A Modest Proposal... Psych!

Yankee swap, in its most pure form, is a means of exchanging gifts and celebrating the winter season in a secular manner.  Catholic or protestant, Jewish or Kwanzan, Kiwi or Cro-Asian; it matters not.  People of all races and religions can find a common ground at yankee swap, regardless of which God's birthday they happen to celebrate (or which God's wrath they're aiming to avoid).  I've always found the minimalist approach of the yankee swap to be rather inspiring.  Most religious celebrations are fraught with rules and regulations.  You have to buy presents for everyone you know, go to a church or a synagogue or a mosque, not to mention the human sacrifices and all the cow blood you inevitably have to drink.  Not yankee swap.  A single present with a spending limit, semi formal attire and the feeling that you're defined not by some symbol of religious denomination, but by the fact that you're human and a part of an accepting niche in society.  Pardon, I'm already starting to mist up.   The point is this: yankee swap is about camaraderie.  It's about sharing time with your friends.  It's about celebrating the season.  It's about good drinks, fun presents, and cute looking co-eds.  And it's sure as shit about the food.

That brings us to the topic of this post.  At yankee swap 2005, the menu was rather modest, as the guest list and budget wasn't especially conducive to the kind of spread that yankee swap 2006 boasted.  This year the menu is still in its infancy.  Crowd favorites, such as the bacon wrapped water chestnuts and Tostitos brand corn chips with salsa will almost certainly make repeat appearances.  Other items, such as the sesame chicken skewers and shrimp cocktail, have yet to have their fate determined.  Rest assured we will not be serving children.  Hopefully this blog can provide ample opportunity for you, the reader and hopefully participant in yankee swap 2007, to participate in the birth of the menu.  We ask you to please use the comments section to suggest menu items.