RE: vegetarian meals | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Casey Morrigan (cjmorrpacbell.net) | |
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:43:03 -0600 (MDT) |
We actually didn't have any vegetarians in our community until recently!! Hard to believe. We adopted a set of food "preferences" that we sometimes follow and sometimes don't - they aren't binding but were important to those who take care to always eat organic. We sometimes have meat and sometimes do not. I think Two Acre Wood is on the "libertarian" end of meal prep with no set expectation or schedule for meals, and this applies to what gets cooked, too. Recently a couple of members stopped eating meat and a small group has stopped eating wheat. As a cook, I try to find alternatives when I can, and have experimented with both meat and vegetarian meals. I also try to do something kid-friendly (plain noodles, plain chicken) if the meal isn't. In our community, it is up to the cooks to cook what they want, and we use our meal sign-up sheets to disclose organicness, degree of vegetarianism, etc. Then individuals can decide if they can eat the meal to be cooked. Before I started to cook in the community, I thought I'd resent making accomodations for different preferences, but I find that I enjoy finding out what the kids like and feel creatively challenged to cook stuff that everyone can eat. So it's different from what I thought it would be. (This last is my theme song for moving into cohousing.) I've noticed that some people don't feel right about spending extra money on organic ingredients or natural meats. To them, the higher value is affordable dinners. With full disclosure on the meal sheets, everyone gets to make informed consent to that kind of meal. Casey Morrigan Two Acre Wood Sebastopol, California > -----Original Message----- > From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org > [mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Diana Porter > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:30 PM > To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > Subject: [C-L]_vegetarian meals > > > > Do most communities serve only vegetarian common meals? > Mostly? It has > been talked about with us as an environmental statement and to keep > costs down, common meals would be vegetarian. How do other > groups deal > with vegetarian vs. meat, seafood, vegan offerings, food allergies, > special diets etc. and having common meals that most can eat? > > Diana Porter > Cincinnati EcoVillage > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L > _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
- Re: vegetarian meals, (continued)
- Re: vegetarian meals Art Gorski, April 17 2003
- Re: vegetarian meals Jim Snyder-Grant, April 17 2003
- Re: vegetarian meals Elizabeth Stevenson, April 17 2003
- RE: vegetarian meals Rob Sandelin, April 17 2003
- RE: vegetarian meals Casey Morrigan, April 17 2003
- Re: vegetarian meals Robert Heinich, April 17 2003
- Re: vegetarian meals Douglas G. Larson, April 18 2003
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