MORE stromboli??!!!?? 
When you do something well, you get asked to repeat it often. LOL
However, I don't have any upcoming parties in the near future, so I think I have a break from prepping it now.
You can never have too much!
Chuck, the thought of your stromboli crossed my mind when I was deciding what to take to a Christmas Eve gathering. It would have been good. But unfortunately I was shopping and cooking the same day plus had other errands and had to be there at 6. So I opted for something I knew would be easy: slider-size sandwiches with deli roast beef, arugula, cheese, and garlic and red-pepper aioli. Very quick to assemble and they were well-received.
The other thing was, do you serve the stromboli hot? If so, do you keep it hot on your way to the event or do you heat it up when you get there?
I'm never sure I'll have access to an oven at those gatherings, so I usually try to think of something that can be served cold.
When I make the stromboli, it's served room temperature. I try to bake it as late as I can, and then slice it when it's cooled, and plate it. The sauce I put in a microwaveable container, and I heat the sauce in the hosts' microwave and put it by the sliced stromboli.
If I want to bring something that is 'hot', I make something that can be made in a crock pot, and bring the pot to the party so it can be plugged in.
Like Revenge? 
Yes, as the saying goes. But applying the concept of revenge to food -- and unwillingly conjuring the possibilities -- is gross.
I like to get my revenge by living well, to quote another aphorism.
And the two of you just gave me a Brokie memory with this.
It was at the Colorado BBQ, and a group of us were sitting in that main cabin, just relaxing and talking. Two of the guys (Jari & Marc) were ping-ponging little digs at each other for fun, and we were listening and laughing. One of the members (Michael) was sitting across the room, but could hear the conversation.
Suddenly, Marc makes a comment about Jari's age, and this happens.
(Marc) *comment about Jari's age*
(Jari) *sits in silence*
(Marc) "No witty reply?"
(Jari) "I'm plotting revenge."
(Jackie) "Now remember, Jari, revenge is a dish best served cold."
At that I tried to jump in, as I had heard that expression before, but never understood what it meant. Before I could ask......
(Michael) *yelling from across the room* "So is gazpacho!"
I was wrecked. I burst out laughing, and could not control myself. I tried to calm down, and the conversation continued, but my shoulders kept shaking. It had become like seeing something funny at church. You can't laugh, and it makes it funnier. One of the others in the group saw me and said "He's still going." At that point I thought "They're going to think I'm drunk." and as if on cue, Jackie turns to me and asks "Chuck, how much have you had to drink?" and I started all over again, so I got up and went outside into the cool night air, until I calmed down, and then returned to my seat.
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