Virtual Pizza Party–Saturday, May 16th!

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May 1, 2020 at 9:19 am #23428
Mike Nolan
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Let's pick a date and time for a virtual pizza party, maybe late next week or over that weekend? (That'd give everyone time to make and age some dough, get ingredients, etc. I think I'm out of mozzarella cheese, for example.)

I'll start researching the hosting options. My wife is fairly familiar with zoom these days.

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May 1, 2020 at 9:11 pm #23444
BakerAunt
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Oh, this will be fun!
May 2, 2020 at 10:34 am #23459
Italiancook
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I have to pass. I don't own a laptop or a computer with a camera. I've asked my sister twice to walk me through how to use the camera on my phone, but she's always busy helping grandchildren with school work. I can't imagine how people who work from home do that plus the massive school work. My sister has also sent me Facebook and You Tube links that I can't open. But I'll look forward to reports from the pizza party. I'm just too low tech.
May 2, 2020 at 11:51 am #23460
Mike Nolan
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You may be able to watch and listen despite not having a camera.

My wife (who works with Zoom at UNL) says a free home account has a limit of about 10 people and around 45 minutes. There are other options.
May 2, 2020 at 11:52 am #23461
skeptic7
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Thursday is not a good night for me, but any other day will work. I'm using an extra Windows laptop for video conferences. My old favorite Macintosh is too old to work well with any modern software.

Italiancook; Perhaps you should look into getting a computer. A used laptop would be cheap.
May 2, 2020 at 1:24 pm #23462
Mike Nolan
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I'm thinking this coming Friday or Saturday, say, 6:30-7:00 PM Central time. Sunday is Mother's Day, maybe Friday would be the better choice?
May 2, 2020 at 3:05 pm #23465
BakerAunt
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Either day would work for me. That time would also work.
May 2, 2020 at 7:04 pm #23470
chocomouse
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That time is good for me, and either Friday or Saturday works.
May 2, 2020 at 10:24 pm #23481
Joan Simpson
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I can't join the party either,computer has no camera and my phone is an old flip phone,it has a camera that I don't know how to use,yep we're way behind...but ya'll have fun!
May 3, 2020 at 6:10 am #23487
aaronatthedoublef
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Let me check with the Boss. Sunday is usually pizza night but maybe we can switch it up. But I usually don't have much time for a party. 😉
May 5, 2020 at 9:32 pm #23583
BakerAunt
Participant
Where are we in the planning stage for the Virtual Pizza Party?
May 7, 2020 at 9:29 am #23633
Mike Nolan
Keymaster
Still talking about it, and I haven't had time to research the options yet, either. Let's push it to next weekend.

Does Saturday, May 16th, work for people? What time? (I think most of us are on central or eastern time.)
May 7, 2020 at 11:47 am #23636
aaronatthedoublef
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The limits on Zoom kick in when using video (which we want to use). That said I have a paid Zoom account that should work.

My concern is that during pizza night I am not much fun at a party. But my wife is charming and my kids can be entertaining when they are not fighting.

I'm just trying to keep up... 🙂
May 7, 2020 at 1:01 pm #23639
BakerAunt
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Saturday, May 16 would work for me. I'm on Eastern time, so whatever we work out will be fine.

As we don't have Wi-Fi, the computer connections won't reach into the kitchen. I'll have to look into whether I can position it toward the raised dining room area. If not, we can always set up a card table here in the central living area in front of the laptop's camera.

Aaron--would it help if we scheduled the main event toward the end of your pizza baking endeavors? I'm assuming that at some point they do let you get a bite....
May 7, 2020 at 1:23 pm #23641
Mike Nolan
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I hear you on that, if I'm cooking or baking for guests, I'm focused on the kitchen, not them. But pizza for 2 means just one pie (unless I do a dessert pizza too), so not as much effort, the real challenge may be scaling recipes down so I don't wind up with 2/3 of the dough in the freezer, a lot of extra sauce, etc. I think I'm out of whole-milk mozzarella, which means a trip across town, assuming they still have it.

I was sort of figuring I'd plan to have the pizza ready to cut at the start of the party. Anyone making multiple pizzas is going to have to figure out the timing.
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