Eddie Z's Festival Meal Plan Strategy, Part 2

Grillmaster Eddie Z is a festival veteran and knows his way around cooking for large groups. Here is Part 2 of his meal plan strategy.

 Split meals between "Stay and Play" and "Rapid Deploy" 

"Stay and Play" when you're not in a real big rush to get to the stages, and you don't mind an hour long grilling session. Rapid Deploy meals are for when you're in a rush. Examples are: Sandwiches/Salads/Lunch meats/Snacks/Bars/baked goods...slam it together in minutes and be done with it. The Rapid Deploy meals come in handy during unplanned inclement weather, or after dark meals too. Or if your so buzzed that purple unicorns with tin foil helmets are playing with your fuzzy antlers. ;-)

Pro Tip: For Stay and Play grilling sessions, choose thinner cuts of meat to reduce grilling time.

Eddie Z's Festival Meal Plan Strategy, Part 1

Grillmaster Eddie Z is a festival veteran and knows his way around cooking for large groups. Here is Part 1 of his meal plan strategy.

Lunch for Dinner; Dinner for Lunch 

Do the big meal in the afternoon, when the bands of lesser importance are on, which also uses available daylight to your advantage. Do the quickie meal for dinner when you're rushing to get back to the stage for the headliners. Consider making your dinner sandwich at lunch time, while everything's already out... and leave it handy on the top of the cooler for "grab and go."

We must be getting close—the schedule is out!

http://gatheringofthevibes.com/schedule/

Long story short, your headliners are:

• Thursday: Dark Star Orchestra
• Friday: The String Cheese Incident with David Grisman & Peter Rowan
• Saturday: Warren Haynes & the Seaside All-Stars
• Sunday: Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals

Is there anybody out there?

Messier 82 is a galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It's known as the cigar galaxy. There are 82 days until Vibes.