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26. Re: Paying and Accounting for meals. (score: 80)
Author: Richard L Kohlhaas <rlkohlearthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:12:59 -0800 (PST)
Community Meals at Casa Verde Commons Since we moved in (2003), we have had community meals twice a week (Sundays, and alternating Tues, Weds and Thurs evenings). The Sunday meals alternate between b...

27. Re: Meals and Dietary Preferences & Requirements (score: 77)
Author: Mabel Liang <mabeltwomeeps.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 11:46:02 -0600 (MDT)
Sharon, It occurs to me that perhaps some more education is needed for your cooks. I, for one, didn't know that starch is a problem for diabetics. I'm familiar with the cliche that sugar is a problem...

28. Re: Request for meals info offline (score: 77)
Author: Richard L Kohlhaas <rlkohlearthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:07:28 -0700 (PDT)
Community Meals at Casa Verde Since we moved in (5.5 years ago), we have had community meals twice a week (Sundays, and alternating Tues, Weds and Thurs evenings). The Sunday meal is in the evening e...

29. Re: Common meals? (score: 77)
Author: Jenny Guy <jenstermeistergmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 14:55:19 -0700 (PDT)
We're a community of 5 adults and we've never stopped having common meals. We eat outside, 6 ft or more apart, and we bring our own food. So we aren't sharing food, but we are eating together. We don...

30. Re: Common meals (score: 77)
Author: Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizmgmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 09:08:33 -0700 (PDT)
We have someone leading a picky eaters potluck. Bring what you were/are willing to eat as a picky eater, or what a family member liked as a picky eater. Also have you tried a porch crawl? Each house...

31. Meals and Dietary Preferences & Requirements (score: 73)
Author: Sharon Villines <sharonvillinesprodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 07:17:02 -0600 (MDT)
We are just getting our meal program going and I have some questions about how you handle all the diet stuff. I have diabetes that is diet controlled except when I eat commonhouse meals. Then I go ov...

32. Re: opening before meals (score: 73)
Author: Terri Huggett <terrihugmsn.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 21:53:53 -0800 (PST)
I've encountered this opening at several Buddhist retreats and intentional communities. It can be sung in a round and is very fun, simple, and beautiful. "We thank you for this food, this food, this...

33. Re: Dishwashers (related to thread on common meals clean up) (score: 73)
Author: Jessie Kome <jehakomac.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 04:59:41 -0700 (PDT)
Hi At Eastern Village Cohousing, we split the difference. We have a lot of different kinds of social events with food, not just common meals. And a lot of different groups use our kitchen from time t...

34. Common Meals B4 Commons House (score: 70)
Author: DCS <cdmemployees.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:40:40 -0600 (MDT)
You don't have to have a commons house to do it. At Eno Commons, even though we're still about six months away from a commons house, we've been having regular Tuesday night dinners for about two year...

35. Re: Meals and Dietary Preferences & Requirements (score: 70)
Author: Mary E. Faccioli <LIBMEFlangate.gsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:12:01 -0600 (MDT)
older kids to be more adventurous and eat more adult food. Just curious - is it your experience that the adults experiment more with different types of food, too? Do the meat eaters try the vegetari...

36. Re: Meals and Dietary Preferences & Requirements (score: 70)
Author: Elizabeth Stevenson <tamgoddesshome.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 09:28:01 -0600 (MDT)
-- Very much so. Most of us "meatatarians" are already more vegetarian-food-friendly than the general population. Often, we will make nearly equal amounts of meat and veggie versions, even though str...

37. Re: common house meals (score: 66)
Author: Elizabeth Stevenson <tamgoddesshome.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:54:01 -0600 (MDT)
Yes, yes, yes. Not only are you making sense, you have hit the nail on the head with each point. So far, I think those who are really opposed to mandatory cooking or only those who cook can eat, are...

38. Re: [C-L] Paying for common meals (score: 66)
Author: Kevin Wolf <kjwolfdcn.davis.ca.us>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:39:07 -0600 (MDT)
N Street has a simple method for collecting meal funds. The cooks buy the food, figure out the cost per person and add a $0.25 surcharge for the community kitchen fund. Kids pay $0.75 each. Cooks pay...

39. Re: Communal eating question from new UK group (score: 66)
Author: Elizabeth Stevenson <tamgoddessattbi.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:15:03 -0700 (MST)
Sharon, I am baffled by how much your meals cost and how little you enjoy them. Are you sure someone isn't embezzling??? (just kidding for those of you who don't get my humor) Four bucks for beans a...

40. Re: Question about common meals (score: 66)
Author: Sharon Villines <sharonsharonvillines.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:50:37 -0700 (PDT)
Being able to control my food, due to the very serious consequences of the disease I have, is quite a central issue in my life. We have people with food requirements as well. If they are beyond the...

41. Re: how many people for common meal... (score: 51)
Author: Craig Ragland <craigraglandgmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:21:30 -0700 (PDT)
Before assuming that you would resent having to pay a flat monthly fee, you may want to better understand what we offer ourselves. Full participants in the Songaia food program receive up to 5 common...

42. Re: How many people for common meal... (score: 51)
Author: juniperjojo <juniperjojoaol.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
Craig, Thanks for clarifying the situation about the full range of options at Songaia. From emails I had read, it sounded to me as if there was only one "choice." A few months back I remember reading...

43. Re: Meal Cleanersany good solutions for getting 'em? (score: 48)
Author: S. Kashdan <s_kashdanhotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:02:34 -0700 (PDT)
At Jackson Place Cohousing in Seattle, Washington, we usually have four meals during the week and one meal (breakfast or dinner) on the weekend. Volunteering for the meals program is separate from ot...

44. food service (score: 40)
Author: Hungerford, David <dghungerforducdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 May 94 12:35 CDT
On about 5/16 Judy Baxter wrote to ask about family style vs. buffet style meals in cohousing. By the way, I'm David Hungerford and I live in Muir Commons in Davis CA--I've been watching the talk for...

45. Re: how many people for common meal... (score: 40)
Author: juniperjojo <juniperjojoaol.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:21:16 -0700 (PDT)
I know every community (just like every child) is different, and what works for one may not work for another. But as a person who dearly loves my cohousing community (most of the time, anyway), but w...

46. Hanging out together (score: 37)
Author: Rob Sandelin <floriferousmsn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:39:01 -0600 (MDT)
There is great value that comes from being together. Meals are a simple way to be together on a regular basis that is purely social. Parties are another way to be together. Community circles are yet...

47. Re: Community dinner economics (score: 36)
Author: Jeffrey O. Hobson <dcn00109wheel.ucdavis.edu>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 94 13:32 CDT
At N St. Cohousing: Overall Logistics: - 2 adults (occasionally 3, or a kid) cook and clean for each meal (in the rest of this message, I will type "cook" when I mean "cook and clean") - Cooks sign u...

48. RE: Food Values (score: 33)
Author: Rob Sandelin <floriferousmsn.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:24:44 -0800 (PST)
It?s a bit unusual to expect every person in a cohousing community to participate in a community meals system, in fact, as far as I know, its unheard of. Perhaps you should rethink the expectation. R...

49. Re: Food Values (score: 33)
Author: Craig Ragland <craigraglandgmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:37:30 -0800 (PST)
As you know Rob, we're a bit of an unusual cohousing community. And full participation is not an expectation, but our history....

50. Food (score: 32)
Author: terri's phch address <terriphch.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:50:17 -0800 (PST)
Here at Pleasant Hill cohousing (Bay Area, CA) we have been eating together for 5 years. Some of the popular relatively easy meals include" Pizza and salad (we use two breadmakers or 3 to make dough)...

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