallows, Whipped Cream, Half & Half
- Pink Ink Yink Drink
- Moose Juice
- Mulberry Street Cooler
(Baker's Corner) Hops and Pops
- Beer Bread
  - With a touch of Hop’s & Cheesy Popovers
(Pizzeria / Que Pasa) Scrambled Eggs for Dinner
- Green Egg Scramble
- Sun on Mount Crumpit
  - Poached Egg on English Muffin
- Sam’s Honey Ham
- Butterside Down French Toasts
- Horton’s Vegetable Quiche
(Home Plate) From the Prairie of Prax
- Carved Roast Beast
  - With Horseradish and Peppercorn Sauce
- McBeans Florentine Stuffed Star Belly
  - Spinach Stuffed Turkey Breast with Mushroom Cream Sauce
- Vegetarian Wocket Pockets
  - Grilled Vegetables and Sweet Potatoes baked in Flaky Pastry
- Marvin K Mooney’s Real Mashed Potatoes
- Sneetches Scratch Scalloped Potatoes
- Zooks and Yooks
  - Zucchini and Yellow Squash in Buttery Wine Sauce
(The Grille) One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
- Seared Salmon with Green and Red Pepper Coulis
  - Hand cut salmon crusted with Herbs garlic and Breadcrumbs, Seared and served with colorful sauces
- Maytag Blue Scallop and Cod Gratine served in Duchess Potato Shell
  - Sweet Scallops and Cod baked in a Creamy Domestic Blue Cheese Sauce served in Peppered Mashed Potato Shell
- Maximillion Rice Pilaf
- Grinch’s Garlic Green Beans
Yll-iga-yakk Tracks
- Braised Yak with Madeira Sauce
- Grilled Red Pepper Polenta with Tomato Coulis
- Sauteed Peppers and Carrots
(Field of Greens) Salad Bar-ba-loots
- Diffendoofer Fruit Salad
- Tongue Twisting Pasta Salad
- Ooey Gooey, Green Oobleck Pistachio Pudding Parfaits
- Golden Butterscotch Who-Pudding Parfaits
- Red and Green Cat in the Hat Gelatin Parfaits
(Baker's Corner) Did I ever Tell you how lucky you are?
- Who cakes!
  - Cheesecakes garnished with Colorful Candy Cane pieces, Colored Sprinkles and Colored Chocolate Pieces
- Create your own Holiday Cookies
- Kûgel Schlopp

Menu is subject to change due to product availability.

NOTE FOR FACULTY AND STAFF ONLY:

Please call 351-2652 by 5pm on December 1st to RSVP for Tobey-Kendel Dining Room or Holmes Dining Hall. Those faculty and staff on the meal deduction program are welcome to attend with one guest at the current rate. Please see below for other prices.

Faculty/Staff signed up for Meal Deductions: current rate
up to one guest: current rate
each additional guest: $14

SPECIAL 2008 DINNER CASH PRICES:

Adults: $14
Children (ages 4-12): $10
Children under the age of 4: Complimentary

Do you know of another holiday we should be acknowledging? Have an idea for a fun theme dinner we should have? Email us at diningservices@unco.edu for consideration! We would love to hear from you!